Monday, February 18, 2013
next camino!
I started walking regularly, then it snowed again, so I stopped, but I am going to be better, I have to be. I think I have made the decision. I aim to do the Via de la Plata via Portugal, starting in Caceres about the 19th March. The Cami Catalan will be for October, I hope. The Ingles will have to come sometime in the future, this winter has been very wet, much wetter than last year. I hope I will be able to walk via Portugal, it is very difficult to get up to date info. I will probably make the final decision when I get to Zamora. There is a shortage of places to sleep in Portugal and I am not planning to carry a tent so I may end up sleeping rough a couple of times, not my style at all, I hope the weather will be good in April, perhaps I should invest in a sleeping mat:)
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Thinking what's next!
It's nearly time for the next camino! I have had a lazy time since the last one and eaten far too much over Christmas, time to lose weight. Last week I promised myself that I would start walking this week, so I started yesterday. It was incredible how quickly I got out of breath. I'm not planning anything long at the moment, I will just stick to 7 to 8 kms daily.
The big question is; Which camino? I have made tentative plans, by that I mean started gathering information, on 3; the Via de la Plata - Caceres to Ourense, the Levante - Valencia to Zamora and the Cami Catalan - Sant Pere de Rodes (via San Juan de la Pena and the Aragones) to Pamplona or Burgos. Which one I do depends on when I can walk. For the Via de la Plata I want to be around Salamanca area for Holy Week, for the Levante I want to be in Valencia during the week before San Jose (19th March), so I can enjoy a little of the Fallas and the Mascleta. Only the Catalan does not have a date requirement, though I think it would be sensible to start some time in April. At the moment I am enjoying the 'planning'. I am very lucky that I do not have to arrange a flight so I can leave the date open till the last minute. I had half thought that if there would be a week of fine weather this winter I might do the Ingles, I have got so lazy I haven't even looked at the weather but who know's now I am motivating myself I may even do that!
The big question is; Which camino? I have made tentative plans, by that I mean started gathering information, on 3; the Via de la Plata - Caceres to Ourense, the Levante - Valencia to Zamora and the Cami Catalan - Sant Pere de Rodes (via San Juan de la Pena and the Aragones) to Pamplona or Burgos. Which one I do depends on when I can walk. For the Via de la Plata I want to be around Salamanca area for Holy Week, for the Levante I want to be in Valencia during the week before San Jose (19th March), so I can enjoy a little of the Fallas and the Mascleta. Only the Catalan does not have a date requirement, though I think it would be sensible to start some time in April. At the moment I am enjoying the 'planning'. I am very lucky that I do not have to arrange a flight so I can leave the date open till the last minute. I had half thought that if there would be a week of fine weather this winter I might do the Ingles, I have got so lazy I haven't even looked at the weather but who know's now I am motivating myself I may even do that!
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