Camino de Santiago

Planning and Preparation

I will be walking from St Jean Pied De Port in France over the Pyrenees and across Spain to Santiago De Compostela along an ancient pilgrimage route about 800 kilometres long. I hope to complete this in 32 days give or take a day or two . Rucksack and equipment is all ready to go flight booked to Biarritz for the 1st September. From there I will bus it to Bayonne and then a local train to St Jean Pied de Port. I hope to walk an average of 25Km a day . The first day is 27Km to Roncesvalles which will take me up to an altitude of 1458metres and back down to 900m
So far my training has been very light just a few 10K walks with a full pack, this week I intend taking it up to about 21. My pack weight is about 8Kg with water, I may have to leave something behind to keep the weight down but up to yet it has felt comfortable on my training walks.