koilife
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- CF '13; CF/Salvador/Ingles '16; Portugues '22
Given that this is a Holy Year, I'd rather surf the troughs rather than the peaks of the pilgrim waves.
How significant are the waves from weekend starts in late May and June from Logrono, Burgos, Leon, and Oviedo? Does the crest of the wave tend to be Saturday, Sunday, or Monday? Does the Holy Year skew/shift the normal patterns (other than raw volume)?
Due to school and work constraints, we have to fly into Madrid Sunday morning and then bus to Logrono that day. We'd like to start walking on Monday, which puts us in Burgos on Saturday, with a rest day on Sunday, and walking again Monday. This puts us into Leon on Saturday, with another rest day on Sunday, and back on the road Monday up the Salvator to Ovieda arriving on Friday or Saturday depending on how we break up the stages. After another rest day, we're starting out on the Primitivo on a Sunday or Monday.
I really like the chance to attend Sunday Mass at the great cathedrals along the way (almost a pilgrimage within the pilgrimage), but I really don't want to get swamped in the waves.
Also, if I read their websites right, it looks like Burgos, Leon, and Oviedo are open for touring the cathedral and museums on Sundays, but I thought I'd read elsewhere that they were closed because of Sunday except for Masses. Can anyone confirm?
How significant are the waves from weekend starts in late May and June from Logrono, Burgos, Leon, and Oviedo? Does the crest of the wave tend to be Saturday, Sunday, or Monday? Does the Holy Year skew/shift the normal patterns (other than raw volume)?
Due to school and work constraints, we have to fly into Madrid Sunday morning and then bus to Logrono that day. We'd like to start walking on Monday, which puts us in Burgos on Saturday, with a rest day on Sunday, and walking again Monday. This puts us into Leon on Saturday, with another rest day on Sunday, and back on the road Monday up the Salvator to Ovieda arriving on Friday or Saturday depending on how we break up the stages. After another rest day, we're starting out on the Primitivo on a Sunday or Monday.
I really like the chance to attend Sunday Mass at the great cathedrals along the way (almost a pilgrimage within the pilgrimage), but I really don't want to get swamped in the waves.
Also, if I read their websites right, it looks like Burgos, Leon, and Oviedo are open for touring the cathedral and museums on Sundays, but I thought I'd read elsewhere that they were closed because of Sunday except for Masses. Can anyone confirm?