Roger Deee
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- May/June 2016
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I think it would take a Crystal Ball to answer that sadly
Though some of the members with multiple Caminos behind them may have a view.
Where are you starting/finishing?
Some of the ways to avoid crowds.....
Stay in smaller intermediate villages.
Walk later after 8 am. (lots start early) A few days I started at 9am or later from major hubs and had the path to myself.
Make sure you are not in major 'hubs' around holidays.
Weather is also hard to predict. I left on April 28th from St Jean (ended 6th June) and had great weather all the way. Only two days of light rain, and some days were really hot!
Whatever date you pick, being your first Camino, you have no reference point. So it will be great.
I think without a crystal ball you can get very far with camino statistics
http://peregrinossantiago.es/eng/pilgrims-office/statistics/?anio=2015&mes=6
Just look at may, june and july (2014/2015) and you can sort of calculate what the bussiest time is from your starting point (not mentioned).
Dont worry about the last 100k. Every year all pilgrims survive this section without being homeless for a day and so will you. It really isn't that horror some van make it out to be.
I am walking this year, I want to go as late as possible to enjoy the warmer weather, but I want to finish before the crowds. So my question is, when in June does it get really busy, early June, mid June or late June.
Credentials or compostelas, spursfan?
Two years ago I started the CF from SJPdP in the first week of June. Was not crowded at all until I got to O'Cebreiro. At that point it started to crowd up, but I still had no problem finding room in albergues. There were a few times before O'Cebreiro that there were many empty beds in the albergues and one 20 bed albergue it was just me and one other pilgrim there for the night.
One way to avoid some of the bigger crowds is to try not to arrive in Santiago on a weekend. A lot of locals do the Sarria to Santiago portion and it seems they start on Monday to get in Santiago on Friday, so as to be back at work on Monday. Of course if you make reservations beforehand in Santiago, no worries.
You are going to be walking the Camino at a good time. Nice, sunny warm daytime weather (it only rained on me one day) and cool mornings.
I am walking this year, I want to go as late as possible to enjoy the warmer weather, but I want to finish before the crowds. So my question is, when in June does it get really busy, early June, mid June or late June.
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