Thank you so much @towanda1961, that's super helpful! I've learned to expect the extremes, too, with climate crisis. When we walked the Via Francigena last April in Tuscany, I was expecting cooler temps and we had some days around 35C and...
Well I guess I'd better chime in here after being talked up so much! 🙈
I walked in April so I don't have any specific January tips, but...
The Alentejo and Algarve (the areas of the RV) are a completely different animal from Galicia. Others...
Year to year can change but I've been along the Fisherman's Trail for several days January 2023 and the days were mostly sunny. I've also walked from Santiago do Cacem to Porto Covo and continued south to the lighthouse in March back in 2016 and...
Hi. I live along the Fisherman’s Trail and January can be a beautiful time here with warm days and sunny skies. Of course anything is possible, but we’ve had loads of rain and wind in April some years! Definitely book ahead, but come and enjoy...
It’s fun to watch these numbers. 2800 for approximately 10 months works out to 280 a month, so it’s not surprising that we continue to walk alone more or less. This year was my first Invierno in which I actually encountered other pilgrims...
I've recounted how, on the last night of my Camino Ingles in May 2018, I lost both my British passport and my credencial - fortunately after getting my Compostela.
I reported both losses to the authorities and even checked with the Pilgrim...
The topic of sexual harrassment and violence on the Camino has been discussed many times, but it’s done in the context of a woman actually reporting on her experience. This is the first time I can remember having a mainstream press article as the...
If you’ve no plans to revisit the countries of the Schengen zone after that trip you’ll be fine. Otherwise the “overstayed” stamp in your passport might cause problems on your next visit.
Thank you dear Pilgrims for your many kind and loving thoughts and messages. They bring great comfort. I will impart them to all who loved Michael here in the community Findhorn, Scotland, where he lived. At the time of his cremation that will...
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