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- 6 окт. 2023 г.
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Высота: 20 м
- ВатиканVatican CityPiazza di San Pietro41°54’8” N 12°27’26” E
Postscript
6 октября 2023 г., Ватикан ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Had a very nice celebratory meal on the last night. Far too much food but gave it my best shot.
Fairly uneventful trip home except that the airport bus took nearly 2 hours to cover the trip to the airport that was scheduled to take 25 minutes. Made some folk quite upset. The smug ones who were aiming to have 3 hours at the airport before their flight kept their heads down and their mouths shut in the bus as the unfortunates got more and more upset. It was only about 6 miles and a well-honed pilgrim could have covered it on foot in that time. The problem came from the Rome traffic. Just about complete gridlock.
I had taken a wander back to Saint Peter’s Square for another photo and to admire the queue to get into the Kirk. Based on exhaustive observations, if you are visiting and haven’t got one of those handy pilgrim’s credentials, then you are much better going at 3.30pm than 9.30am.
Some trip info for those who like a number or two.
Distance - The 1,313 miles was covered in 84 days walking (15.6 miles per day). The split was
23 miles in the UK (11.5 miles per day),
540 miles in France (15.2 miles per day),
113 miles in Switzerland (11.9 miles per day),
637 miles in Italy (17.2 miles per day).
Cost - Total cost was £4,613, or £54 per day for 86 days. If travel costs of £285 are excluded it works out at £50 per day. You can’t much cheaper for an all-inclusive holiday these days, I suspect. My share of the costs in Switzerland with Glynice were £90 per day compared to £47 per day for the rest of the trip. And that was sharing a room. But none of that missing meals nonsense and did include slightly more alcohol than my norm. Last time I spent £2,750 over 70 days, or £39 per day, a very reasonable increase over 10 years, especially when previously I spent half the nights in pilgrim hostels and a quarter camping.
Shoes - I used Altra Olympus 5 trail running shoes. Found them excellent but pricey, costing nearly £90 a pair on the internet and about £165 in a running shop. Only lasted about 500 miles so I went through 3 pairs of them.
Proudest achievement- I stayed in 85 different places and never took the key with me when I left or left anything behind of mine (as far as I know).
Favourite piece of kit - I know it is a slightly odd choice but I really liked my Sea to Summit Lite clothesline! Meant I was always able to dry (more or less) my walking t-shirt and shorts overnight.
Weight - I think I started with a 9kg rucksack but managed to get it down to about 6kg by the end. Plus any water or food. My weight dropped by about 6kg down to 68kgs but isn’t likely to stay there for too long.
UK
1 night hotel and 1 night camping
FRANCE
7 nights hotel, 5 nights camping, 13 nights hostel, 12 nights chambre d’hote/B&B/apartment
SWITZERLAND
6 nights hotel, 2 nights camping, 2 nights hostel and 1 night B&B
ITALY
6 nights hotel, 7 nights hostel and 23 nights B&B/apartment
COMBINED
Hotel 20 nights or 23%
Camping 8 nights or 9%
Hostel 22 nights or 26%
Chambre d’hote/B&B/apartment 36 nights , or 42%Читать далее