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  1. MKalcolm M

    Can I do the camino at 16

    My daughter walked her first camino when she was 12, and did 4 more by the time she was 18 (Lock-down stopped us for a while). By the time she was 16 she could have done it well without me. Although it was a long time ago, I hitch-hiked all around Europe for several months when I was 17, and had...
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    Weather & accommodation on Norte

    Hi There, My daughter and I arrive in Irun on Saturday and will start walking on Sunday, so maybe we will bump into each other. Hope to see you on the path.
  3. MKalcolm M

    New Camino Game.

    This reminds me of the old joke: "What's brown and sounds like a bell"? Answer: "Dung"
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    Walking with daughter and niece both 15. Too young????

    I asked my 12 year old daughter if she wanted to walk the Camino Portuguese with me, and having thought about it she said yes. We went to the local woods, and spent a full day walking 17km/12 miles, and I explained she had to do at least this and probably more every day for 12 days and to...
  5. MKalcolm M

    A very long walk...(maybe)

    Took me a minute to get this, but it really made me laugh. Thankyou!
  6. MKalcolm M

    A very long walk...(maybe)

    I live with my teenage daughter in a small town on an estuary in South West Scotland, where I often walk through the harbour with my dog. My daughter will leave school in three years time, when I will be 62. I have been pondering what I will do when she flies the nest to go to university in the...
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    Post a Picture of Shoes or Boots

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    I probably won’t do this again

    To my dismay and embarrassment, as I have got older, I have started snoring. I always carry extra earplugs and offer them to anyone in a bunk nearby who does not have them. My 14 year old daughter has come up with a solution, however. I take the top bunk, she takes the bottom one, and when I...
  9. MKalcolm M

    Ingles in October?

    I would like to walk the Camino Ingles with my 15 year old daughter, but the only time available is in the second weekend of October. has anyone walked it at this time of year? Do you know if the municipal albergues are still open then, or are there enough private albergues open to make this...
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    Post a Picture of Shoes or Boots

    My daughters...no mistaking these in the boot rack first thing in the morning!
  11. MKalcolm M

    Is the Camino a Curse?

    Is the camino a curse? I have walked in pouring rain, with every part of my body in pain, tired to the point of exhaustion. I have been foot-sore, bone weary, and pleading for this to end. I have had blisters that burst, then shed their skin, then turned into a bloody mess of raw flesh. But...
  12. MKalcolm M

    Camino Primitivo, arriving in Santiago at easter week.

    Hello, My 14 year old daughter and I are starting out from Oviedo on the fourth of April, and flying home on the 21st of April. I am rather concerned about booking accommodation for the last few nights, as it is Easter week then, and by all accounts the camino is very busy. I normally just wing...
  13. MKalcolm M

    Camino del Norte

    It was in June.
  14. MKalcolm M

    Albergue in Leon

    The Nun's Hostel (Albergue del Monastario des las Benedictinas - Santa Maria de Carbajal) as suggested by Jenny is also where I stayed, the evening vespers and the Pilgrims mass made a lovely start to the camino. I bought my credencial for the Salvador there, and also met two Italians who became...
  15. MKalcolm M

    Camino del Norte

    I walked the Norte from Irun, and loved it. The scenery is fantastic. I was not prepared for the change when it joined with the Frances, and suddenly we were in a sea of pilgrims, many in bus parties and literally hundreds of people on the move. We had never encountered a full albergue, but...
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