I heard countless “¡Buen Caminos!” walking on the Camino del Norte. This brings me to the topic of interaction with local Spanish people. The purpose built pilgrim cafes were also something unexpected as along less busy routes you just fit into the local facilities. I saw almost more pilgrims in a day than I’d seen in weeks on the Camino del Norte. This, was a bit of a shock for someone like me who has never walked that route. The last 1 or 2 days, depending on the variant you take, joins the Camino Francés. There are also ancient pathways along this part of the routeĪs well as modern hard on the feet asphalt.Īll along the Camino del Norte, many days unfortunately have a reasonably high proportion of asphalt, which many find a bit hard on the feet. This was something I missed on my last walk along the Via Romea Germanica when I met no other pilgrims in 6 weeks ! I had the pleasant Camino experience of meeting lots of people and then often running into them again days or weeks later. I left the Albergue at Irún with around 60 others on the 13th September and there would have been more staying elsewhere the night before. Meeting other Pilgrimsįor me, this was the busiest route I’ve encountered. My views are coloured by this experience. In Italy I’ve walked along the Via Francigena from Piacenza to Rome and along the Via Romea Germanica from Innsbruck to Rome. I’ve also walked the Via de la Plata/Camino Sanabrés from Seville To Santiago. This is the 4th long walk in Europe that I’ve completed. Hopefully this will be of use to anyone thinking about walking along the Camino del Norte. Whilst I wrote a daily post along the way, I thought I’d summarise my experience in one post with lots of photos. I walked the Camino del Norte in September/October 2019.
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