jenwearing
Spending all my disposable income on hiking travel
- Time of past OR future Camino
- CF/SJPP '18, CP/Lisbon '22, CdN/Irun '23
Hi everyone and happy New Year!
I just finished my walk from Lisbon to SDC starting Dec 13 and finishing New Year’s Day. I thought I would add a few notes I wish I’d know ahead of time.
1. Flooding! We actually got a lot less rain than I was anticipating, even some dry sunny days but it did rain a lot and my feet were always wet. On day two we had to walk through a puddle that was knee deep. After that, we did take several detours to avoid even deeper water on the path. This was throughout the route. In Portugal, the locals gave us a heads up on a few but we mostly just came to some water and had to map out a new route. This was not difficult. In Galicia, the routes were blocked off with detour signs posted.
2. There were lots of closures Christmas Day, Dec 31 and January 1 but there were enough cafes and restaurants open that we never had to carry a lot of food. We always had nuts and oranges to get us through when we couldn’t find anything but dinner was easy.
We just arrived in SDC today, New Year’s Day and there are plenty of options for food.
That’s about it for the surprises! Nothing too bad and while I still recommend going in the spring/summer/fall, winter is not impossible. It just takes some extra mental gymnastics to adapt to the constantly changing conditions and stay
I went at this time because it was the only time I could get from work but it was special in its own way. The Christmas lights and music everywhere was really cool.
Feliz Año!
I just finished my walk from Lisbon to SDC starting Dec 13 and finishing New Year’s Day. I thought I would add a few notes I wish I’d know ahead of time.
1. Flooding! We actually got a lot less rain than I was anticipating, even some dry sunny days but it did rain a lot and my feet were always wet. On day two we had to walk through a puddle that was knee deep. After that, we did take several detours to avoid even deeper water on the path. This was throughout the route. In Portugal, the locals gave us a heads up on a few but we mostly just came to some water and had to map out a new route. This was not difficult. In Galicia, the routes were blocked off with detour signs posted.
2. There were lots of closures Christmas Day, Dec 31 and January 1 but there were enough cafes and restaurants open that we never had to carry a lot of food. We always had nuts and oranges to get us through when we couldn’t find anything but dinner was easy.
We just arrived in SDC today, New Year’s Day and there are plenty of options for food.
That’s about it for the surprises! Nothing too bad and while I still recommend going in the spring/summer/fall, winter is not impossible. It just takes some extra mental gymnastics to adapt to the constantly changing conditions and stay
I went at this time because it was the only time I could get from work but it was special in its own way. The Christmas lights and music everywhere was really cool.
Feliz Año!