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Hola
Obviously it is good to have a plan for your Camino, as you will have to skip a part or parts of it, to be able to both start at Saint Jean and arrive in Santiago in 21 days.
Along the Camino Frances there are public busses or taxis which can transport you, so it will be easy for you to make the decision once you are on route.
I think the best advice right now is to wait making that decision.
Focus on arriving at Saint Jean, be in the now, experience what your friend has told you he felt.
Start slow, make your body adjust to the physical change from your daily life. After a week, I am certain the thoughts you are having now, will have been exchanged with other thoughts. One may be that you have experienced that the Camino provides. That simple life, walk, eat, talk, sleep is easy and rewarding.
As well as your body and mind has something to say about what you have begun.
Once you feel you need to jump ahead, to accomplish your goal, arriving in Santiago and getting a compostela, you just do that. An option could be to move ahead between Burgos and Leon, but maybe your camino will tell you otherwise.
As long as you walk the last 100 km., proved with a stamp/cello each day, you will be fine.
Buen Camino
Lettinggo
Hello
There's a blog in spanish by a person who did the Camino in 21 days from Saint Jean Pied de Port.
http://elcaminodesantiago21.blogspot.com.es/2012/06/el-camino-de-santiago-en-21-etapas.html
It was in June 2012, when the days are longer but he always finished about 2 or 3 in the afternoon. I think that if you are above average fitness is doable.
Buen camino
I think Lettingo is giving you great advice. Start in SJPP, go with the flow and be in the now. Within a week or so you will feel what you want to do. Most probably you will change your mind if you start making plans for it now. Just start and see what comes to you. Buen Camino!
The only time I did that in three weeks was after I already had four weeks of Camino from Paris under my belt ...
And I was 29.
But yeah, letting the Camino guide you is great advice !!
Hi Sta,
How exciting for you! I am also one of those who completed the Francés in three weeks, or in my case 20 days from SJPP to Santiago and 23 to Finisterre. Here is the link regarding my stages (scroll down after the alberge review to see daily km):
http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/municipal-parroquial-auberge-review-july-2010.9169/
This was not my intention from the outset, indeed I thought that I would make to between León and Ponferrada but it just happened. I never planned a stage, just walked until I wanted to stop and had a wonderful Camino. I averaged 40 km a day but because I walked about 5-5,5 kph I had lots of time to stop for a café con leche, chat with fellow pilgrims and cafe/shop owners and still arrive at an albergue mid afternoon. No rush, that is just my natural walking tempo.
Looking back I believe that my experience might very well have turned out differently if I had made myself stick to a rigid schedule from the start. I had no particular plan except for waking up each morning and placing one foot in front of the other! This was July 2010 when I was 54 and have been back to walk parts of the Francés, the Via de la Plata and Sanabrés and volunteered 2x as a hospitalera. So I guess that you could say that I am hooked.
Here is something I wrote from the above thread which I believe still rings true to me:
How one walked in the past is no guarantee for the future. And what works for one may be torture for another.
How far to walk per day? Rest days or not? It is all so personal and you never really know how your body will stand up to the rigors of the Camino until you do it.
Happy planning and let me know if I can be of any help.
Cheers,
p.s. update to my comment in that thread regarding shoes: since last summer I have switched to Brooks running shoes and have not had 1 blister!
It doesn't take long to work out what's right for you. There is really no way that you can tell that beforehand as no pilgrimage is the same as any other, even when it's done by the same person. You have a very tight schedule, just go with what feels right for you at the time and, if necessary, jump on the bus. That idea may become desirable at any time on your Camino so try not to set out with any preconceived plan. Let it all unfold in its own time.
We have an active pilgrim group in Sydney. Our next meeting is at noon Saturday 5 October (venue to be confirmed, I'll be posting a message on the Forum). In the meantime, if you think I can be of any help, please feel free to open a conversation and I'll send you my phone number.
Hi Lettinggo, I've noticed that you have red my blog. Thanks for it. Sorry about my poor english. If you're interested on doing the camino in less days, I can colaborate with my short experience (I only did it once). The most remarking things when I did it were as follow:Hola
Obviously it is good to have a plan for your Camino, as you will have to skip a part or parts of it, to be able to both start at Saint Jean and arrive in Santiago in 21 days.
Along the Camino Frances there are public busses or taxis which can transport you, so it will be easy for you to make the decision once you are on route.
I think the best advice right now is to wait making that decision.
Focus on arriving at Saint Jean, be in the now, experience what your friend has told you he felt.
Start slow, make your body adjust to the physical change from your daily life. After a week, I am certain the thoughts you are having now, will have been exchanged with other thoughts. One may be that you have experienced that the Camino provides. That simple life, walk, eat, talk, sleep is easy and rewarding.
As well as your body and mind has something to say about what you have begun.
Once you feel you need to jump ahead, to accomplish your goal, arriving in Santiago and getting a compostela, you just do that. An option could be to move ahead between Burgos and Leon, but maybe your camino will tell you otherwise.
As long as you walk the last 100 km., proved with a stamp/cello each day, you will be fine.
Buen Camino
Lettinggo
Stop to smell the roses, talk to fellow pilgrims, take advantage of unanticipated circumstances.
Part of your decision depends on your purpose for walking. A pilgrimage? Then walk slower and ponder along the way. A walking holiday? Then your focus is to get your Compostella.
If you can't do all you hope in one trip, I think experience (and so many members of this forum) shows that you will return to finish, no matter how far-fetched and impossible that idea may seem right now.
I like the advice of others on this question - let the Camino be your guide. I gave up planning by day two and just let the Camino do its thing. Worked out well.
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