Hello! I am on day 19 from Pamplona on the Francés. At O Pedrouzo, 13 miles from Santiago. Also deserted and most things closed. Lovely isn’t it! I also did Jan/Feb this year from Leon. That was even emptier. For all the debates on summer bed races etc, there are easy options.
LOL I walked last year at the end of October and while we did meet a school group walking we only occasionally saw other peregrinos. I enjoyed the quiet, but missed the Buen Caminos being recited all day.
It was much the same when I walked this a decade ago just before Easter. I was the only pilgrim in the couple of places I stayed before Bruma, when there was a crowd of younger pilgrims. They left the next day before I did, and I never saw them again. On the flat, open sections with straight roads, it doesn't take much for other pilgrims to disappear from view, they disappear even more quickly on the windy roads and in wooded areas.
Perhaps you will have more company, if that is what you want, from Bruma, where the two CI routes join up.
Hello! I am on day 19 from Pamplona on the Francés. At O Pedrouzo, 13 miles from Santiago. Also deserted and most things closed. Lovely isn’t it! I also did Jan/Feb this year from Leon. That was even emptier. For all the debates on summer bed races etc, there are easy options.
@Marus99 and @Hilly Hope you're both still enjoying your walk even though there aren't too many other pilgrims on the Inglés and Francés.
Just a note that once you get to Santiago, come by Pilgrim House for some company and a place to hang out for pilgrims during the day! We'd love to meet you. Through December 23, opening hours are 10am - 6pm every day except Sundays and Wednesdays.
My university students and I walked in January last year. There were a few pilgrims Sarria to Santiago, but little open during the holidays except the Xunta albergues.
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
I’m not, but I wish I were! Oh how I’d love to be a perpetual pilgrim walking Caminos and meeting lovely people from all over the world for the rest of my days - in ANY type of weather! One day I’ll move to Spain and make my dream come true! One day…..
I’m not, but I wish I were! Oh how I’d love to be a perpetual pilgrim walking Caminos and meeting lovely people from all over the world for the rest of my days - in ANY type of weather! One day I’ll move to Spain and make my dream come true! One day…..
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