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OBSOLETE COVID THREAD I’m tired of waiting

OBSOLETE COVID THREAD
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2017 Camino Frances,
2019 C. Portuguese (inland).
Looking out my window at the rain and the trees bending in the wind and the sun struggling to come up over the horizon and ….. waiting, guessing, praying, hoping, listening, reading, planning …….. seeing myself walking the same streets, the same parks, the same paths….. waiting, wanting, wishing, counting ……

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Agree, and am also worried that when fall rolls around we'll be hit by a nasty variant and uncertainty will continue to prevail. I remain hopeful but skeptical. It feels like a lost year.
 
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I’ve bitten the bullet and booked flight to Santander sept 1st. Hoping to walk the primitive. Been a bad 15 months for me personally as I’m sure it has for so many. This will hopefully be my 4th Camino since 2017 and just praying it will happen.. best wishes to all of you out there. Gaz from U.k
 
Agreed. I’ve been planning my first Camino for three long years and just when the stars FINALLY seemed to align, along came Covid 😫. Now praying and hoping for a 2022 pilgrimage, before I end up in a walker lol.
There are worse places to wait out though so continue to count my blessings...
 

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It seems very selfish to say this, and disrespectful of those who have suffered grievously in the pandemic; but the reality for many of us is that we’re in that short golden window of life where we have the time and funds to travel freely and the physical and mental health to travel on various Caminos.

At the risk of causing offence: I’ve had enough also. 18 months, and counting, is a meaningful portion of that precious time.

I wouldn’t want the job of making the decisions - but then I never sought election as a politician - I do however feel that the ‘easy’ decision at the moment is to be cautious and maintain restrictions. Normalisation, when it comes, will entail some degree of risk taking.
 
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Agreed. I’ve been planning my first Camino for three long years and just when the stars FINALLY seemed to align, along came Covid 😫. Now praying and hoping for a 2022 pilgrimage, before I end up in a walker lol.
There are worse places to wait out though so continue to count my blessings...
That’s my kinda place Jacki. Where is it please?
 
That’s my kinda place Jacki. Where is it please?
I live in Kelowna, BC Canada. I hike every possible moment, this was taken @ Kal Lake in Vernon, 45min drive from home.
 
It seems very selfish to say this, and disrespectful of those who have suffered grievously in the pandemic; but the reality for many of us it that we’re in that short golden window of life where we have the time and funds to travel freely and the physical and mental health to travel on various Caminos.

At the risk of causing offence: I’ve had enough also. 18 months, and counting, is a meaningful portion of that precious time.

I wouldn’t want the job of making the decisions - but then I never sought election as a politician - I do however feel that the ‘easy’ decision at the moment is to be cautious and maintain restrictions. Normalisation, when it comes, will entail some degree of risk taking.
Exactly! So many have suffered so much...but some days I wonder if my knees and hips will hold out long enough to hobble down that path! 😂
 
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
It seems very selfish to say this, and disrespectful of those who have suffered grievously in the pandemic; but the reality for many of us it that we’re in that short golden window of life where we have the time and funds to travel freely and the physical and mental health to travel on various Caminos.

At the risk of causing offence: I’ve had enough also. 18 months, and counting, is a meaningful portion of that precious time.

I wouldn’t want the job of making the decisions - but then I never sought election as a politician - I do however feel that the ‘easy’ decision at the moment is to be cautious and maintain restrictions. Normalisation, when it comes, will entail some degree of risk taking.
I will be 75 in September and have been diagnosed with dementia recently and that will make a future Camino very unlikely. So I'm leaving June 15. Ultreia. I'm vaccinated, I have masks. I don't want to endanger anyone else.
 
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I will be 75 in September and have been diagnosedrecently that will make future a future Camino very unlikely. So I'm leaving June 15. Ultreia. I'm vaccinated, I have masks. I don't want to endanger anyone else.
Very happy for you. Enjoy. Do short days. Smell the roses/vineyeards. Live. Life is all we have. I will do the same.
 
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
I’ve bitten the bullet and booked flight to Santander sept 1st. Hoping to walk the primitive. Been a bad 15 months for me personally as I’m sure it has for so many. This will hopefully be my 4th Camino since 2017 and just praying it will happen.. best wishes to all of you out there. Gaz from U.k
Efrén González, a popular Camino vlogger, is set to start a 4-camino combo at end of June. He states that he'll be doing the Camino Lebaniego first, then the Camino Vadiniense, then the Camino San Salvador and finally the Camino Primitivo (with a bit of hopping between El Norte and Francés to make connections). He could be a very helpful "boots on the ground" reporter for all of us here who might be chomping at the bit!
Here's the link of his intro to his up and coming Caminos:
 
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Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Antonio Zapatero, deputy health chief of the Madrid region, said the Delta strain could become the dominant one in Spain in between six and seven weeks, El Pais reported. "Now" is the best time to visit Spain and/or do the Camino.
Useful to add, though, that Señor Zapatero did not make this statement in the context of giving advice on when will be the best time to travel to Spain for Camino walking.

He said it in the context of the vaccination campaign of the Madrid region and their efforts to speed up the campaign by bringing forward the administration of the second AstraZeneca shot for the 60-69 age group and by opening up the appointment system to the over-48s - an option only available to the over-50s until now. This is in addition to the pre-set regular vaccination appointments in the Madrid region where they began this week to immunize the 40-49 age group. Says the linked article.

Context is everything.
 
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It seems very selfish to say this, and disrespectful of those who have suffered grievously in the pandemic; but the reality for many of us is that we’re in that short golden window of life where we have the time and funds to travel freely and the physical and mental health to travel on various Caminos.

At the risk of causing offence: I’ve had enough also. 18 months, and counting, is a meaningful portion of that precious time.

I wouldn’t want the job of making the decisions - but then I never sought election as a politician - I do however feel that the ‘easy’ decision at the moment is to be cautious and maintain restrictions. Normalisation, when it comes, will entail some degree of risk taking.
Hi David!
True David that this virus has caused much pain and sorrow to so many;but that doesn't mean that you should feel guilty for wanting to fulfil the hopes and dreams that will bring joy to the life you have!

Those of us of in our golden years are aware that that clock doesn't stop ticking; the older we get the faster it seems to tick!
When you feel safe and are allowed, go enjoy life!
Woody
 
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Yep, all the time.
But easier for us because we can’t leave even if we want to. Aussie borders are closed to anyone coming in and anyone wanting to go out. Makes it easy, you don’t get a choice.
 
My challenge is that I have the right flight at the right award miles sitting right there for the dates I want to go and I am not confident in my ability to complete the walk in the time I have allotted. Do I go ahead and book it and trust that I can do it once I'm there or continue to practice at home (2 days, 20K a day w/backpack) until I can hit that? Because I can hit 1 day, but not 2. If I can do 2 days, I can do 6. This is all so new and I don't want to get there and come up a day short of completing.
 
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Go and do what you can. If you find you can’t, settle in a nice place and enjoy the fruits of what you did do. My opinion; you’ll be surprised what you can do once you’re there. So long as you remain flexible and set yourself realistic goals. Besides, six days of anything is better than six days of nothing.
I never thought I could do 900 km. And I did, first time. So there!! 😌
 
My challenge is that I have the right flight at the right award miles sitting right there for the dates I want to go and I am not confident in my ability to complete the walk in the time I have allotted. Do I go ahead and book it and trust that I can do it once I'm there or continue to practice at home (2 days, 20K a day w/backpack) until I can hit that? Because I can hit 1 day, but not 2. If I can do 2 days, I can do 6. This is all so new and I don't want to get there and come up a day short of completing.
When do you leave?
Also, how much time are you giving yourself to walk how many miles?
 
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I've been waiting since 2013. I have accepted I will never get to walk the road to Santiago. I knew this when the lockdowns started that travel would be out of the question for someone like me (unvaxxed by choice for personal and religious reasons). I should not have to have endure this but it is reality. If you have been vaxxed, I see no point in waiting. Pay the extra money by any means you can for the PCR testing and go. I was happy to get the testing done but without producing my "walking papers" I cannot even leave my own country.
 
When do you leave?
Also, how much time are you giving yourself to walk how many miles?
however much time I need. Someone somewhere on the forum said "use the whole day" and I have embraced that. It takes me about 7 hours including breaks/rest to do the 20K. I am planning on mid-September, so 3 months away.
 
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
when the lockdowns started that travel would be out of the question for someone like me (unvaxxed by choice for personal and religious reasons). I should not have to have endure this but it is reality
We each experience the fruits of our choices. And there are always uncontrollable events 'from left field.' We may not get what we want. That's life. It's also potentially our place of transformation.

This pandemic ... it's untold suffering all over the world. So we can't walk a camino? Or travel? This is hardly the end of the world. There is SO much to feel grateful for in our comfortable lives.
Can we transform this longing to walk into something beautiful and positive? Developing deeper resilience, helping anyone less fortunate, reaching out woth compassion, knowing we are all in this together...there are lots of options.
Because we are all in this together.
 
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The yellow leaves have fallen to the ground now, and Autumn has become Winter. The sun is pale yellow and the honey bees are gone. A fog has come down over the city, cars are off the road and people are out in little groups, face masks on, walking the parks and strolling by the sea. Deep down we can all feel that something has changed forever but none of us know exactly what it is, not yet. For us here, down-down South, the Camino seems an eternity away, Europe seems light years away. They tell me there is a Camino walk here; it’s a copy, an invention, someone’s crazy concoction. Maybe I’m wrong, maybe I’m not, either way I don’t care, for me the Camino is over there. Pass, pass, pass you vile disease, let us feel the Spring again in Spain, France and Portugal, please, please, please!
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