Have you thought about doing it on your own? Especially on those pilgrim routes, there will be lots of people to have the odd conversation with so you won't be that lonely. You might even learn more doing it that way since there will be more pushes to talk to other people! I spent a couple months on my own on a bike trip and I learned how to be alone and some other good lessons.
On that note, how is biking for you? It's not quite the same as backpacking but (for me) a lot of the ~spiritual part is the same: spending so much time in motion that it becomes meditative and going through natural areas.
I've done some solo traveling too and didn't love it. It's fine, but not really something I'd like to do again. I pretty much decided I wouldn't be doing that again without a companion. Biking in the US is a possibility though. I like to get away from roads, but then, there are plenty of rural roads in the US that are very quiet.
Have you thought about doing it on your own? Especially on those pilgrim routes, there will be lots of people to have the odd conversation with so you won't be that lonely. You might even learn more doing it that way since there will be more pushes to talk to other people! I spent a couple months on my own on a bike trip and I learned how to be alone and some other good lessons.
On that note, how is biking for you? It's not quite the same as backpacking but (for me) a lot of the ~spiritual part is the same: spending so much time in motion that it becomes meditative and going through natural areas.
I've done some solo traveling too and didn't love it. It's fine, but not really something I'd like to do again. I pretty much decided I wouldn't be doing that again without a companion. Biking in the US is a possibility though. I like to get away from roads, but then, there are plenty of rural roads in the US that are very quiet.