Yellowfriend
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- Porto- Santiago / Fisterra- Muxia sept 2016
SJPP- Santiago may 2017planninh
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hi,
I just walked the Camino from Porto to Santiago. My first trip alone, so I did it the 'easy' way with booked hotels. I got the Camino fever and I want to go again next year april/ may for the Camino Francés.
I don't want to book all in advance because I want to be free how many kilometers I Will walk at a day. What book is good to take with which gives good Information about the route, the things to see and the sleeping places?
I use gronze.com which lists places in stages they give you the website plus email plus sometimes a link to booking.com. However there is airbnb and the downloadable PDF on this site too. I jumped between these plus the Michelin Map Guide. Also other pilgrims ahead of me were passing back INTEL on good places to stay eg the Auberge in St Nicholas just beyond Ledigos is great.hi,
I just walked the Camino from Porto to Santiago. My first trip alone, so I did it the 'easy' way with booked hotels. I got the Camino fever and I want to go again next year april/ may for the Camino Francés.
I don't want to book all in advance because I want to be free how many kilometers I Will walk at a day. What book is good to take with which gives good Information about the route, the things to see and the sleeping places?
Thank you! How was the walking to Roncevalle? Is it good to do? Is there a bed after 8 km? And after that? Because I look up to this part and am a bit afraid that it might be to heavy ....Hi
I walked the Frances this July and I only had my Camino Pilgrim app plus the list of albergues given by the Pilgrim Office..... I found my way to all the albergues with great ease... But I booked my first 2 nights at SJPDP - staying at Gite Ultreia which was 17E per night in a room of 3 other pilgrims...
Yes, isnt the Camino so contagious and wonderfully peaceful.... so much so that I would have walked this month but am away so, am walking the Portuguese in November this year from Porto.... I love the freedom of walking long distance .... plus all the other benefits!
Buen Camino
Thank you! How was the walking to Roncevalle? Is it good to do? Is there a bed after 8 km? And after that? Because I look up to this part and am a bit afraid that it might be to heavy ....
Hello, on the CF we've always used the Miam Miam Do Do book available on Amazonhi,
I just walked the Camino from Porto to Santiago. My first trip alone, so I did it the 'easy' way with booked hotels. I got the Camino fever and I want to go again next year april/ may for the Camino Francés.
I don't want to book all in advance because I want to be free how many kilometers I Will walk at a day. What book is good to take with which gives good Information about the route, the things to see and the sleeping places?
hi,
I just walked the Camino from Porto to Santiago. My first trip alone, so I did it the 'easy' way with booked hotels. I got the Camino fever and I want to go again next year april/ may for the Camino Francés.
I don't want to book all in advance because I want to be free how many kilometers I Will walk at a day. What book is good to take with which gives good Information about the route, the things to see and the sleeping places?
I could not agree more! Books are precious.disposing of the pages you no longer need as you progress, consider that some of us, including me, consider this somewhat of a "sin" against civilization and knowledge.
Thank you. Which app is useful for this? I also like to read about the possibilities to sleep before I Will leave ; )All I will add to the very good information in this thread is that:
1. Books, ALL books are typically obsolete by the time they leave the printer and go into distribution.
2. Internet content can be updated quickly, daily if needed.
3. Smart phone apps can similarly be updated, provided this is done by the author regularly, or as is the case with www.booking.com or www.gronze.com, the mobile app connects you to their mobile-sized web application.
4. MOST IMPORTANT - Your smart phone and charger, with all the myriad apps and "tools" in it, likely weighs less than the Brierley or most other guide books. Don't take my word for it. Use a postal or diet scale and weigh you phone with charger and cable. I was surprised. YOU make the choice - paper or electrons...
I did my first three Caminos using a flip phone and a separate iPod Touch requiring Wi-Fi, available at cafes etc. I carried the Brierley guide as well. In late 2015, I "surrendered" and invested in an iPhone 6s. I am now a smart phone lover for using on the Camino; NOT an addict mind you, I still use discipline in my daily usage. But, I will go so far as to state that if Mr. Brierley does not soon move his complete guides to the smart phone app world, he is going to start losing adherents.
Working at the Pilgrim Office in Santiago for the past three years, it has been my empirical observation that more and more younger pilgrims are relying primarily their smart phones. Due to the relocation of the office this past year, they could be seen navigating to the new location using their maps functions and apps. As the "Millennial Generation" start to do Camino more, they will likely (IMHO) not tolerate using BOTH a smart phone AND a paper guide book. As useful as it is, any analog guide book carries a weight penalty that more and more pilgrims are less and less willing to tolerate.
Also, for those of you who still favor starting with a paper guide book and tearing out only the pages you need, disposing of the pages you no longer need as you progress, consider that some of us, including me, consider this somewhat of a "sin" against civilization and knowledge. I was raised to treat books, ALL BOOKS (even the ones I viscerally despised), with reverence, as they represented the summary of our knowledge and civilization. Willful destruction of these items amounts to desecration, at least IMHO.
So, to you lot, I implore you to adopt a digital solution. It will provide many more and very useful tools for you on your Camino. It saves weight; one device does so much more than multiple physical devices: camera, GPS, internet access, weather forecasts, locating needed services, text messaging, phone calls, etc. Of course, in a supreme moment of need, no smart phone can provide "field expedient" toilet paper...But, I digress...
I consider the smart phone to be an electronic "Swiss Army Knife" sort of device for the 21st century. I admit to be a late adopter, but that was my choice. I am glad I made the change when I did.
I hope this helps the dialog.
hi,
I just walked the Camino from Porto to Santiago. My first trip alone, so I did it the 'easy' way with booked hotels. I got the Camino fever and I want to go again next year april/ may for the Camino Francés.
I don't want to book all in advance because I want to be free how many kilometers I Will walk at a day. What book is good to take with which gives good Information about the route, the things to see and the sleeping places?
Thank you!I am a fan of the Wise Pilgrim Guides, available for both Apple and Android devices.
There are other posts where I provided a complete list of my favorite Camino related apps. You can search for it using the phrase "favorite Camino apps."
I hope this helps.
I walked the Frances without a guide book. I just used apps and websites on my phone, this site in particular http://santiago.forwalk.org/en/
I also spent the first night at Orisson, but I hung around St Jean until about 11:00, so I arrived in the early afternoon. And I spent the previous night at the wonderful Pension Corazon Puro. The owner if the pension picked me up from the train station in Pamplona, then after a delicious home cooked meal and a good sleep, he drove me and the other guests to St Jean in the morning.
Thank you!I am proud that you have done the Portuguese Yellowfriend and *you should be proud.
But
In 07 when we first walked you could not book ahead in the albergues.
It made for a wonderful way.
We have out grown our first camino because of age and $ available but it is something we really miss......they are never the same .
Please Yellowfriend [ the arrow] just get lost.
The Camino is a highway , you won't get lost , however if you have time do not book ahead....just take your time.
One day someone will write about the 90's when nothing was available [ phones to prebook , iPads , tour companies and half the accommodation ]
Please don't worry too much about the camino, the Portuguese set you up to cover all emergencies.
PS Miam Miam Do Do is right book ,
Buen Camino YF
Buen Camino !Hello! Trecile,
Great website, I downloaded French way and Muxia.
I will be start walking from Astorga on March 20th till April 13th. 2017
I will take my time to walk, accommodation, when my leg tells me to check in
places to stop for the day. Now mostly packing, re packing, ordering suitable shoes
to carry me thru, walking, ect. Training,prep. is fun part.
Thanks the link. Buen Camino.
CathyK.
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