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Summer Walking

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I would in a heartbeat!

The infrastructure on CF allows for a camino on any day of the year. You’ll find water, food aplenty, and hopefully not too much of a bed race.

July may not be too busy.

August is the holiday maker month for Europeans.

So, buencamino.
 
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If you could only walk the Camino Francis in July, (warmest and busiest) would you still do it?
I did in 2016. I was walking with my teenage son who was in school before July and after August. It was still a great experience.
 
100% a YES!
 
3rd Edition. More content, training & pack guides avoid common mistakes, bed bugs etc
I have always avoided June, July and August because they would be too hot, but after walking the Francés from Estella in Sept and Oct this year, when it was in fact hotter than in August, I have no worries anymore. As long as the albergues promise to keep the windows open at night ...
 
Did it cool down a wee bit at night?
Did you use a sleeping liner?
Thanks
 
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July? Definitely. If the opportunity came up and that's when it was, I'd be booking my flights.
 
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I don't do hot weather well. Our first Camino was in winter, we will walk October 2019 when it is cooler.
 
Yes, I walked the CF in July 2017. It was very, very hot, and crowded at the end. But I wouldn't change a thing!
 
Very light, comfortable and compressible poncho. Specially designed for protection against water for any activity.

Our Atmospheric H30 poncho offers lightness and waterproofness. Easily compressible and made with our Waterproof fabric, its heat-sealed interior seams guarantee its waterproofness. Includes carrying bag.

€60,-
Absolutely. I have walked it during that month more than once. I loved it. Would do it again.
Can it be warm? Yes, but that's the beauty of it. Almost no rain and when it did it was passing. Wore shorts everyday. Carried only a bag liner to sleep in. Backpack only weighed about five kilos. Warm albergue floors. Can even walk around barefoot. Your clothes dry so quickly outside after you launder them. No gloomy, overcast cold afternoons like I experienced during the colder months on the Camino, along with the damp albergues. Instead you have bright, blue sunny skies. Fields of sunflowers and wheat.
Also the beer tastes better in the afternoon on a warm day.
Mind you, proper clothes and hat a necessity as is hydrating. Cannot be over stressed.
 
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Just to add that the last time I walked in July I commented on how quiet it was and was told by an albergue owner that May and Sept are the busiest months. Definitely do it again but early starts are advisable to avoid too much walking in the late afternoons when it can get a little toasty.
 
Hello!

I will walk the CF form 6/29 (Arrival in Biarritz) to 08/05, End of July in SJPdP to SdC early August this Year.
Most people will try to avoid the 2 hottest months in Spain (July und August).
 
Down bag (90/10 duvet) of 700 fills with 180 g (6.34 ounces) of filling. Mummy-shaped structure, ideal when you are looking for lightness with great heating performance.

€149,-
I'm forced to walk to the given date, b/c I work in an public school in Germany. And have to be back to school 1,5 week before end of the summer holidays. So I hit the road one week before summer holidays, lucky me that I have many extra hours.
 
Hello!

I will walk the CF form 6/29 (Arrival in Biarritz) to 08/05, End of July in SJPdP to SdC early August this Year.
Most people will try to avoid the 2 hottest months in Spain (July und August).
I am arrving Biarritz 21/7 then a couple of days in St Jean PP before setting off on 24/7 - as I love cycling in the high summer I am looking forward to the heat of the summer and less clothing to carry!
 
Technical backpack for day trips with backpack cover and internal compartment for the hydration bladder. Ideal daypack for excursions where we need a medium capacity backpack. The back with Air Flow System creates large air channels that will keep our back as cool as possible.

€83,-

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