[Gocamino] Less crowded/cooler route?

[Kinsey Oleman]

Or, If you don't mind rain and mud, you could just
walk the Camino Frances in April. I never once
experienced a full albergue along the way and spent a
couple nights completely alone (once in a sparkling
new municiple hostel with heated floors).
Keep in mind there are also some side route options
that take you off the main route at times. Just after
Leon you have the option of leaving the highway. In
Galicia you can take a beautiful day off the main
route to visit the monestary at Samos.

kinsey

--- Grant Spangler <gaspangler at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Bueno,
> 
> The finale of the Camino Primitivo or the slide into
> Galicia on the Camino 
> del Norte would be cooler and less crowded. Keep in
> mind that most of 
> Galicia will be on the humid side. This means that
> when it is hot (and that 
> definitely happens in August), it will be hot and
> humid. You also encounter 
> more precitipation once you are in Galicia, so a
> good ventilated rain jacket 
> is highly recommended. Santander is a convenient
> place to join the Camino 
> del Norte, Oviedo is good for the Camino Primitivo.
> If you start the Camino 
> del Norte at San Sebastian, be prepared for hills
> hills and a few more 
> hills. Lots of elevation gain and give on the
> northern traverse of the 'del 
> Norte. A main reason the French route became so
> popular was the relative 
> easy of passage (read: 'flat'). The Northern and
> Primitive Routes were there 
> first but fell into disuse as the Camino Frances was
> developed.
> 
> Buen Camino,
> 
> Grant
> 
> Grant Spangler
> GASpangler at hotmail.com
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> 
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