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camster reacted to mick53's post in the thread Weather during July-August from Besançon into Rome with
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We walked the Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome in 2017.Weather with natural and variability and climate change is unpredictable, can only look at averages BUT ... 1. you need to get to St Bernards Pass after it's opened, can check when... -
camster reacted to lovingkindness's post in the thread Weather during July-August from Besançon into Rome with Love - Red heart.
Hi there @domigee , @camster and others... Yes! What an adventure. The urge to walk to the Holy Land was strong. It had been growing in me for years before I finally set off, flute in hand and not much else. Here's a link to my route finding...
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camster reacted to lovingkindness's post in the thread Weather during July-August from Besançon into Rome with Love - Red heart.
You are welcome! Happy planning :)
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camster replied to the thread Weather during July-August from Besançon into Rome.Thank you. I'm grateful for your information, as well as others' before you. As much as mosquitoes were totally absent on the Frances, it looks like there are a lot in Italy. I'll take heed. Heading to look at your document. Thanks again!
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camster reacted to lovingkindness's post in the thread Weather during July-August from Besançon into Rome with Love - Red heart.
Hello @camster I walked through Italy on my way from France to Jerusalem in 2013. I crossed into Italy during the first week of July via the Montgenèvre Pass. I followed the VF as far as San Quiroco D'Orcia then switched to more pleasant trails...
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camster reacted to Paul-CH's post in the thread Weather during July-August from Besançon into Rome with Love - Red heart.
When you start at July 1st you will probably be 14 days later at the St. Bernard's Pass. I was there this year July 11th. At the Hospice Gd-St-Bernard I have been told, that just a week ago it was possible to start ski touring right in front of...
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camster reacted to domigee's post in the thread Weather during July-August from Besançon into Rome with Love - Red heart.
St Bernard pass in July 2017 still had some snow but as you walk, you get warm! The Cisa pass was also chilly but all that was needed in both places was an extra layer. The rest of the way, to Rome, we had the Lucifer heatwave, mostly 40 deg + ...
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camster reacted to SYates's post in the thread Weather during July-August from Besançon into Rome with Love - Red heart.
As I always say: Climate is what you can expect, weather is what you will get!". So, prepare for coldish to blistering hot and take good rain gear. Once walking a similar Camino in France/Italy I had 6 weeks of non-stop rain followed then by...
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camster reacted to Bradypus's post in the thread Weather during July-August from Besançon into Rome with
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I walked from Canterbury to Rome in summer 2015. I passed through Besançon in mid-August on a day of thunderstorms and heavy rain. The end of a heatwave several days long. Between there and Rome I met lots of different weather conditions. 5C at... -
camster reacted to JabbaPapa's post in the thread Weather during July-August from Besançon into Rome with Thank you.
This is frankly an imponderable -- though Summer in Italy is anyway hot, especially as you get into Latium/Lazio. I have never walked that route, but I have been up on such Alpine Passes in Summer more than once -- maybe it will be cold, but...
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