Starting from Burgos in September - early, mid or late?

[JustJack]

My previous casinos have been in the spring. I walked the CF from SJPdP in May/June 2023. I’m thinking of going back to the CF next year to walk from Burgos to Sarria, but this time in the fall. I’m flexible and want to go while the weather is still warm/hot, when the kids are back in school, and hopefully avoiding the worst of the crowds. I know the crowds will be unavoidable, but for those that are really familiar with the patterns, would you start in Burgos in early, mid or late September? Or is September pretty consistently busy throughout the month? Thanks.

 

[JustJack]

My previous casinos have been in the spring. I walked the CF from SJPdP in May/June 2023. I’m thinking of going back to the CF next year to walk from Burgos to Sarria, but this time in the fall. I’m flexible and want to go while the weather is still warm/hot, when the kids are back in school, and hopefully avoiding the worst of the crowds. I know the crowds will be unavoidable, but for those that are really familiar with the patterns, would you start in Burgos in early, mid or late September? Or is September pretty consistently busy throughout the month? Thanks.

I guess another way to look at it is to see if there are any periods in September when a particularly large wave of pilgrims tend to leave SJPdP. I can then count the days till they would reach Burgos. I’m completely flexible on my departure date so hoping to avoid any predictable waves.

 

[Walkerooni]

I walked SJPdP to Santiago May/June 2018. Last year Burgos to Muxia starting last week of August, thinking that would put me ahead of the September wave from SJPdP. It did. Only encountered 4-6 people a day while waking, and a few more in albergues. Numbers picked up again with a wave starting in Leon.

 

[trecile]

I guess another way to look at it is to see if there are any periods in September when a particularly large wave of pilgrims tend to leave SJPdP.

The first two weeks of September have historically been two of the busiest weeks of the year for pilgrims starting from SJPDP. If you start from Burgos at the same time you will be a couple of weeks ahead of the big wave.