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It happens, herself fell off the top bunk in Roncesvalles. First thing that hit the floor was her heel. She spent the next six month's in a boot. She the only one I know that fell out of bed.
We each carry two, two liters of water to drink when we walk. Being hydrated not only keeps you from retaining water but also helps to keep ankles, knees and back healthy.
Oh yeah, she faithfully wore "the boot" for the next six months and we were back in May. We started in Saint Jean Peid de Port and walked all the way to Muxia. (Hint, she is a Marine and that fall wasn't going to stop her).
On our first Camino in 2010 herself fell off the top bunk in Roncesvalles and broke her heel. Ended our first attempt on the France.
She's a tough Marine though, was back the following May.
If you're listening to music you won't get to hear the cuckoo birds, for the complete silence on the meseta or the wind or the windmill's. I agree with you The sounds of the countryside.
I moved to Virginia about 32 years ago from a rural Pennsylvania community. I spent most of my off hours standing in a stream fishing for trout, I identified myself as a fly fisherman. Then a movie come out named "A river runs through it", and the quiet stream's of the Blue Ridge mountains that...
I reached this age with similar fears, was the upcoming walk going to be my last. As I aged different parts of my body sent signals to me giving me hints...
and finally caught came. It was hard to accept.
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