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    Class of 2019

    Hi Vaughan, That is a great reason to want to complete your camino on a particular day. Nail the longer days in the first few weeks, and you can cruise into Santiago at a slightly slower pace to meet your goal. My first camino was the last fortnight along with my old man, so I know how...
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    Hello from England

    Hey Miguel, I'm also heading out around that time of year. Have been doing 5-10k most days, but now need to kick that mileage up over the spring and summer. I've enjoyed the late summer, early autumn time in the past, but you may still be catching some fairly hot days on the meseta. Plenty of...
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    Class of 2019

    Hey Toni, I'm gonna be heading out, subject to everything coming together in mid-Sept 2019. Any idea when you're planning to hit the trail? I'm expecting to start 11-14 Sept.
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    Class of 2019

    Nothing wrong with spontaneity!!! Hope your legs are in good shape!
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    How Important Is The Compostela?

    Hi, Thank you for your response. I hope that in the majority of cases, in line with my apology above, that my question hasn't been taken to be offensive. Your walking the camino on behalf of others is more than just something that is come to an end when the mileage has been covered. For me...
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    How Important Is The Compostela?

    This probably leans more towards my thinking as I get ready for the next journey. I have told my manager that 30 days should be enough for me to get into Santiago....satisfy that "need" that camino addiction tells me that I cannot live without. Ultimately, however, I would rather walk with...
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    How Important Is The Compostela?

    In addition to my original thoughts along the importance of the compostela, I guess some context may colour your thoughts. My first camino was when I joined my father for his journey from SJPP to Santiago. I met him at Leon, and we walked together from there. to Santiago A year later, I was in...
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    How Important Is The Compostela?

    Dave, In addition to my previous post. While I know my situation leaves me thinking of my father and to an extent obsessed with covering his route, I know this differs from person to person. To read this makes me pray that your Camino delivers the answers and results that you hope for, as...
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    How Important Is The Compostela?

    Hi Dave, I do believe that my Camino journeys are because of spiritual or religious reasons. For me, as they were there the compostela served as a nice memento of a journey taken and the spiritual growth along that road. I suppose more what I was digging at, and trying to get an insight of, was...
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    How Important Is The Compostela?

    Hi, I must confess that I do not follow Catholicism as my version of Christianity, indeed I was raised in a Methodist version of Christianity. For me, Christianity has less to do with eating the bread that is the body of Christ etcetera. For that reason, my instinct is just to view the Camino...
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    How Important Is The Compostela?

    Hi guys, Just a straw poll really to see what the general thoughts are around the importance of a Compostela? I have completed two previous caminos so already have my downstairs lavatory decorated by two compostelas and the certificate for completing the onward walk to Muxia. As I prepare for...
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    First Time Camino Frances Tips

    Hi Chris, When it comes to advice on walking your first camino, everyone has plenty of tips. For me though, I'd suggest you pick what you like, but don't get too hung up on it and you will figure out most of it as you go. If you do find your dates slipping into April, the Ryanair flight...
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    Class of 2019

    You can't expect too much from children who are just finishing school - when I was that age I was exactly the same. A few years later the annual September hike with my dad was a highlight of the year. Enjoy the training and buen camino.
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    Members Photos

    What a lovely thread. Here's mine with the crew after the Ingles in 2016. I'm up top in the burgundy t-shirt.
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    Starting Camino Frances April, 2019

    Hi Waterlassie, The excitement and trepidation in the build-up is all part of the experience, and in truth its difficult to stamp it out, but if you didn't have those nerves it probably wouldn't be as much of an adventure! On both my caminos I've had a list of the places I intend to stop...
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    Class of 2019

    So - leave from work approved for four and a bit weeks in September/October this year! I'm expecting to be starting around 19/20 September from St Jean, but plenty of training to go between now and then!
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    This is the year!

    Hi guys, Congratulations on the impending retirement and the impending Camino as well. In terms of unexpected costs - I found it hard to pass by a coffee shop, and especially towards the end of the Frances had three or four a day. Throw in a piece of cake or a biscuit, and that probably cost...
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    CF 2019, a first!

    Good luck mate, hope training is more uneventful than your original plan! Currently waiting on a yay or nay from work to take all of my leave in one go around Sept/Oct.
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    Getting ready for Sept 2017

    Hello mate, May well see you on the way, as my current plans are to start from St Jean either on the third or the fourth of September, depending on work and how quickly I can then get over to Spain. This year I'm going to Burgos, or maybe a little further if my legs decide to put in some...

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