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Long time since I looked at Camino Pictures on the web.
The vegetation and the sky seem particularly brilliant in the new slideshows.
Is that PhotoShop being used to enhance photos, or am I just feeling a particular longing to return.
You are in for a challenge. Go for it.
Christmas and New Years will be like no other for you.
Take a good sleeping bag! I bet the albergues are cold.
I find getting the balance of layers of clothing right for working in the winter a challenge.
Too many layers and I become wet with sweat...
So sorry to hear of your blisters and feet problems so early in your trip.
I had blisters in the first week during my 2006 walk, and in the third week during my 2010 walk. Not a hint of a blister in 2004 when I sprinkled my feet liberally with Gold Bond foot powder every morning.
2006 I took 3...
I've walked to Santiago 3 times on the Camino Frances and the Via de la Plata. (2004, 2006, 2010)
I thought when my third Camino was finished, I was finished. But today I just watched an amazing slide show of the CF on youtube and am inspired to go again. Previously, watching slide shows on...
God Bless you Tim and Donna as you make your way along the Camino.
Tim,
You will only need to walk 13 kms per day so you will have lots of time to take rest stops.
I recently walked a couple of days on a very difficult (for me) trail and carrying a heavy backpack. I did it one kilometer at a...
Got your rocks all ready! That is putting your priorities first.
I took one rock for each person on my prayer list and had their initials on each stone. The little bag of rocks weighed 2 lbs!
But what joy, taking the bag out and going through the rocks one by one remembering people at home...
When I started the Camino Frances, my only plan was to go west each day. It worked woderfully.
If you plan to go north, or North East each day, that will be enough.
Enjoy the contemplation while you walk.
David, Victoria, Canada.
Your baby is a real trooper.
My wife and I took our year old son to the Canadian Rockies. We were camping with our car, and planned on glorious mountain walks each day. Stephen did not cooperate. After the first day in the backpack, he resisted, fussed and cried everytime we put him in it...
Welcome Back, And greetings to that new chap, George, in Kensington Palace.
Oviedo to Santiago looks like a quick trip. Maybe two weeks or a little more. Why not walk the Camino Norte and pass through Oviedo on the way?
Whatever you do, Have a grand adventure. You deserve it, now that your...
Hi Robyn,
Nobody has touched your second question, but I think it is very relevant, given the time of year you will be walking.
The weather at the start of your Camino should be brilliant. Warm days, crisp mornings.
In the second half of the Camino, you walk on a 1000 m high elevation plateau...
Hi Maggie,
The Camino Frances from SJPP to Santiago is very well graded and smooth.
You will seldom need to watch your feet, every step of the way.
There will be muddy bits and sections with loose rock, but these will be short.
By way of comparison, I just walked 14 km on a path where we...
Hello Sheila,
Having walked from Leon, you know what pilgrimage is about.
One of the first big questions pilgrims ask upon meeting each other is " Where did you begin? How was your first day on the route Napoleon from St. Jean Pied du Port?" Everyone compares horror stories, and believes they...
If you go out to the lighthouse in the evening and have a bonfire, you can expect a cool breeze off the water. If you are warm, dry, and in good company, you may stay out all night.
I would take the fleece.
Also, if you go out, intending to build a fire, purchase the wood in town. There is...
It took three caminos to satisfy my longing.
Now I've switched other Self-Propelled holidays.
2011 - 300 km bike ride on an old railway that has been turned into a trail.
2012 - 115 km canoe trip
2013 - 75 km wilderness hike on west coast of Canada. This one frightens me. I've done it before...
There is a whole forum on traveling to and from the Camino.
It can be found at traveling-to-from-the-camino/
If that link doesn't work, just go to the Home Page of the Forum, and scroll down to Pilgrim Issues on all Caminos. You will find "Traveling to from the camino" there.
Taking a brace that chafs is like taking boots that you know give you blisters. Why would someone do that?
On the other hand, having the brace in yor pack means you can wear it if necessary.
I would take it, and hope I don't need it.
Pilgrimage is a kind of addiction.
I''ve been to Santiago 3 times and sometimes I think the Norte, along the coast, would be nice and quiet. Santiago, one more time? Maybe...
My other pilgrimages are self-propelled travel. Backpacking, snowshoeing, canoeing, cycle touring. But nothing...
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