Alex Maclean
Alexmac
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Plan to walk the camino this year 2016.
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March/April - Prepare for warm, but not hot plus some cold around O Cebreiro and rain in Galicia. Buen Camino, SY
PS Also prepare for some amazing spring flowers and green landscapes!
You could always walk the Camino Portuguese as a 'taster' starting from Oporto.Hi all
I just wanted some advice as this is my first Camino trip. I really would have liked to walk the whole 800k but unfortunately have only got approximately 14 days for the trip so was wondering if anyone had advice about where I could start so that I ended up in Santiago de Compostela after 14 days? I am a female in my 30's, reasonably fit and confident but have never walked continuously for days on end but feel I could push myself. Any thoughts about a manageable starting point?! Ant other advice for a first timer and for this time of year?
Many Thanks
Alex
Of course there are many options other than walking the Camino Frances, including the ends of many other routes and combining shorter routes. For example, one could combine the Camino Ingles and then walk to Muxia and Finisterre. But the CF has many advantages as one's first camino.You could always walk the Camino Portuguese as a 'taster' starting from Oporto.
Hi all
I just wanted some advice as this is my first Camino trip. I really would have liked to walk the whole 800k but unfortunately have only got approximately 14 days for the trip so was wondering if anyone had advice about where I could start so that I ended up in Santiago de Compostela after 14 days? I am a female in my 30's, reasonably fit and confident but have never walked continuously for days on end but feel I could push myself. Any thoughts about a manageable starting point?! Ant other advice for a first timer and for this time of year?
Many Thanks
Alex
@Damien Reynolds, I think that suggesting that in a couple of months someone can go from zero to 30km a day hero, and then sustain that for 14 days, is overly optimistic. Doing 3/4 of a marathon every day for 14 days is something to build up to, and even then would be a 'normal walking day' for relatively few people. You must be keeping some pretty exclusive company to think of that as normal, even in a community of Camino nutters.
Damien, I take the view that I would rather err on the conservative side and see someone complete their pilgrimage, than to establish an unrealistic expectation of what might be achievable, particularly on the scant information that the OP has given us to work with.I realize that what I suggested is more on the extreme side of things, but entirely doable by someone who is into that kind of thing.
Hi all
I just wanted some advice as this is my first Camino trip. I really would have liked to walk the whole 800k but unfortunately have only got approximately 14 days for the trip so was wondering if anyone had advice about where I could start so that I ended up in Santiago de Compostela after 14 days? I am a female in my 30's, reasonably fit and confident but have never walked continuously for days on end but feel I could push myself. Any thoughts about a manageable starting point?! Ant other advice for a first timer and for this time of year?
Alex
Hi Joe,Alex:
You could walk the Primitivo. This route is an 11-14 day walk, imo.
The Frances from Leon, imo, could also be completed in 14 days.
I walk in March/April time frame and it is not crowded on the Frances with the exception of Easter week. The Primitivo would be a little tougher and have fewer Pilgrims but you would be walking an entire Camino.
Ultreya,
Joe
Hi Joe,
Have you done Primitivo in March?I am planning to set off in couple of weeks but still undecided as worried about the weather. I have conflicted thoughts but in principle I want to do it now. Have you done Primitivo in March? or any other winter-ish month? Thanks a lot!
Karolina
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