SJPdP , Best Day of Week (least Crowded) to Head Up the Moun

DeadFred

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St Jean-Los Arcos ,Sept, Oct 14'
Los Arcos - Logrono-May16'
Next Logrono to ? - Sept 2019

• Aug 11, 2012

• #1

Assuming a clear , none rainy day I'm curious to know what is the least populated day of the week ( if there is such an animal) to Leave St Jean for Roncevelles via route Napoleon?.. While we are talking about it what's the MOST crowded ?

Thanks
Joe

 

scruffy1

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Holy Year from Pamplona 2010, SJPP 2011, Lisbon 2012, Le Puy 2013, Vezelay (partial watch this space!) 2014; 2015 Toulouse-Puenta la Reina (Arles)

• Aug 11, 2012

• #2

It keeps getting more difficult to arrive in SJPdP but there are four buses daily out of Bayonne, weekdays the first one leaves at 0550 for SJ. Sundays the first bus out is at 0900. Putting on my Sherlock Holmes deerstalker I would guess an early start Sunday morning would insure fewer people.

 

sillydoll

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2002 CF: 2004 from Paris: 2006 VF: 2007 CF: 2009 Aragones, Ingles, Finisterre: 2011 X 2 on CF: 2013 'Caracoles': 2014 CF and Ingles 'Caracoles":2015 Logrono-Burgos (Hospitalero San Anton): 2016 La Douay to Aosta/San Gimignano to Rome:

• Aug 11, 2012

• #3

The stats from St Jean show the number of pilgrims who leave each day.
These are not up to date and you will have to scroll down the 2011 stats to read about "Quelques journées denses".

http://www.aucoeurduchemin.org
Statistics pilgrims
St Jean Pied de Port
2011

Page 16

 

DeadFred

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St Jean-Los Arcos ,Sept, Oct 14'
Los Arcos - Logrono-May16'
Next Logrono to ? - Sept 2019

• Aug 12, 2012

• #4

scruffy1& Sillydoll .. Thank you ,this is excellent information.