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[QUOTE="Peterexpatkiwi, post: 1203148, member: 107500"] Welcome to the forum! Sounds like an excellent plan, and you've certainly allowed plenty of time. I've got no idea how long before you need to reserve at Orison, I'm sure somebody will be along soon to tell you. By then you'll have been on the trail for several weeks so may wish to walk slightly further. As for the rest: by the forum standards you and I are not old. There are younger on here, but there are also a LOT that are older! I did my first two short camino's this year, I'll turn 60 next year. I did a couple of months of training beforehand and had absolutely zero issues on my first Camino; injured myself prior to my second and hadn't fully recovered, but started off with a super slow ( not short, slow) day and was fine. Your plan to start slow is an excellent one, as many on here say, stop and enjoy the Roses. Walk at your own pace even if that means one of you leaving the other behind, and waiting further down the line. It is disastrous to walk faster than you are comfortable with, equally it is incredibly frustrating to walk too slow. You may not think so now but after a couple of weeks on the trail you'll either be injured or ready to kill each other if you don't get that right. Talk through things like this now so you've established the 'ground rules' before you get there. Inc. issues like: what happens if one of you gets injured - does the other continue or not? If the uninjured person has even the slightest wish to do so, do it, because as you say you my never get the chance again. The other can always enjoy being a tourist and you can meet along the way. Or they can fly to Greece for their dreamed about holiday, and you meet in Santiago upon return. The beauty of it is that you've got several months before you leave to train with your gear, ensure you have the right shoe sock combination, learn how to use your poles properly, and to figure out things like walking pace. You do not need to be superfit, even if you are just walking 10 kilometres a day twice a week and another couple of days just five you'll have set yourself up well for an easy Start. [/QUOTE]
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