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you are 60 years old lady without experience, and want to walk 700 km without excercises?!
I'm 77, made some excersices, make my 1st camino only 110 km, from Valenca, on 8 April. When and if it work good, and God will help, i'll do the Frances next year.
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May be you change your plans and go with me from Valenca?
I will come by flight to Santiago on 7th April, and by train to Valenca the same day. Can wait for you 2 days in Valenca. I'm 77 (your grandfather age..) intend to go alone but I'll very appreciate some body to walk with me.
Zohar
And for me it is a big deal. I'm 77 and this will be my first camino. Scheduled for 12 days, that mean 10 km aday, that is my pace. I Intend to use hotels, and , if needed taxies to take me from "somewhere in no where" to hotel , and back the next day. Walking alone, will enjoy some body to...
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Look here http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/Spain/Santiago-De-Compostela/climate-profile.aspx?month=4
I myself will start going from Valenca on 7th April
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Please be aware that there are some people that English is not their 1st language, and can't "swim" in the whole forum for ease .(like my self, my language is Hebrew, can yourself swim in an Hebrew forum looking for answers, or you prefer direct question and direct answer? ) I myself asked...
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Yes, walking is the only opportunity some one has a lot of time to talk, or be silence. to help each other by small gestures, to understand the other under presure... I walk with my son some gorges in Crete (recommended) some years ago, and than my younger son (42) asked to come with me for...
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my son (50) heard I have plans, and immediatly said "I'm going with you". I did'nt ask him to come with me because I know he is very busy. May be he remembers our walking in the Samaria and other gorges in Crete some years ago.
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Thanks, it looks that the Portugese is flatter, that mean easier for my old body. More than that, I think of walking half stages, not more than 10 km a day. Shall I find places to sleep in such intervals, no matter which kind? Zohar
What are the diffrences between these 2 caminoes? On which one the terrain is easier? more croweded? nice landscapes? more/less inhabitants? .
I'm 77 planing for April 15. which one will you suggest, and why?
Thanks, Zohar
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