Hopeful Australian
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2014
HI, I'm not sure of my dates (or route, really) yet, but would like to find out what would be times to avoid in 2014 (April/May) if I end up going on the Frances route.
I gather school holidays in France may create surges of pilgrims at certain times as might Easter and the Spainish school holidays - and possibly other factors of which I'm unaware.
Especially at the start, I'm likely to be slow (knee and hip problems) and although I quite intend to take that advice I saw somewhere about starting the Camino as an older person (i.e. going slowly) and later becoming younger (I'm taking it thaty mean that one becomes fitter and less slow.) I'm in no particular hurry, and at this stage am not fussed if I don't 'complete' to SDDC.
The other reason is that I'm not a Christian, and so the specialness of Easter won't be a particular drawcard for me if there are some busy times along the route that would cause larger numbers to be travelling at the same time. I am intending to enjoy all those whom I meet and to be inspired by them, but won't seek out special masses etc that might be on if I'm accidentally travelling at significant times.
I can re-jig my dates a bit if I know when would be the quieter times, or at least probably likely to be quieter times.
Thanks for all the wonderful advice to be found here - what a joy humans can be at times.
hopeful Australian
I gather school holidays in France may create surges of pilgrims at certain times as might Easter and the Spainish school holidays - and possibly other factors of which I'm unaware.
Especially at the start, I'm likely to be slow (knee and hip problems) and although I quite intend to take that advice I saw somewhere about starting the Camino as an older person (i.e. going slowly) and later becoming younger (I'm taking it thaty mean that one becomes fitter and less slow.) I'm in no particular hurry, and at this stage am not fussed if I don't 'complete' to SDDC.
The other reason is that I'm not a Christian, and so the specialness of Easter won't be a particular drawcard for me if there are some busy times along the route that would cause larger numbers to be travelling at the same time. I am intending to enjoy all those whom I meet and to be inspired by them, but won't seek out special masses etc that might be on if I'm accidentally travelling at significant times.
I can re-jig my dates a bit if I know when would be the quieter times, or at least probably likely to be quieter times.
Thanks for all the wonderful advice to be found here - what a joy humans can be at times.
hopeful Australian