Walking in April 2009 anyone?

[Kim]

Hello there! I am starting April 1st and walking the Camino until May 1st. Any one else walking then? It is getting close! enjoy and hope we meet up along the way!

[sean]

Hi Kim,

I arrive in Bayonne on April 1st (April fool's day) and plan to start off from St. Jean as soon as possible after that. I have set aside the time between then and May 5th to do the walk and hopefully get to Finnestere.
I am really looking forward to the walk and meeting the other April fools along the way.
Best of luck with your walk-enjoy.


Regards,

sean
Dublin

[Castellana]

Hello, Kim and Sean....We plan on departing Burgos on the 7th..though we will only be able to walk to Astorga this year. See you on the Camino!
Angela and Julia

[irlandaamigo]

Yep, I might be heading out April, dunno yet tbh.

We Irish need to dominate the Camino...add some partying and drunkenness to the religious mix.

Or on second thoughts, just stick to da walking (and not staggering ).

[therebster]

hi all you april walkers.. sorry for being a complete novice to this... is anyone walking a bit of it?
i wanted to find someone who knew of how easy/difficult it is to plan doing a week? is it best to gut return flights to santiago and bus/train to a start point. does anyone know a start point a week away from the end? i havent fully rooted around this site yet but do you have to buy a pilgrim passport to stay in hostels? are these easy to get hold of? if i turned up in a town about a weeks walking distance from santiago would i be able to buy one there, how much does it cost?

any help would be great... seemingly a lot of the info is for people planning a long trip, so any info for the santiago lite traveller would be greatly appreciated..

enjoy it everyone.. rebecca

[sean]

Good afternoon,

I was wondering if anyone knew the afternoon train departure times from Bayonne to SJDP?
I arrive in Biarritz airport at 16;15 and wonder if I would be best to stay the night in Biarritz and get the first morning train.

Regards,

Sean,
Dublin.

[Covey]

The trains are run by Ter Aquitaine

http://www2.ter-sncf.com/aquitaine/n...03%7C10&from=1

The link should give you the train times during the day but the last train to SJPDP is 1812hrs (local) and the journey takes 90 minutes.

[Francois]

Hi April walkers. I plan on starting from SJPdP on 2 April. Flying in from South Africa on 1st. Any body got thoughts on returning to France (Toulouse) from Santiago?

Francois

[sean]

Hi,

Tomorrow is my kick off day. I am really looking forward to getting off the train in SJPDP and getting into the hills.
I think I know how a race horse feels when they are in the stalls waiting for the gates to open.
Best wishes to all my fellow Caminoists. I am sure we will meet on the way.

Regards,

Sean
Dublin.

[vjpulver]

Goooood Morning!

I am heading off to Spain after Easter to begin my Camino in Roncesvalles. I am allowing about 35-38 days. I'm hoping the weather will be pleasant.

Life is good...

"Ginn"
In Sunny Santa Fe, NM
Pilgrimage of Gratitude: My Camino

[Castellana]

I know how you feel, Sean....I have visualized the whole trip a thousand times in my head, including mud, snow, rain, aches and pains..But still anticipating everything, as if this were a ritual I have been waiting for all my life.

Departing NYC in two days, my hardest task right now is decide what is "essential", while keeping the total weight to carry below 9 kg (not easy, believe me).

Will meet up with my sis in Burgos, and both of us will start our Camino around the 6th or 7th...

If anyone sees me on the Camino, please ask me for an Angel. A Spanish painter (naiive) living in New York has just given me almost 300 postage-stamp sized angel pictures to place along the Camino and to give to whomever asks for them. It has become his task to distribute these angels to be carried all over the world...New York's trees are full of them.

Covey, is there a way I can link our blog to this site? I have already made reference to this blog on ours.
Angela