Annie Little
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances Sept-Oct 2016
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Hello
I am planning to start St Jean Sept 20th via Valcarlos- staying overnight - have booked accommodation. Would be interested to hear from anyone who has similar plan .
I will be taking it very slow as due to work and life have not been able to fit in training program.
Have done long hikes in the past but not in recent years.
I guess being flexible with my expectations will be my key although I would like to walk the pyrenees ( I know I don't have to ).
Cheers and thanks
Anne
Anne,
Great to learn that you will be following the Valcarlos route!
Be sure to read what other pilgrims have posted re the praises of this way in this earlier Forum thread.
After leaving Valcarlos there are neither services nor water along the route until Roncesvalles monastery; do be prepared!
Good luck and Buen camino!
... I am planning to start St Jean Sept 20th via Valcarlos- staying overnight - have booked accommodation. ...
You might want to rethink that booking - the albergue has normally enough beds for everybody that shows up ...
Buen Camino, SY
LOL JillHi Anne, I loved the Valcarlos route. It was a beautiful sunny day in June and all the hordes had gone over the mountain. It was so quiet and peaceful. Just a handful of us in the albergue. Next morning I was surprised to get to Roncesvalles before lunchtime! So kept going, and stayed at Corazon Puro in Viskarret (24 kms from Valcarlos). Jill
I am planning to start St Jean Sept 20th via Valcarlos- staying overnight - have booked accommodation.
I turn 60 on the camino ....
I feel solo Damn Happy right now .... 5 weeks to go .... hoping to give up the red wine while awayhahahaha
Hi Annie, I'm leaving St Jean on the 19th September - via the Napoleon route and am booked in at Orrison. I'm not nearly trained up as much as I'd hoped, but have my heart set on the 'high road'. Will be taking it very easy (slow). I'll turn 60 a few days after returning home. Probably see you along the way.
I turned 59 in 2014..ON the Camino..lol 10/08/1955. This time 61...too funny.I turn 60 on the camino
Hi Annie -- You must have already stayed in Valcarlos - and I hope you're able to get onto internet to see this. Where did you book & stay in Valcarlos? Is Maitena still open? And how was your walk from Valcarlos the next day? Did you stay at Roncesvalles? Was it crowded?Hello
I am planning to start St Jean Sept 20th via Valcarlos- staying overnight - have booked accommodation. Would be interested to hear from anyone who has similar plan .
Cheers and thanks
Anne
Will be a week behind you, starting on the 6th of October, SJPP thru Valcarlos, my 2nd CF. And my 72nd birthday will be on the 10th as well.Hi Annie -- You must have already stayed in Valcarlos - and I hope you're able to get onto internet to see this. Where did you book & stay in Valcarlos? Is Maitena still open? And how was your walk from Valcarlos the next day? Did you stay at Roncesvalles? Was it crowded?
I'm starting from SJPP via Valcarlos a week from today - on the 29th - 2nd time thru Val, 4th time on the Frances. Am SO looking forward AGAIN!
Have a wonderful Camino, Annie!! And Happy Birthday!
Terry (will celebrate my birthday on 10 Oct -- #72!)
Hi Annie -- You must have already stayed in Valcarlos - and I hope you're able to get onto internet to see this. Where did you book & stay in Valcarlos? Is Maitena still open? And how was your walk from Valcarlos the next day? Did you stay at Roncesvalles? Was it crowded?
I'm starting from SJPP via Valcarlos a week from today - on the 29th - 2nd time thru Val, 4th time on the Frances. Am SO looking forward AGAIN!
Have a wonderful Camino, Annie!! And Happy Birthday!
Terry (will celebrate my birthday on 10 Oct -- #72!)
OK well my 60 th is on the 8 th soooo if you RUN I will shout you a drink somewhere .... Heading to Pamplona tomorrow .... No idea where I will be on the 8 th...... Feeling my bliss today ....Will be a week behind you, starting on the 6th of October, SJPP thru Valcarlos, my 2nd CF. And my 72nd birthday will be on the 10th as well.
I quite agree with you - this is not necessarily a walk in the park... I had to wait for walking partners to talk me over the mountain to Ibañez!Mmmm BUT truly there is no lower route .... I was joking with someone I met ( who by the way lurkes somewhere in thus forum ) as we heavy breathed our way over the Pyrenees from Valcarlos ..... What lower route ... It was tough and he a bloke so not just me
Not one to turn down a drink...OK well my 60 th is on the 8 th soooo if you RUN I will shout you a drink somewhere .... Heading to Pamplona tomorrow .... No idea where I will be on the 8 th...... Feeling my bliss today ......... 6 hrs on my own....
Well, 6 days difference -- not so much since I'm not in a hurry. So if you catch up about Torres del Rio or Logroño, we can share a birthday!Will be a week behind you, starting on the 6th of October, SJPP thru Valcarlos, my 2nd CF. And my 72nd birthday will be on the 10th as well.
Hi AnnieIt was funny because in so far as identifying forum members in the walk I thought it's a bit like a needle in a hay stack BUT low and behold ..,.. I was walking , talking and heavy breathing with someone over the Pyrenees and mentioned something I had read on a forum ... He said which forum is that ? And then he showed me his forum badge on his pack .... I think his name is Christopher if I remember correctly ...
If you happen to read this Chris , I hope you are feeling ok . Try and catch up mate so I can buy you a drink .
Anne
That would be great way to spend the day. I expect to be there about the 14th. Probably still a ways behind you. We can still have a toast and meet up at some future date.Well, 6 days difference -- not so much since I'm not in a hurry. So if you catch up about Torres del Rio or Logroño, we can share a birthday!
Keeping in touch by the Forum, might work. I have no plans to be at certain places at specified times. We'll undoubtedly run into each other at some point -- but wouldn't it just be a Camino thing to meet on the 10th!!That would be great way to spend the day. I expect to be there about the 14th. Probably still a ways behind you. We can still have a toast and meet up at some future date.
No idea, was the autocorrect... I probably wanted to say that I was leaving Los Arcos...What do you mean by ... Optimised ?????
Hello
I am planning to start St Jean Sept 20th via Valcarlos- staying overnight - have booked accommodation. Would be interested to hear from anyone who has similar plan .
I will be taking it very slow as due to work and life have not been able to fit in training program.
Have done long hikes in the past but not in recent years.
I guess being flexible with my expectations will be my key although I would like to walk the pyrenees ( I know I don't have to ).
Cheers and thanks
Anne
Dear Anne
Don't worry ... You will have a fabulous time in so many ways and meet great people .
The daily routine / meditation of waking at 5.30 am eager to get in the track even in the dark will awaken your spirits in so many ways .... Even with blister and head cold you will rejoice and sing along the way ...
Your greatest concern will be that you don't have time to do all 800 kms ... But you know you WILL be back
Your new favourite word will be ULTREIA and that will become your mantra for the remainder of your life ...
ULTREIA
Anne
. MI miss those days ....
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