I have walked three Caminos. The Frances with my sister in 2016, the Frances with my husband 2018 and just finished the Norte on June 22.
Aside from preparing physically and having my kit in order, my mental preparation consists of having no expectations and expecting the unexpected. I also...
We may! If we start from Irun, my husband and I will probably be about 5 days behind you, starting on May 17. We haven't decided if we are starting from Irun or Bilbao yet as we aren't sure if we want to do a few rest days before Dave flies home and I travel onto the UK at the end of June. But...
On my first Camino, I attached my shell to my pack before I left home.
My shell was an old flat scallop shell I picked up off the beach on a family trip when I was 4 years old (back in the 70s). I had kept it in an old box of shells from that time and went hunting through them the moment I knew...
Hi everyone, I will be walking the Norte & Primativo from mid May with my husband.
It's not our first Camino and last time, my mother gave me 5 prettily painted stones for the Cruz de Ferro which I carried and laid for her. They weren't small, but it made her happy I carried them in her...
I hiked up Black Mountain in Canberra, Australia yesterday and loved it. There are some very steep sections depending on which direction you come from. All up, about a 10km loop from my car to the tower at the summit, around the mountain and back down again to the car. Here is a shot of the...
Ugh, that's so disappointing. Seeing discarded face masks on the ground/ on the beach/ in waterways has upset me since the start of the pandemic. I can't believe that people would make this a ritual.
We recently bought a home in my home town of Canberra, Australia. It has an interior courtyard, almost like a cloister. Our bedroom opens out to this courtyard and looking out on a clear night, we can see the stars, hence the name for our new home…
For me they eucalypts signify that my camino is nearly over and I’ll be back on a flight to Sydney soon enough. They mean home to me and don’t really remind me of being on camino, but dark, wet streets first thing in the morning certainly do!
As someone who works in prisons, this concept speaks to me. To work in as a health care worker in these places requires a non-judgmental heart and one is frequently reminded that we all have different stories.
Sometimes if I have a spare moment, I have the odd chat with my patients. I have...
Hi @Lhollo
I have a couple of my own experiences and one related to me from a Camino friend. I'll PM you. It may take a day or so as I'm a bit snowed under at the moment.
Cheers,
T
My only regret is not spending more time in Estella. I remember we walked through on a hot day and I remember thinking it was a beautiful town and how I would like to look in the church. I remember we stayed in a polideportivo in Ayegui and walked on the next day… I can’t remember if it was...
"I think you're being too hard on yourself..."
Said to me by a lovely Polish priest after my long winded and very weepy confession in the Cathedral in SDC.
And he was right.
It had been a hard Camino but I had nothing to be too sorry for and he had brought it all into perspective.
I remember...
This is such a lovely thread.
My all time favourite Camino moment was as we were leaving Bercianos Del Real Camino.
It was very early in the morning and due to the fact that the Meseta is just one long straight road, my friend and I decided to walk that morning without lights/torches etc.
I...
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