Pathfinder075
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Various Routes in (2016), (2017) and (2023).
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Writing in my E-journal and posting on this website was a lot easier than worrying about formatting and proper grammar on my websiteThanks Alaskadiver. I know what you mean. It was my intent to make copious notes in the evening after walking each day, both on the Camino and the Great Glen in Scotland, but most evenings, I just didn't have the energy. The audio recorder did come in handy though. I do hope everything goes my way for me to do the Primitivo next year; probably October.....
That's what I like to hear.....beautiful and q u i e t! Thanks again.Writing in my E-journal and posting on this website was a lot easier than worrying about formatting and proper grammar on my website
God willing you will make to the Primitivo. It's wonderfully beautiful and quiet.
I started May 14th and it was quiet. Saw maybe 8 people coming out of Oviedo. The albergues were full but the trail-we walked alone and were passed or passed a few people. But nothing like after we hit Melide when the masses of people was unbearable. When where you there? Sounds like there might be a sweet spot for lower numbers.Not always quiet. Many of the albergues were completo and the trail was busy coming out of Oviedo for several days . Beautiful, oh yes, but growing more popular.
There is quietude in the pastures and woods and many walk for a more peaceful experience rather than a social one...I miss this Way muchos!!
I stayed in Escamplero and that was full. Weird. By 3pm it was still kinda empty and then all of a sudden a bunch of different people showed up around 6pm. But I never saw them again. We chose to stay in a few private albergues, a couple of pensions , The Palacio de Meras in Tineo at the hotel not the albergue. Everything seemed full but we just never saw the crowds while walking. But I did see enough people at the albergues early on that we made reservations for the rest of the days, just in case. A couple of people would pass us every hour or so but it wasn't Melide when I really saw a lot of people on the trail with me. We'd stop and let them go by just to have the trail to ourselves again. I think it is definitely getting very popular.A week before you, Alaska...!
There seems to be waves on the Camino and after the initial swell I was able to find plenty of solo spaces. Albergues did fill up by the end of the day, but this was mo issue for me as I usually stopped around two or three...exhausted!
I did see a number of pilgrims making the choice to walk on rather than pay a hotel for a bed with full albergues...
but there was a sense of good will and Camino adventure as often there was a viable solution; shared taxi or hostel 4 km away....
You have quite a bit of streamlining to do as you should get yourself well bellow 10kg, ideally 8kg max if you want to have any sort of comfort/pleasure on this trail.Going to try and streamline my pack a little. Aim for about 12-13kg max this time. Have a few new bits lined up already. The 400g sleeping bag and 2kg tent ...
I managed last year. Thankfully its mainly the eating of them and their oil that does me in. I can avoid that easily. But that is why I carry a lot. I cant eat in any restaurant, from McDonalds to the locals hangout. Anything I want to eat has to be prepared by me, or come pre-packaged. I tend to carry cous-cous, porridge oats and oatcakes. I eat a lot of cheese and chorizo that I buy. Vegetables I tend to pick up in shops when available. I carry cooking kit obviously. But it works and to anyone else with a serious allergy to something, I would say do it. Anything can be achieved with the right planning and a decent set of meds. I may not be able to eat with others, but I can still drink wine and beer with them.
Can I ask a random question. Officially, where does the Primitivo rejoin the Frances? I've seen answers including Palais de Rei, Melides and Arzua.
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