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    Walking the Camino de Santiago and Planning for the Laugavegur Trail: What to Expect Physically

    If you walk as you have indicated then the likelyhood is you will finish stronger than when you started. A question might be "Will I be mentally ready for a July trip having just walked 800km or will I be mentally sated?
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    I have lost myself

    Hi Matt Your story is, to me, a familiar one and not just relating to Camino. The matters you mentioned might well be call spiritual issue or matters on meaning. I have found finding a Spiritual Director very helpful in finding my way through the fog of lostness. If you decide to seek one out...
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    Pack it in, pack it out

    Could not agree more. All it takes is a sealable plastic bag.
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    ways to reproduce Camino feelings

    Sorry! Isn't everyone doing this?
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    Which hat looks better?

    I like hat B. But I also ask "Does it matter?" Surely it is what is under it yhat matters!
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    My Camino regret!

    I agree. I was dissapointed in myself on my last Camino. On reflection and on seeing the outcome of that total experience and its benefits to since then I now think it went just fine.
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    It is all opening up now: It looks like it is coming back to normal

    Ditto from Australia
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    Wild Camping option and sufficient gear

    Hi gayeh You might consider the basic priciple that we are good for what we train for. If you want to walk the Camino with a 9kg pack then just train or it and all being equal, all should be well.
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    Adjusting to “real life” after the Camino - how long did it take?

    I wonder if your question is on the money. There is a saying that "When we fininsh walking the Camino the Camino continues to walk us." Is it a matter of adjusting from/to or one of integrating the Camino experience into the normalcy of our ongoing lives? My Caminos have had significant impact...
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    Is Something Missing?

    Thank you hfenton for raising this question as I believe that it has something to offer everyone. I have walked the French Camino on three occasions and each one has been a deeply moving and revelatory experience. My first Camino was in 2013 and I started after a lengthy preparation that...
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    Self- catering - no utensils in Galicia

    I was told at one albergue the resaon was due to the state in which the kitchens were left in and the huge amount of work this caused for the hospitaleros. I can understand how this may be as many on the last 100km are "tourists' and as on one poster I saw said "tourists are demanding, pilgrims...
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    Thru Hikes v Camino - Motivations?

    Dear Robo Thanks for this blog as it taps into a lifelong experience for me. I’m 69 and I put my first pack on when I was 18 and at this stage in my life feel almost naked if I don’t have the pack on my back. I have completed three French Caminos since 2013 and had planned to do one last...
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    Opinion on Son walking the Camino

    I hope to walk with my grandson and daughter when they turn 12. Will they get "it"? I think they will get "it" for them. I hope the journey together will have its own reward as well. I remind myself that we are all different and what speaks to us on our camino is uniquely our and potentially...
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    What makes you walk

    I identify with Albertagirl and some of Camino Chrissy. I go withour expectations and never cease to be amazed and what I learn about myself and the next steps to take in my life. I am available to the Divine and not dissappointed. I have walked the French Camino 3 times and I see and learned...

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