Walking in November

[Sue Kenney]

Rod and Katie,

I walked on my own in November/December 2001 from SJPP so I will tell
you about my experience.

Most of the refugios are open or you can find out which ones are open
from the people in the bars/restaurants or at the refugios. Since it is
not that busy you will have your choice of bunk beds wherever you go.
Often the temperature dropped to minus 2 or 3 celsius at night causing a
problem for me drying clothes since the heat usually went off at 10:00PM
to save energy.  Outside of the fact the monasteries such as the one in
Samos were damp and cold, I recall being comfortable most of the time.
Of course by that time I had walked for 24 days and was just a humble
pilgrim grateful for being on the Camino.

I loved Cebriero and the entire Galician section.

blessings,
Sue

sue.kenneyasympatico.ca
http://www.suekenney.ca


Katie Holland wrote:

> We have been walking the camino over the past 3 years
> in sections as we cannot get the 40 days needed off of
> work to make the trip in 1 trip.  We have completed
> the following segments to date:  St Jean to Logrono-
> July '01, Logrono to Burgos- April '02, and Burgos to
> Astorga- May/June '03.  Our plan is to finish the
> camino during the 2004 Xacobeo.
>
> Currently, we have some time in November around the
> Thanksgiving holiday that we could walk for about 6
> days.  We figure this will get us just beyond Cierbro,
> at 20-30km per day, but I was wondering if anyone has
> any experience walking during this time of the year.
> Are refugios open? How cold is it? (we are from texas)
> etc.  Any experiences about the camino would be
> greatly apreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Rod and Katie
>
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