Anyone ever walked GR10 ?

[turnipbmw]

All 530 miles of it ?

50 days if you're fit.

could be fun

 

[Browny]

Something I'd like to do.

 

[GSTourer]

Looks good

 

[turnipbmw]

I've done a few short sections and met families doing it with a rented donkey to carry kit etc.

stunning

 

[GSTourer]

Does part of the Santiago de Compostela route fit into this?

I only ask as when I rode part of the Pyrenees in 2009 there were a lot of walkers doing this.

 

[stever1]

Im a thicko then. Whats the GR10 ?

 

[John Armstrong]

Im a thicko then. Whats the GR10 ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GR_10_(France)

 

[paintman]

Does part of the Santiago de Compostela route fit into this?

I only ask as when I rode part of the Pyrenees in 2009 there were a lot of walkers a doing this.

I think its a different walk

http://www.caminodesantiago.me.uk/

A friend of mine did it a year after having replacement knees fitted, it was both a challenge and a reward, the nice thing about this walk is that there are huts (Refugios) along the route where you can be fed and sleep in, but if you use them the deal is you go back another time and spend a week looking after the hut and providing food for other walkers. Cool or what.

 

[Monsieur]

I've wanted to walk the camino de santiago for several years now but never yet found the 'get up and go'. I'd certainly like to get it done before I retire.

Check out a film called 'the way' with Martin Sheen-very inspirational.

 

[Myke Rocks]

Several friends have walked the Camino

I've wanted to walk the camino de santiago for several years now but never yet found the 'get up and go'. I'd certainly like to get it done before I retire.

Check out a film called 'the way' with Martin Sheen-very inspirational.

One friend has walked from Warrenpoint ( Northern Ireland ) To Santiago De Compostela,
and another has walked both the French and Spanish Routes.
Myke

 

[rce]

One friend has walked from Warrenpoint ( Northern Ireland ) To Santiago De Compostela,

is he Jesus ?

 

[Myke Rocks]

Not quite

is he Jesus ?

he was able to do it, because, unlike Jesus, he had no holes in his feet, so was able to walk on the water without drowning!
Myke

 

[Bury_Dave]

Nicholas Crane walked it as part of his route from SdC to Istanbul over 18 continuous months in the mid 1990's.

"Clear Waters Rising". It was also interesting to read of him bivvying in Romanian woods to find himself amongst vehicles and detritus from a WW2 battle.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Clear-Water...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360917788&sr=1-1


Although an older book , this i think has some of that route (I'll need to check my bookshelves tonight as my memory is fallible )

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Backpacking...=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360917666&sr=1-3

I did the Alps walk in the book myself but not the Pyreneean one.

 

[stolzy]

Do you still need a licence to walk the GRs?

 

[Bury_Dave]

Not all of them. But some of the more popular ones like the GR20 on Corsica i think you do.

There's bound to be a website for the GR's that specifies. If I can quickly find it then I'll post a link here.

Have a quick look in here to start with

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GR_footpath#Routes_1_to_25

And here

http://www.gr-infos.com/gr-en.htm the initial page is in English but the rest in French (I speak French thank fook !). The maps pages are still worth a look though.

 

[Yorkie]

If you are thinking of doing it, I can recommend reading "Backpacks, boots and baguettes" by Simon Calder & Mick Webb describing their experiences of doing it. He is the travel editor of the Independent and writes well about the problems they encountered.