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For many of us who live in Europe, the weather is certainly a factor in terms of when to do a camino. True, two weeks of vacation here and there does help but seriously...would most of us leave to walk a camino under 40C or under extremely...
Pilgrims from overseas will come not matter what the weather - we have bought out tickets and we will come. However, when I walked the Portuguese in 2018 the weather was cold and wet for a long time and we were told the numbers were down...
I wish that were possible because it would be a fundamental source of data to allocate/promote actions by areas but I'm afraid it's very complicated to add it on the same record...
A bit off-topic, but it’s about data: is there ever a “one day count” where all the pilgrims at albergues on a specific day are counted? While it would miss those at hotels, etc, it would be fascinating.
I would probably group the countries by continent as well to see if there was a significance. You may find certain countries/continents travel at certain times of the year. I agree that the weather wouldn’t play much of a part but holidays may...
I know it’s an impossible task but I’ve always been curious to know how many Caminos are walked and not registered by collecting a Compostela. I suspect many ‘addicts’ like me don’t collect Compostelas. I also suspect the number would be...
You’re right. I will try to link the place of departure (short, medium, long distance) with the mean days of the Camino and their historical weather... many assumptions ;-)
Let see the results… thanks!
That’s been alway my case: If I have the time, I don't care about the weather. On my first way, a thousand years ago, a Japanese couple in theirs 80 taught me this way. It was raining and no one dared to go out. They put on the poncho, greeted me...
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