Where to start?

[Edel]

I think i found how to work this now?! . Im traveling to Santiago on 5 Oct and then making way to a starting point.Any suggestions? I have approx 5 weeks. Was hoping to do camino Frances but am concerned about time of year. Is there many people doing it then or will I be the lonesome pilgrim? Also it is not easy for me to pick up passport from Ireland as im now in Brazil and would be grateful for any suggestions on how and where I can get it.
Thanks, Edel

[Leslie]

Hi Edel,

Welcome to the forum.

If you want to walk the whole Camino Frances you have the time anyway. You can get a train to Pamplona and then a short bus ride to Roncesvalles - i would start there, only because I hate the toughness of the first day from St Jean - see this post

From what i am reading you will not be a lonesome pilgrim. It is not as busy as summer and that is good.

You will be able to get a passport at Pamplona or Roncesvalles.

Post away with your questions - there is loads of help here.

[Edel]

Thank you Leslie, I am now more relaxed and will check out trains and buses. Like everything on my trip it always works out in the end. I have little speed wobbles every now and then but with people like you to help along the way the never last long. Will be back with more questions when the arise. Thanks again, im getting excited now as this is the finale of my trip!
edel

[John Hussey]

I walked in October and half of November and found it to be a great time to walk. The massive throngs will have gone and there will be more than enough fellow pilgrims to make the 'Way' extremely interesting. I found most albergues still open and there was always room in them, even though a few were 'nearly' full-Finisterre, for instance. Now it was cold that night there but it was in mid November, though, an it was pleasantly cool during the day. So, while you will have missed the wildflowers blooming in spring, you will walk through the massive vineyards during the harvest of the most delicious , as well as freshest, grapes you will have ever eaten, while crossing Navarra and La Rioja. October is a fine time to go. Going then, the cold of the higher elevations will still be bearable when you cross the mountains into Galicia and, walking the entire way in shorts is a direct possibility. I did so, anyway. But, then, I prefer them.