Giving some thought about doing another Camino, this time the Camino Primitivo in September/October timeframe.
This would be my second camino since being diagnosed wth PD and my eighth camino overall.
Well I must be really suffering from A.G.E. because I barely remembered that it was April 1 today and furthermore I am struggling (before noon my time) to come up with something better than I did nearly a decade ago
..."drinking often means drinking water often" though on the camino i normally finished the day's walk with a beer and shared a bottle of red wine at dinner with my camino companion
Sorry for arriving late to this thread.
As some have already pointed out I walked the Camino Invierno this past May from Ponferrada to Santiago a distance of 265 km. It was my first camino since being diagnosed with Parkinson (2019) but my 7th camino since 2007. And strangely enough I had...
Hi All.
This year is becoming a year of challenges, some expected, others not.
I set out to do another camino (#7) in May after nearly ten years since being diagnosed with Parkinson's. Did not know what to expect (do we ever?) but overall the experience was a success.
However as some know I...
Open my return to Canada, I game down with COVID.
I guess I can thank Air Canada, initially for the 5 hr delay in Madrid, followed another 4 hr delay in Toronto whereby we passengers spent 3 hrs sitting in a cramped plane at the gate before the pilot decided to let us off again, only to drag...
We left Lalin this morning, stopping in A Lax for second breakfast. We are now on the Camino de Sanabres. Two days before we are in Santiago.
Mary is calling ahead reserving beds for the Camino to Muxcia
About an hour before we arrived at our destination after walking for nearly 6 hours climbing the equivalent of 55 floors in a rather cold and windy weather we stumbling across a small bar in a small hamlet. Stopped for short break and had a short beer before marching to Rodiero.
We are a couple of days of joining the Sansbres Camino and already we are experiencing the impact of the rush of pilgrims arriving in Santiago.
Along the Camino de Invierno it became became necessary to book ahead to secure beds for the night. Not because there were dozens of pilgrims on this...
Sorry for being so slow in the daily posts. It becoming one of those Caminos whereby you lose track of time. Proving to be the most challenging Camino I done.
Now staying at the Casa Rural Vilarino.
Morning day Five
One of reasons we select to stay at the pension Phillaban was its reputation for excellent dinners. Even though it opens at 7 pm, dinner starts not start until 9 pm, typical Spanish time.
But the wait was well worth it.
Deborah ordered a pork tenderloin plata while Mary...
End of day four
We are staying at Pension Phillban in A Rua. We decided to take an alternate route out O Banco that followed the river on the south side of the River Sil, along small country paved lane ways and gravel tracks high above the river and highway. The reward was the views.
We were...
End of day three.
It was a long steady day to O Barco that took us initially along the lake and then river towards O Barco. Most of the route stayed close to the regional train tracks but included a 4-5 kms section of road walking. Services were limited and it wasn’t until we reached Sobradelo...
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