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Just put a short blog post up on The Cockleshell and the Camino. My category, Camino Santiago will lead to much more. We did it in 2013 and hope to go back in 2015 for our 45th anniversary. Here's the likk to the post:
http://mightyturk.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/the-cockleshell-and-the-camino/
Hi, I've posted before but just put one up The Cockleshell and the Camino. You can find it and more by clicking here:
http://mightyturk.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/the-cockleshell-and-the-camino/
Hi Pippa,
Thanks for reading even though you are well on your way to getting properly set. Can't go wrong with Merrell. My wife used them on last year's Camino - she got low cuts that served well but wasn't totally happy with the fit. Had to really hunt for her shoes. Mine fit so well...
My wife and I, at 68 years old, did a modified Camino Frances beginning April 25th, 2013. We are used to years of hiking and canoeing in Ontario's rocky Killarney Provincial Park. Being our first time traveling so far on foot day after day, we researched everything carefully and trained with our...
Agree with Wayfarer's succinct, experienced comment. To make a short story long... I used a 2008 Deuter 28AC pack last year. My wife's 23 L Deuter was replaced by a 38 L ladies Gregory Jade 38 because it felt very good - and was a beautiful, bright crimson. I carried the denser stuff like...
Keep your toenails clipped close or you'll lose them on the steep downhills, no matter how fit you are.
If you do start in Burgos keep your eyes closed or it will seduce you by its beauty and pizazz and you will end up missing your deadline for Fisterra. Also avoid reading James Michener's...
Stayed at the Parador in León on Saturday, May 4 for €91. Booked it 2 days before on expedia.es. It was a lovely stay. We stayed in every type of accommodation during our April-May Camino Frances - from public refugios to the Parador. Enjoyed them all for different reasons. For details on where...
Hi Mama Rachael,
Thanks for the encouragement. I see from your site that you are accomplished at designing your own pilgrimages! Lovely photo of Westminster Abbey. Some places are more challenging for a photographer. Had to wait 3 days for the right, "dry" light to appear in Santiago. Decided...
My wife and I did an eclectic camino. By "eclectic" I mean that it satisfied our special goals and matched our physical capabilities. We started in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on April 25 and arrived in Santiago on May 16. We walked from France to Spain via the high Ibaneta Pass. We selected a few...
Re: Just returned from the Camino....Advice to others 60+ years
Hi gypsyscholz. My wife and I (both 68 years young) did about 200 km of the Camino Frances. We walked the Pyrenees from St.-Jean via Orisson on April 25 and (scary) 26. We walked all of Galicia from Sarria to Santiago from May 9...
Portugal has it: Cabo da Roca is Westernmost. I may just do Muxía. Think my wife and I will have had enough walking by the time we get to Santiago de Compostela.
:D :D Enjoyed the post by ncali12 in January 2013. It is thoughtful, informative and shows a love of travel and an appreciation of Paris and of history - The Tour St. Jacques, etc. I liked the originator's playful romantic update post after two years (2007-2009) of no answer. I enjoyed reading...
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