I’m 65 in 3 weeks time and I’ve just followed the way of St James from St Jean and when I received my certificate in SDC yesterday, it said 799km.
My Camino was a pilgrimage and I’m certainly not an athlete. So I took it steady and walked solo - just the three of us - my body, myself and...
I’m currently following the Way of St James and I am currently staying in the municipal albergue in Portmarin,
My start point was St Jean and it helped establish a “community” mentality particularly after the first couple of days when everyone was overwhelmed by the physical and mental...
Thank you.
I’m currently en Camino Frances and now preparing for the walk from Rabanal del Camino to pray at Cruz Ferro in the snow.
I recognise the process of Camino which you describe and I think the first 10 days of my Camino were establishing a new relationship with my body as it was...
Interesting but I never seem the toilet paper like you photographed - was that taken in France.
Dog walkers on the Camino routinely scoop the poop.
Surely peregrinos should do the same
Dax
Yes
I visited Santuario de la Virgen Peregrina and it was beautiful, the building has been lovingly renovated and restored and offers a realistic insight into the life en Camino in the Middle Ages. - being a peregrino at that time was overwhelming, surprisingly edgy and precarious.
Receiving a...
I had two choices when preparing
Altberg leather mountain spec boots which were tried and tested and Salomon mudders
For 7 days, every day I walked in the cold sea shores near where I live on the Durham coast in each pair - to see which pair were the most suitable
The Altbergs kept the...
I’m en Camino right now in an Albergue in Sahagun - just outside Leon- it’s exactly halfway between St Jean and Santiago de Compostella.
My planning was very pleasing but it’s a faint image that I’d fashioned from a blank page.
My biggest sharing point is that on days such as this when I was...
Dax here, staying in an Albergue in Belorado.
I’d welcome wisdom and knowledge from the community
Some of us have been told that the albergue in Ages is not open today. The suggestion is they never open on Wednesday but it not showing on any of the apps we have acquired
I’ve settled into a...
I’ve just walked into Rocescalles today in the mist and snow- loved it!!!!
This shangrila - the meseta - when does it start
Will it still be there when I arrive
Keep on doing what you’re doing brother
I think being on pilgrimage isn’t a place or terrain- it’s an attitude
You are already on The Way brother and when the time is right for you, you’ll be on the Camino with the other fortunates
I’m filled with anticipation and dread as my countdown app clicks away the days, hours and seconds for the time when I will set foot in Biarritz.
It’s showing 5 days, 5 hours and 5 minutes
I fly from stansted and will make my way to St Jean to the pilgrim office there, to receive a smile...
I wholly agree that your journey on the way has begun and it’s wonderful that people that you are already meeting recognise and appreciate you
Your Camino has certainly begun
Walk softly peregrino and continue bringing good feelings to all you meet
I hope our paths will cross on the the...
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