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  1. Arctic_Alex

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Local walks during the last week. Not all images are taken in the exact same location, but still they show nicely how fast winter disappears now. About time 🙃
  2. Arctic_Alex

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    I did not do the whole path myself but only some sections, but some of them repeatedly. My OH did the whole thing though, while I was doing remote office work in a small cottage near Pendeen. Beautiful coastline.
  3. Arctic_Alex

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    😍 I remember that path fondly! I also happen to be coauthor to a German guidebook on the SWCP ... I see you also made it through Clovelly. One of my favourite places for a weekend trip when I was living in Exeter. It certainly has become very touristy during the last decades but still I think it...
  4. Arctic_Alex

    Try something new?

    That is exactly what I meant earlier. Some of us have our special places we want to revisit again and again. I always book the same accommodation when arriving in Fisterra for example ... and I was never disappointed :cool:
  5. Arctic_Alex

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    unbelievable warmth and growth from my (sub)arctic perspective ;-)
  6. Arctic_Alex

    Try something new?

    Those places I really really liked I try to revisit. Be it accommodation, food, places to eat, places to rest and sit. All I did not like I try to avoid next time. And the broad field in between just varies randomly. If I then add the weather and the people I meet along the way, there is more...
  7. Arctic_Alex

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Trondheim is about 400 km further south from here, but as you say, in the mountains the altitude helps preserving some snow in places :)
  8. Arctic_Alex

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Local walks with the dogs these days: While most are already posting green landscapes, we are still not there yet up north 😉 Still plenty of snow, but plenty of sunshine as well - which feels like hot summer. It is the in-between season in between seasons. Most roads are snow free but very wet...
  9. Arctic_Alex

    Did it make a difference

    Of course you are right that everything we do and experience affects us in a way, but so does even our daily life. Those of us who say it did not affect us really mean it did not affect us more than the ordinary :) In my life I have done my share of long distance hiking so the walking was no...
  10. Arctic_Alex

    Did it make a difference

    the worst ist still to come ... wait until the word still will be replaced by the word again :cool:
  11. Arctic_Alex

    Did it make a difference

    No. No change after my first Camino and no after my second either – and I never expected it otherwise. The only difference for me is the fine memories and the determination to go on a third in a not so distant future. I guess it depends on your life situation, your state of mind and soul, if a...
  12. Arctic_Alex

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Walking a happy dog for her birthday walk :cool:
  13. Arctic_Alex

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    I took our white lady to the mountains as she is in season and it just does not work out well at home with a young male dog who just discovers his hormones 🙈 . So she and I are sort of outcasts, hiding in a cabin far away from home 🤣 After yesterday's heavy storm, today the weather was just...
  14. Arctic_Alex

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Yes, regarding the light here it feels almost like spring! Strange, isn't it ;-) It amazes me every year how fast it all changes.
  15. Arctic_Alex

    Albergue or hotel

    I do stay in all kinds of accommodation, whichever on that particular day is available, fits my mood and seems most practical. ... but when I want to stay in a room for my own, I never ever book more than one day in advance, mostly on the same day actually. I need to stay flexible as how could I...
  16. Arctic_Alex

    Not everyone happy about pilgrim/tourist pressure.

    To me there would be no other way either. Actually transforming suddenly into a "normal tourist" would spoil the ending for me. To be honest, at home I am often not dressed up like most people either ;-) I like it practical ...
  17. Arctic_Alex

    Not everyone happy about pilgrim/tourist pressure.

    True, in winter that is quite obvious! :cool:
  18. Arctic_Alex

    Not everyone happy about pilgrim/tourist pressure.

    I agree on that. There are many pilgrims, but fewer long distance hikers among them. But so what ... I am there to walk ... a lot. Others are there for other reasons.
  19. Arctic_Alex

    Not everyone happy about pilgrim/tourist pressure.

    How do you differentiate? On my last Camino I was quite puzzeled to see many faces I had seen on the last 100 k suddenly dressed up from a giant suitcase like luxury tourist hanging out in the old town and dining. It felt strange as I was still dressed "like a pilgrim" ;-)
  20. Arctic_Alex

    Has anyone seen "Camino", a danish movie by Birgitte Stærmose, just released April 2023?

    What you see as strange is what we call humour in Scandinavia 🙈😉 .. and yes, we do mix comedy aspects with sad topics.

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