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I don't think you dug deeply enough into the article. ;-)The irony being that whomever wrote the article did not dig deeply enough to learn that there are plenty of caminos and some of them are as quiet as can be.
The Way of Saint James comprises a spider’s web of routes that take weeks to complete by foot, bike or horseback. However, more than half of the pilgrims — religious and secular — follow the French Way, a 500-mile journey that starts in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the French Pyrenees and ends at Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Galicia, Spain, where the saint is allegedly buried.
Oh, yeah...I did read that.I don't think you dug deeply enough into the article. ;-)
Humm.. I've never felt that the Camino Frances was crowded. I would not have enjoyed it otherwise
But it doesn't have queues of 1,000 km or more.Crowded is the original Disneyland in California where capacity crowds (guessed to be 60,000 -80,000 because the Mouse keeps it secret!) occur frequently during the summer and on holidays! Average daily attendance is estimated to be 30,000 to 40,000! And that’s all within a tiny footprint and NOT counting the other Disney Park next door.
Folk often ask why I don't walk a pilgrim route in England, instead of in Spain.
I always tell them - if you can guarantee a temperature around 23 degs C, plus pilgrim hotels with en-suite B & B for £20, then I might consider it!
But that will never happen!
Hmm...It makes me wonder how many routes the writer actually traveled. Sure the CF may seem crowded at some sites, but I remember having long stretches of the Portugues to myself and God. And that raises another issue. It is in fact a Pilgrimage, and wherever one might be on the spectrum of spirituality, there is an interior journey of the soul that may be overlooked.An article in the Washington Post lists Camino as one of the world's most crowded tourist destinations and recommends walking St. Cuthbert's Way, a 62.4 mile trek, in Northern England instead.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/lifestyle/overbooked/?utm_term=.b56120979c38
Hmm...It makes me wonder how many routes the writer actually traveled. Sure the CF may seem crowded at some sites, but I remember having long stretches of the Portugues to myself and God. And that raises another issue. It is in fact a Pilgrimage, and wherever one might be on the spectrum of spirituality, there is an interior journey of the soul that may be overlooked.
No I haven't read the article but I laughed at this CF 800 km to St. Cuthbert's way 62.4 km, sounds so similar to meAn article in the Washington Post lists Camino as one of the world's most crowded tourist destinations and recommends walking St. Cuthbert's Way, a 62.4 mile trek, in Northern England instead.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/lifestyle/overbooked/?utm_term=.b56120979c38
And the last 100 km is busy on all routes. More on the french though.
An article in the Washington Post lists Camino as one of the world's most crowded tourist destinations and recommends walking St. Cuthbert's Way, a 62.4 mile trek, in Northern England instead.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/lifestyle/overbooked/?utm_term=.b56120979c38
Humm.. I've never felt that the Camino Frances was crowded. I would not have enjoyed it otherwise
We had met only 8 pilgrims when walking from Mont St Michel before we reached Bordeaux ...........and they my Canadian friend were all going TO Mont St Michelabandoning it for quieter routes?
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