[Gocamino] Seeking wisdom...

[Patricia Barboni]

Ditto re the guides by John Brierley...."A Pilgrim's Guide to the Camino de
Santiago" ISBN 1-84409-069-8  was updated in 2006 - it's a manageable size,
great maps including elevations, which I haven't seen in any others.
Also you might want to visit the website of American Pilgrims on the Camino
- the non-profit organization based in the US.  It's loaded with info and
links to other sites.
http://www.americanpilgrims.com

Buen Camino!
Patricia in So. Calif.

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Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 8:53 AM
To: Wes & Rita; gocamino at oakapple.net
Subject: Re: [Gocamino] Seeking wisdom...

You might want to check out the Brierley guides, available on Amazon. His
guides are very detailed, with pictures & maps.  The CSJ guides are also
good. Their website is www.csj.org.uk .
   
  Kelly

Wes & Rita <wesrita at comcast.net> wrote:
  We brand new members of your group and are planning to walk part of the
Camino this year. We would love to hear advice and thoughts from folks about
the following things::

What is the best time of the year to go (we can only do 4 weeks) and why?

What is the best section to walk for 4 weeks, and why?

What do you think of the options for sleeping from hostel type accomodations
to budget places -- what are they, what would we need to have with us, how
to choose?

What do we most need to have with us if we are trying to dramatically
minimize the size of our load (we would not be camping and we will not be
cooking any meals).

Any other thoughts/advice you think novices on the Camino (but not novice
walkers) could use -- clothes, money, reservations or not, routes, and
especially must sees and must dos, must not dos, et al would be much
appreciated. 

We have walked the Coast to Coast (England), Offa's Dyke (Wales), and the
West Highland Way (Scotland), and have done much hiking in the Olympics,
Rockies, and Cascades here in the States. Looking forward to hearing from
many of you...

Rita and Wes
wesrita at comcast.net
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