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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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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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
I have walked both the Norte and the Frances. I found the sense of community far stronger on the Norte, there were fewer pilgrims, but the bond between us was much tighter. I formed a great camino family who have since become life long friends. I think the main reason for this is because there...
I have walked both routes in April, the Portuguese in 2017 and the Frances (from Leon) in 2018. The Portuguese remains my firm favourite for the last 100kms, I really liked the towns, scenery, and a less busy, more relaxed, less commercial camino. We made great friends on this route and walked...
The best place to acquire a stick, is in the garden of the Camino office where pilgrims get their compostellas. There is a box where pilgrims can leave their staffs, and you can choose one which suits you. It is a great pleasure to choose one which already has the prestige of making its way to...
Its remarkably difficult to get lost on the Portuguese Camino! My 12 year old daughter and I walked it a couple of years ago, and to keep her interested I suggested she counted the yellow arrows as we went along, and stopped to take a photo every 100 arrows. We got to several hundred very...
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