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  1. Paul_L

    Preparation - cycling and leg strength

    Sorry, I haven't been clear enough. We are walking the Frances as a family, my question was around building some leg strength through cycling because the area I live in is so flat. What we have done now is put some timber under the front of our treadmill. It's sitting at around 7 degrees...
  2. Paul_L

    Preparation - cycling and leg strength

    We are doing a winter pilgrimage with our family starting mid-January. We are so excited, but I have a preparation question. Where we live in rural Australia is very flat. With near constant flooding, we haven’t been able to venture out to hillier lands to prepare, so I have done things like...
  3. Paul_L

    Family walking a late winter Camino.

    Thanks! We all walked SJPP to Santiago in 2015, and in 2020 we started in Pamplona but only made it to Logroño when the state of emergency was called and we had to return home. So excited to head off again. We all can't wait. Mr3 was sad this morning as he thought we were heading off today...
  4. Paul_L

    Family walking a late winter Camino.

    Thanks for your concern, and I appreciate your intentions. No feathers are ruffled. When we walked our first Camino in 2015 our kids were roughly 2, 8, 10, 14, 16. We were given similar advice to not walk with kids, , to consider the impact on them and to rethink the imposition of our will as...
  5. Paul_L

    Family walking a late winter Camino.

    Hi all, Excited to be back planning now after our 2020 Camino ended abruptly after walking for only 1 week. We‘re looking at walking the Francés from mid January next year, going slowly. Our walking party this time round will be my wife and 5 of our 6 children. The youngest will be 4, so we...
  6. Paul_L

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD COVID-19: Current Camino Conditions

    We were discussing you and the others we met, wondering how things had gone for you. We assumed we would never know. I’m thrilled to hear that you are safely back home. We are in Madrid right now, hoping to get on a flight tomorrow evening. It was a staggeringly quick change on the ground. An...
  7. Paul_L

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Cancellation Blues sympathy thread

    This reply is stained with bitter self interest, so please indulge me for a moment. I know the Camino will always be there, but with my children at a sweet spot of ages I will not be able to return again in the future as a single family. We have spent the earnings from selling our investments to...
  8. Paul_L

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD COVID-19: Current Camino Conditions

    I am gutted. In Navarette right now with my wife and 6 children and our Camino is over. We were ushered out of a playground this morning for the council workers to put up police tape around the slippery dip and swings before a brusque dismissal that the park is closed. On the way out of Logroño...
  9. Paul_L

    Travel to Spain via Hong Kong

    Thanks everyone for your advice. We have changed our tickets to go via Dubai and London. Costs a bucket more, but at least we’ll make it. Surreal how close it is now. By the way, travel insurance isn’t particularly helpful at this stage because there are epidemic clauses that have made it...
  10. Paul_L

    Travel to Spain via Hong Kong

    Hi all, We‘re starting our camino in the first week of March, travelling from Australia to Spain via Hong Kong. I’m concerned with the Coronavirus that we will be quarantined, or our flights will be cancelled. I appreciate that worrying alone doesn’t serve any purpose, but it’s driving me...
  11. Paul_L

    Family going back for more

    Hi all, Since returning from our last family camino in 2015 we have been dreaming of returning. I’m so thrilled to share that we are now planning a return camino in 2020. We also have a different family composition now, with another new baby in the mix, making it 6 children now ranging from 1...
  12. Paul_L

    Camino Frances with 5 Year Old--Am I CRAZY??

    I completely agree with Kiwi-family. My daughter who was 8 talks about wanting to do the Camino again almost as much as I check the forum. She talks about when we walked through the mountains, fields and snow. However, more importantly she talks about it as the best time being together as a...
  13. Paul_L

    Camino Frances with 5 Year Old--Am I CRAZY??

    Not crazy at all. We did the francés with our family, then 2,7,10,14,15 year olds. The 2 year old coped beautifully, better than anticipated. I would certainly echo the advice above that kids do crazy stuff, (as do parents!), but all of that is much more public. I remember my son's first Camino...
  14. Paul_L

    Walking with children

    We walked as a family earlier this year from SJPP to Santiago. My kids were 2, 8, 10, 14 and 15 and we travelled from mid February (leaving on Valetines Day) arriving for Semana Santa. It was awesome. I'd be happy to share our experience so feel free to ask anything. We stayed in albergues...
  15. Paul_L

    Strange sensation on arrival in Santiago and sharing a video

    Hi all, I know that this has been discussed elsewhere, I more wanted to explain myself for not returning to the forum post camino. I received much support and advice before heading off, and we completed our camino with the family (2 adults and 5 children, 2-15 years old, now 3-16!) in April this...
  16. Paul_L

    A family got out of a taxi...

    I just wanted to share a little bit of my journaling for today. It's a little long, but obviously no one is obliged to read it. It's been a different day. Today our family stepped out of a taxi at around 2pm at the entrance to the Albergue in Astorga, taking our packs out of the back of the...
  17. Paul_L

    Backpack weight

    We are currently in León having started in St Jean on 14 Feb, travelling with children. My pack is quite heavy too (between 15-22kg I would estimate, depending on weather as I woudk carry heavy clothes for three if it is warmer, and food, we can't risk not finding food and water and carrying...
  18. Paul_L

    Anyone wear a "fitness tracker" (Fitbit, Withings, FuelBand, etc)?

    I wore a Fitbit One until it fell off going to the loo in the rain in the bushes in Navarra somewhere! I asked support if they could track it if someone found it and set it up, which they couldn't, but they have posted a new one to my home address which was lovely of them. As a family we loved...
  19. Paul_L

    Walking into Leon with Children

    Just wanted to let you all know that we walked into León this afternoon. Thank you for your words of advice and support. For future reference the walk in was fine, except for an unpleasant person who drove a car deliberately fast then slammed on the brakes at us, the revved his engine, whilst...

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