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    Anxious debate with myself about the Camino

    You are afraid to lose something that you do not really like anyway. That seems somewhat funny. Like being frightened to lose a toothache of a fever. We all have an unknown quantity of years left to us in life. Only you can decide how you want those years to be?. The same? That sounds like...
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    Anxious debate with myself about the Camino

  3. J

    Maps

    You just follow your shadow in the morning and you are heading west. Then follow the sun and the signs in the afternoon. You can't go wrong.
  4. J

    Fear of Dogs

    I walked for a month and do not recall a single dog.
  5. J

    Thoroughly depressing

    Luck plays a role in everything in life. I walked in May 2015, and every day was almost a heatwave! I was lucky, I suppose, and happy about it. There again, I have had (we all have) miserable wet, depressing vacations somewhere at some time or other. As the saying goes, "There is no such thing...
  6. J

    LIVE from the Camino Fed Up...

    Don't give up! I had days when I wondered why I was there. It gets better, and different, and then suddenly worse, then its better. You never know what tomorrow will bring nor where you will sleep, or what the trail is like over the hill... this unknown without pre booked accommodation etc...
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    A little concerned (or am i just being daft)

    Thin on top... I know the feeling. However, let me add that I walked the Camino last May. I encountered ladies of all ages walking alone. None of them showed fear or anxiety. I would hate some reports to inflame feelings an wories about one of the sfetst places I know. Where else do nearly a...
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    A little concerned (or am i just being daft)

    It is a great shame that you think these things (which shows your gentlemanly consideration for women) and that I feel I have to try to write a few helpful words. It is a great shame that you think these things (which shows your gentlemanly consideration for women) and that I feel I have to try...
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