I walked from Leon to Santiago late Jan / early Feb. I was lucky with weather until the last 2 days when the rain was torrential. Very quiet. Most days I saw one or two peregrinos only. And as others have remarked, accommodation is scarce and...
I am doing the Frances from Pamplona around Nov 20. Mainly because I like the Frances, esp with fewer people. I did Leon to Santiago in Jan and Feb this year. That was very empty.
One question, 1000 answers and no single right answer. Everyone is different. I have walked the full Frances twice. Each time 23-25 days. Full rest days didn't work too well for me, so I did a few half days - walked til midday, then chilled out...
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