Hi Bill905!
Yes, everything fits and I have room to spare! These suggestions are so so helpful. What do you think about bringing rain gear and the John Brierly book?
Hi y'all!
Getting ready to start the Camino in one week! I'm so excited :) would love it if you could please review my packing list for September/ first bit of October. I wanted to see if there's anything you would add or take away--due to...
In 2012 The Beloved flew to Santiago and caught the Monbus service to Villafranca to meet me and co-celebrate my birthday. I got to Villafranca two days before she did. I cheerfully spent two days getting rat-arsed in Mi Tienda, trimming some...
lol. “How long is a piece of string?”
Great question. In 2014 my wife and I were 43 days from SJPdP to Sarria (48 to SdC). (Long string). I just watched a delightful video of a young woman who was 20 days SJPdP to Sarria - 23 to SdC! (Short...
In September of 2021, I did nearly exactly what you are planning: I started walking in Roncesvalles on September 10th, with plans of meeting my friend who would fly in 29 days later and meet me in Triacastela. We planned to walk together to...
A number of years ago, I was planning something similar with Spouse who was ahead of me by 3 weeks -- so we said "Let's meet half way and walk half way together"... I flew into Madrid, and we were watching his location relative to mine, and to...
With the assumption that you have more available time than your friend I would say that you should give yourself a few extra days than you would schedule yourself if you weren't going to meet your friend.
Say your friend only has a week off and...
If you've never done this before, several factors likely come into play. You will underestimate the difficulty of the first week. Then you will push too hard to "catch up" to your Plan A. Which is how people develop injuries and blisters. Which...
I suggest allowing 35 calendar days - SJPdP to Santiago. Spend two days at Santiago. Trust me on this. Then, it takes 4 more days to walk to the coast. That's 41 calendar days in all - call it six weeks - 42 days.
Hope this helps.
Tom
Flexibility of both time and mind is important, for you both. I've twice planned Caminos with the intention of meeting up with a friend, and both times the friends had to cancel for medical/ family reasons. Which meant that I ended up with spare...
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