SaraJenn-11
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- December 2016
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Welcome to the forum! If you focus on the sexual assaults, murder and theft in your home region, you might find that the Camino looks safer. My guess is that the opportunistic thefts and sexual harassment would be even lower in the winter. However, you should take all the precautions you would take when travelling anywhere alone!I have been reading about sexual assaults, murders and theft in the summer months...
I don't really worry about those kind of things.. I think my family has just put all these horrible situations in my mind, I'm fairly used to traveling alone, that being said I have never been on a long haul walk such as this one before.Welcome to the forum! If you focus on the sexual assaults, murder and theft in your home region, you might find that the Camino looks safer. My guess is that the opportunistic thefts and sexual harassment would be even lower in the winter. However, you should take all the precautions you would take when travelling anywhere alone!
Do you have a good set of layers for the variable weather?
But it seems like you have the important stuff!I'm not fully prepared..
In addition to the advice in other posts, remember to factor in the short daylight hours as we move towards theHi Guys,
I am planning my winter camino.. I leave in less than a month, and up until this point I was feeling very confident in going alone.. However as the date approaches quickly, as friends and family worry more, I have been looking closer into the safety of the Camino. There isn't too much information out there about Winter Caminos so I have not heard anything terrible happening to solo women travelers thus far. However I have been reading about sexual assaults, murders and theft in the summer months... Does anyone have any safety information on the more secluded months? Is anyone else under the impression that it might be safer/less safe during the winter months?
Any information or insight into this would be greatly appreciated as I am slightly worried (Not that that will stop me...), I would just like to ease my mind a little bit on the matter.
Thanks,
Hope you can reassure those around you and have a great winter camino. Daylight hours get noticeably shorter around the winter solstice, this might be a factor in planning how far you walk each day. A head torch would be handy too.Hi Guys,
I am planning my winter camino.. I leave in less than a month, and up until this point I was feeling very confident in going alone.. However as the date approaches quickly, as friends and family worry more, I have been looking closer into the safety of the Camino. There isn't too much information out there about Winter Caminos so I have not heard anything terrible happening to solo women travelers thus far. However I have been reading about sexual assaults, murders and theft in the summer months... Does anyone have any safety information on the more secluded months? Is anyone else under the impression that it might be safer/less safe during the winter months?
Any information or insight into this would be greatly appreciated as I am slightly worried (Not that that will stop me...), I would just like to ease my mind a little bit on the matter.
Thanks,
I don't really worry about those kind of things.. I think my family has just put all these horrible situations in my mind, I'm fairly used to traveling alone, that being said I have never been on a long haul walk such as this one before.
I'm not fully prepared.. I still have a lot to buy before I head out, purchased good walking shoes, socks, raincoat and bag so far. Clearly I still have plenty to do before jetting off!
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