Kiwi-family
{Rachael, the Mama of the family}
- Time of past OR future Camino
- walking every day for the rest of my life
35 hour flight to Barcelona. Stay overnight.
Next day catch train to Irun, change on to another one up to Dax (relaxing 7 hours on train).
Walk Dax to Peyrehorade – 23.7 googlemap km
Next day walk to Briscous through Urt – 24.2km
Day 3 to Louhoussa via Hasparren – 22.4km
Day 4 to St Jean – 25km
I had hoped this distance could be covered over an extra day, but cheaper (or any) accommodation seems to require this staging. Do you think it’s too hard with an 11 year old and 13 year old?
And although I know the answer is “wait and see how you’re feeling”, I want to ask: would you contemplate going all the way to Roncesvalles the following day?
Reason I ask is that we’re trying to organise for Daddy and two girls to join us in Pamplona and need to work out how many days to allow. All the way to Roncesvalles in one hit and then one day to Zubiri (21.8km) and another to Pamplona (20.8) would put our flight dates exactly a week apart (convenient for getting the cheapest flights). I know it’s not the end of the world if they arrive a day before us BUT we’ll only be together for two weeks, then I’ll be walking on with the kids while Daddy goes back to work, so we really want to make the most of every moment – and DON’T want to take a bus!
Appreciate your input.
Next day catch train to Irun, change on to another one up to Dax (relaxing 7 hours on train).
Walk Dax to Peyrehorade – 23.7 googlemap km
Next day walk to Briscous through Urt – 24.2km
Day 3 to Louhoussa via Hasparren – 22.4km
Day 4 to St Jean – 25km
I had hoped this distance could be covered over an extra day, but cheaper (or any) accommodation seems to require this staging. Do you think it’s too hard with an 11 year old and 13 year old?
And although I know the answer is “wait and see how you’re feeling”, I want to ask: would you contemplate going all the way to Roncesvalles the following day?
Reason I ask is that we’re trying to organise for Daddy and two girls to join us in Pamplona and need to work out how many days to allow. All the way to Roncesvalles in one hit and then one day to Zubiri (21.8km) and another to Pamplona (20.8) would put our flight dates exactly a week apart (convenient for getting the cheapest flights). I know it’s not the end of the world if they arrive a day before us BUT we’ll only be together for two weeks, then I’ll be walking on with the kids while Daddy goes back to work, so we really want to make the most of every moment – and DON’T want to take a bus!
Appreciate your input.