Gwaihir
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2019: Nijmegen-Fisterra
2022: Trans-European Trail
Hey pelgrims,
There is one thing that's been an annoyance to me ever since I started. The Camino itself is all good and it unfolds. However, almost every time I rest somewhere I get one of the following comments:
"you took 4 months out to walk? my such-and-so cousin did it in 30 days!"
"you can walk from Nijmegen to Saint Severin in 4 days easy!"
Aside from being idiotic (why would you want to walk from Nijmegen to St Severin in 4 days), I am really tired of the feedback.
I am doing this at my own pace. I loathe any sort of forced schedule. Sometimes I walk at 05:00 and see the sunrise and other times it's too warm to even walk.
What is it with these people and their big need to run the camino instead of walk it?
Don't get me wrong. If you want to run it, you run it. To each his own. But I am here to enjoy my life, not race anywhere.
I think from now on, instead of giving an answer to the question "how long have you been walking?", I'll ask: why does it matter?
There is one thing that's been an annoyance to me ever since I started. The Camino itself is all good and it unfolds. However, almost every time I rest somewhere I get one of the following comments:
"you took 4 months out to walk? my such-and-so cousin did it in 30 days!"
"you can walk from Nijmegen to Saint Severin in 4 days easy!"
Aside from being idiotic (why would you want to walk from Nijmegen to St Severin in 4 days), I am really tired of the feedback.
I am doing this at my own pace. I loathe any sort of forced schedule. Sometimes I walk at 05:00 and see the sunrise and other times it's too warm to even walk.
What is it with these people and their big need to run the camino instead of walk it?
Don't get me wrong. If you want to run it, you run it. To each his own. But I am here to enjoy my life, not race anywhere.
I think from now on, instead of giving an answer to the question "how long have you been walking?", I'll ask: why does it matter?
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