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    LIVE from the Camino Walking the Camino Frances in Winter: My Experience and Impressions

    I recall a situation where a pilgrim dropped her passport along the way. Word was spread going back towards her previous stop for a break. Someone found it and it was passed along for several kilometers to where she sat waiting. Another Camino miracle.
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    LIVE from the Camino My Camino started Sept 8, 2021

    Yes. At 69 and after a nine hour walk from SJPP I really appreciated my own room. There was a blood moon that night. I watched it rise over the mountain and flood the courtyard with light. So grateful and then onwards.
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    I went for a walk in the "New" Cathedral today

    Absolutely lovely. The light is amazing.
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    Senior Newbies planning first Camino- advice?

    I was 69 when I hiked from SJPP to Roncesvalles. I reached Orisson in just over two hours and, having started early in the am on a lovely Sept morning I was glad I had decided to continue I reached my destination in just a bit over nine hours after I left SJPP. A lovely walk. I had trained a...
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    Your All Time, Absolute BEST Camino Moment!

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    Walking and GPS apps

    There really is no need for a GPS app on the Camino Frances. Well marked and a look at Brierley provides an idea of the Kms covered in a given day of walking. What a relief to put away the phone. Only used to text with Hubby every couple of days and take a photo on occasion.
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    Help! The walking pole makes me feel like the walking dead!

    As always, everyone's Camino is their own. That said I saw many pilgrims walking with poles incorrectly adjusted for height. Makes a huge difference. I do know, however that I never could not have made it from SJPP to Roncevalles without them. And I think that going downhill with them and...
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    Pre Trip Anxiety

    Yes,you can have your luggage transported from SJPP to Roncevalles. And yes, do not feel any guilt about it. I used adaypack for my cross Pyrenees day and at the age of 70 I felt that was fair enough! I had a lovely 9 hour walk and know that it would have diminished my joy at starting off...
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    Disaster strikes

    So. After four trips on the Camino and keeping in mind that everyone has their own Camino, I have to think that bicycling just doesn’t provide the access to fellow pilgrims and the time to reflect that walking does. If interested in bicycling in Spain there must be other options. If you cant...
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    SIM Card

    I have used my cellphone without a SIM insert for years. I just upgrade my plan for a month to include global coverage. I have TMobile which connects with pretty much all of Europe immediately after departing the plane from the US. I know other phone carriers are just as easily connected. Cost...
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    Importance of First Night's Stay

    I started in SJPdP at 7:30 or so and made it to Orisson by mid morning. The weather was perfect (September) and I just had a coffee visited with some fellow pilgrims and headed off. Made Roncevalles about 5 p.m. I walked at a steady but not crazy pace. Looking back I felt that if...
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    Are you 70+ and still walking Caminos?

    I walked my first Camino from Sarria to Finesterre at the age of 69 four years ago. Since then I've walked from SJPP to Logrono over two different trips. Heading back this May to walk from Ponferrada to Sarria. I find that doing it in stages helped me. My goal is to finish before I am 75. I...
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    Rabies vaccination and dogs, cats, other animals

    One of my main worries when I first hiked the Camino was loose dogs. A bad experience years ago has made them a huge problem for me. I quickly realized that most of the dogs I saw were apparently very used to passing pilgrims. Most times they did not bother to bark or even get up to check us out!
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    Weather next week... should I change my plans?

    Take th advice from the folks in th Pilgrim Office and in Orisson. Also, if caught in thunder and lightening in th open, you should curl up in a ball close to the ground. As to rain, if it is raining on the Napoleon route it is raining on the Valcarlos Route. Embrace your Camino
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    Too old?

    I started hiking the Camino at 65. I’ve made several trips including hiking the Napoleon route at 69. I’m 71 and still have a bit to go. I found that hiking religiously four to five miles three times a week, including some steep uphill climbs, for about a month was adequate preparation. I diD...
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