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thanks Jeff, that was my first thought too, then I spoke to someone for whom that was their favourite part, and I thought "back to square 1"!A Spanish friend told me (before my first Camino) that the Camino was like an inside out sandwich - the good stuff is on the outside and the dull in the middle - the Meseta.
Some people swear by walking the Meseta, some swear at it. I crossed it in four days of pouring rain just after harvest and the mud combined with the straw (just like for Moses) into great clumps on my boots.
The second time the forecast was for baking hot weather so I "jumped" and caught a train from Fromista to Leon - it looked even worse at high speed than tramping along.
If you HAVE to jump to keep to a schedule that's where I'd do it.
You can always do it as a penance one your NEXT camino!
buena suerte!
I too looked at that highway stretch near Leon and thought that might work. Thanks for this info, really appreciate it!We are considering that too in order to make it work with time constraints. We were walking from Leon last year, but had to cut our Camino short, so we are going back next year and trying to figure out what we can reasonably do with the time we have. I have been reading through the Bierley guide that I have from last year, checking out sections that are described as less than scenic and/or on too much near the highway, etc. It seems that the section going into Leon is kind of sketchy with the highway there, so we are considering taking the bus from Sahagun to Leon - that's about 55km, so approximately 2 days of walking. And from our last Camino, we remember the section leaving Leon was very industrial and un-scenic, so perhaps a bus or taxi out of Leon to cut out a bunch of kms. Last year we walked from Leon to Hospital de Orbigo over 2 days, but with a bit of a jump on the way out of Leon, we could do that in 1 day instead - save a little time there.
Obviously in a perfect world, we'd all have as much time as we needed, but we take what we can get and make the most out of it, right?
I am heading out on my first Camino on 26 May and due to unforseen circumstances, have only 30 days to get to Santiago. Not ideal, I know....and unfortunately can't change my start point of SJP. Can any experienced people offer advice on which section/s are feasible or recommended to catch a bus or train and make up some time. It feels like sacrilege, not my ideal situation, but unavoidable. Any advice would be appreciated.
And miss the Hill of Forgiveness? Nooooooo!30 km before to 30 km after leon, and between pamplona and puente la reina
Buen Camino
Hi, do the 30 day's from SJPDP and come back and start where you ended and go further to Finisterre and Muxia. Have a wonderful journey and a Buen Camino, Peter.I am heading out on my first Camino on 26 May and due to unforseen circumstances, have only 30 days to get to Santiago. Not ideal, I know....and unfortunately can't change my start point of SJP. Can any experienced people offer advice on which section/s are feasible or recommended to catch a bus or train and make up some time. It feels like sacrilege, not my ideal situation, but unavoidable. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks Laurie, much appreciatedHi, Jane,
I would leave that decision to be made once you are walking. There's really no need to plan it in advance, because along the Camino Frances there are buses going from village to village so you can make the decision on the fly when you need to. Some, maybe not many, but more than a few, people walk the Frances in fewer than 30 days, and maybe that will be you. Another factor will be your "camino family" and where they are going and when they are going there. You may just not want to give up your community, and will have to decide where to leave them and how to get to Santiago. I personally would not recommend taking a bus here to avoid that ugly part and a bus there to avoid this difficult part, etc etc, but rather once you get a feel for how you're walking and what realistic distances are, just bite the bullet and jump ahead to a place from which you think you should be able to get to Santiago in the allotted time.
Buen camino, Laurie
You can plan here:where we should start and finish
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