Santiago Pilgrimage

[john rogers]

Hi Sharon: how is everything now in the great down under? Seems like a long
time since we shared the climb out of Pamplona. We have now determined to
walk from Le Puy in Sept this year assuming the crowds will have cleared out
by the time we reach SdC in mid November. Are you staying well?

John and Brenda Rogers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon Brown" <Handzondeckabigpond.com>
To: <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: Santiago Pilgrimage


> Hi Mary,
>
> Sharon from Australia here. I did the camino in late April 2003 and it
took
> me six hours plus to walk the Pyrenees route. I trained down from Paris,
> Gare St AUsterlitz, late train. The website that I used for train travel
was
> bahn.hafas.de and www. sncf.com. Both had very invaluable  information.
> Feel free to e-mail me off line at sharon.brownadefence.gov.au.
>
> Sharon
> Oz pilgrim 2003
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pat Harrison" <Pilgrim_OCDSaATT.NET>
> To: <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, 15 February 2004 1:54
> Subject: Santiago Pilgrimage
>
>
> > Hello All:
> >
> > I am new to this email list.  I am writing to help me make a decision
> about doing the Camino with my husband this year.  Right now, I do not
feel
> that I am in good shape and don't know if the next four months of getting
> into shape would be sufficient to do the Camino.  My husband has his heart
> set on doing the Camino and I don't want to disappoint him. Yet, I am 55
> years old and aware of my limitations. If we went, we would leave on May
> 23rd and fly into Paris.  We would start the pilgrimage in St. Jean.  I
have
> reservations about hiking through the Pyrenees.
> > Could someone give me an idea of how rigorous the hike through the
> mountains would be to get to Roncevalles?
> >
> > Also, in reading various email threads, I learned that 600,000 to
900,000
> people are estimated to do the Camino this year.  Another concern is about
> sleeping accomodations.  I don't really want to sleep on the floor of a
> Refugio if there are no more beds available or sleep on the ground under
> some tent that the Spanish army would set up.  Did anyone do the Camino in
> 1999 when St. James feastday fell on a Sunday, too?  If so, what were the
> crowds like, what does one do if there are no sleeping accomodations?  It
is
> the unknown that is causing me to have anxiety.  Any information would be
> beneficial to help me make a decision.
> >
> > Thanks very much!
> >
> > Mary Frances Harrison