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You are already in good enough shape to walk the CF in 28 days and your fitness will improve as you go. When I was 61 it was not difficult to complete the CF from SJPP in 30 days with a rest/tourist day in Burgos. I look back on that first camino wishing I had taken 7 to 10 days longer. The...
When I think of all the stones brought to the cross and left there the emotions associated with that spot are overwhelming but I cannot help but wonder if all the stones that were left there remain there. Does the pile not become dangerous or unmanagable? Are the stones we brought from Canada in...
While it was many years ago now we started from SJPP early in the morning of Palm Sunday. The day was heavy with clouds and a mist that turned to snow as we approached Roncesvalles. The Napoleon route was closed and we found that the Valcarlos route was enchanting. The Palm Sunday evening mass...
Our first Camino, many years ago, started on April 1st from SJPP. It was Palm Sunday. The service in the small chapel in Ronsevalles was moving. Our first week was Holy Week and it was amazing. There was rain, there was snow, we had to take the Valcarlos route that first day. But there were...
We walked past it when we were walking the Aragones Camino. It was a Monday and it was closed on Mondays. That was a few years ago. Perhaps one day we will visit the interior.
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