Bored walking

[VNwalking]

If you are feeling bored then you should cut the way or end the camino.

Boredom passes. To give in to boredom's demands for some other kind of stimulus gives it the steering wheel of my life, and an ever shorter attention span. No thanks.

Hard to say it better than @Rebekah Scott, upthread:

This "boredom" might strike on the Camino, just as it strikes at home. When you feel "bored," recognize it as just a feeling. Keep walking. It will pass. The good stuff comes soon after, or so I have found... it is not always easy, but it's incredibly worthwhile.

 

[chinacat]

It used to take me 4 or so days to get into the "groove" of the CF - so Estella onwards I suppose. I've never been one of extensive training prior to a Camino, indeed it's been an effort over the past year to psych myself up to do any kind of walking - Virtual Caminos included - just because there was an element of 'sameness' in the walks.
The main thing, for me at least, is that on the Real Thing you have people to mix with, places to go, restaurants to revisit and memories to relive.
Bored? Nah!

As this thread has resurfaced, I re-read some (almost all ) of the earlier posts.

And I soon came across this one of yours, Jeff …

My question:
4 days to Estella …???

Rocket boots?
A skateboard?
The occasional balloon?

or did you just start in Pamplona?
(it would take me 4 days just to get there, if not 6 !
… if I could get back and walk just one of those days at the moment …

 

[Jeff Crawley]

As this thread has resurfaced, I re-read some (almost all ) of the earlier posts.

And I soon came across this one of yours, Jeff …

My question:
4 days to Estella …???

Rocket boots?
A skateboard?
The occasional balloon?

or did you just start in Pamplona?
(it would take me 4 days just to get there, if not 6 !
… if I could get back and walk just one of those days at the moment …

Tsk, tsk! "4 or so days" (plus some hubris):
2001 SJPP - Roncesvalles - Zubiri - Pamplona - Puenta La Reina - Estella (5 days)
2003 SJPP - Roncesvalles - Pamplona (don't ask, it was a nightmare) - Puenta La Reina - Estella (4 days)
2012 & 2016 Pamplona - Puenta La Reina - Estella (2 days)