So funny. I'm laughing because I experienced the same twice. We've survived and the days following felt like a piece of cake. I also find so interesting those pictures of beautiful vistas. All I experienced was cloud cover, fog, and sheep rear ends.
Hey Bogong
It was exactly the same for me on my first Camino July 2015. I had barely got out of town and the rain started and it got heavier and heavier as the time past. I stopped at orrisson for coffee and food then preceded but unto be known...
Mick0
It sounds like the weather has turned already. Be warned it might be warm during the day as you’re walking generating your own heat but when evenings are cold and wet a liner doesn’t do it but there are a lot of albergues provide blankets...
My first day was just the opposite. It was extremely hot and I ran out of water after crossing over the prynees. I thought to myself, its less then 5 miles and its downhill, I can make it. I did, but just barely. ( A very stupid mistake!)...
So I started out from st Jean Pied De port yesterday around 8 with the rain pelting down heading up the Napoleon towards Orisson. After lunch alot of people decided to avail of the taxi service and I don't blame them as the rain was nonstop. Any...
I stopped at Logroño last week and while the Camino Frances was busier than the Camino Aragonés I had no problems getting a bed without reservations.
I certainly didn't encounter anyone else with problems.
Morning traffic on the Aragonés...
There appears to be plenty of availability at the Roncesvalles albergue on the 18th.
https://alberguederoncesvalles.com/en/welcome-to-the-roncesvalles-pilgrims-hostel/
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