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  1. Betta2016

    Advice… please… 🙏🏻 (About starting time each day)

    I followed your plan when I made my Camino and had no problems with accommodations the end of September, for a shorter distance. One benefit, I like to attend daily Mass if possible. I had beautiful experience at 8AM Mass in several locations. I was called to the altar at one and the priest gave...
  2. Betta2016

    Any Advice about how to strengthen my knees for down hills.

    I had horrible knee pain when walking downhill from arthritis. I used poles and did a switch back strategy. Worked a little at first. A wonderful woman came to my rescue on the long down hill approach to Ribadiso coaching me to walk backwards. I used this the rest of my journey and it made it...
  3. Betta2016

    Mass in Santiago

    I went to the Mosteiro de San Paio de Antealtares. It is the home of cloistered Benedictine Sisters. They have a lovely museum and sell books and almond cookies. The Mass is beautiful and if you stay for compline in the evening you will be transported by their angelic voices. The Church is...
  4. Betta2016

    Walking after a broken ankle

    Praying for your Mom and you, Pokie. Everything is possible ...
  5. Betta2016

    Walking after a broken ankle

    Hi Wayfarer. I did see that but for some reason that thread came to me so I figured I would add my encouragement since she plans her Camino in 2022. It took me 5 yrs. To answer the call. I say we are on God's clock. So hopefully she will see that everything is possible with God. Blessings to...
  6. Betta2016

    Walking after a broken ankle

    Hi Michelle, I'm 65 and broke my ankle about 20 years ago - shattered I should say. I have a plate and 9 screws. My cartilage was severely shredded. I was living in Germany at the time and started volksmarching weekly 10K about a year after my surgery. Since then I have walked in the...
  7. Betta2016

    Sharing “camino angel” stories

    I am 65 arthritic with a previously broken ankle. I just completed my Camino Sarria to Santiago. I have many Angel stories but the one that stands out is when I was having difficulty traversing the long downhill into Ribidiso. A beautiful generous woman from Canada offered her assistance. She...

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