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  1. Gwaihir

    My Super-Random Non-Camino Camino

    Hello pilgrims - and those who don't identify as pilgrims. I just wanted to update you on my Camino Non-Camino. Because honestly I thought I was going to do some official route - first I thought of doing the Primitivo. But I ended up in León instead (I took the train there). And then a voice in...
  2. Gwaihir

    LIVE from the Camino Need help sending some items "backwards"!

    Hi peregrin@s! Why oh why do I always hit "save" before I've even written anything? I'm near León, walking towards the Pyrenees. It's very likely :P that I'll take the Camino from Mansilla to Cistierna and do the Olvidado in reverse, which means that I'll be seeing you guys who are on it right...
  3. Gwaihir

    Anyone starting in June?

    Hi guys, I'm traveling back from Portugal to Galicia tomorrow. I want to have a "community" experience, doesn't matter where, but I was thinking of hiking the Primitivo. Any of you starting this coming week? Gwaihir
  4. Gwaihir

    Looking for Outdoor Stores in Galicia & Portugal?

    Hey caminantes, qué tal. It's been ages since I was really active here, but anyway I'm back on the Camino (sort of). To be honest my thing now is more traveling randomly and sometimes I walk bits and etapas of the Camino in between. The Portugal sun and work I did for a project here has...
  5. Gwaihir

    Input for Rewilding Business

    Hi Peregrinos! As some of you may know, I found my calling after the Camino. I´m now resolved to build a business around "ReWilding". ReWilding is about "undomesticating our bodies and minds", and the idea is that people have domesticated themselves to the degree of becoming completely...
  6. Gwaihir

    I miss you guys

    I haven´t actually met any of you, but I miss you anyway. I hesitated to get the forum patch but the postage was too expensive. Even so you could have easily recognized me. I was the one with the wild hermit look who carried a way-too-long-staff. Whenever I walked past tourists they would...
  7. Gwaihir

    Post-Camino Callings

    Hi again Peregrinos. It´s always good to return here and know that there is a "Camino World" despite the situation. In January I went abroad to do volunteer work for a while. It was fine but it did not last long. I had kind of overestimated myself as the Camino made me feel like Superman. But...
  8. Gwaihir

    question for spiritual pilgrims

    Hi peregrin@s. I´m looking for spiritual pilgrims. In particular, inclination towards Buddhism or similar, or who have practiced meditation. I think spiritually inclined people might understand, or at least not second-guess my experience. And that´s important to me. I achieved a state of...
  9. Gwaihir

    Ok I´m home, I want to leave.

    Hello Pilgrims. I just returned from the Camino a week ago, and what I feared would happen, happened. I don´t like my country. The rat-race, the hurry... the amount of people who work themselves into a burn-out because it´s "necessary" somehow. I struggled with this before the Camino, but...
  10. Gwaihir

    Returning & Friendships

    Hi, So first question - would it be possible at all to create a "returning home" section in the forum? I think it would be helpful to have have a space where these threads are gathered. Specially for "going home" newbies like me. Anyhow. I have a question for you forum dwellers. It's a rather...
  11. Gwaihir

    LIVE from the Camino Snow. Primitivo Yay or Nay?

    Heya peregrino peeps. I've been live on the Camino for longer than four months and this is my first "live" post, derp. Anyway. We're here in Ribadeseya and snow is closing in on us. It's on the hilltops very close to the Camino, the Picos de Europa are completely snowed under (so pretty), and...
  12. Gwaihir

    Anybody on Del Norte Nov-Feb

    Hi Peregrin@s, I found an old thread from 2013 or so for people who were walking on del Norte from late autumn to spring, but I can't find any for this year. After trying the Francés from SJPDP to Puente de Reina, I think I'm heading to San Sebastián and sticking to my original plan (despite...
  13. Gwaihir

    Anybody want to meet? Puente de Reina

    Hi guys! I'm stuck in Puente de Reina. After 3.5 months of hiking & catching a fever, I finally got the message and am waiting here until I feel better. I might leave tomorrow (it's expensive here), but I was wondering if there's anyone close who will catch up to me and wants to have a chat...
  14. Gwaihir

    Camino with PTSD

    Heya guys and girls, peregrin@s. I've been on the road for a while (threw months, 20 days), and a few of you have been following me, which I think is awesome and thank you very much for the support. I had many reasons to do the Camino, one of them related to my medical background. I showed...
  15. Gwaihir

    resoling shoes & worn out buckles

    Hi peregrinos, After (mas o menos!) 800-900 km my HanWags are a bit worn. HanWag have a sold replacement program, but you'd have to send them the shoes... it takes way too much time! Anybody know if a local shoemaker can do the job? The waist buckle on my Osprey pack is also starting to...
  16. Gwaihir

    A little R&R on the Trail

    This goes for anybody who walks long distances, so not just the camino francés but any camino, including the one I'm doing now (Holland-Belgium-France-Spain). I've been walking for two months and sometimes I get a bit tired of it. Not that I can't walk furher (I can), but it's just...walking...
  17. Gwaihir

    Del Norte in November

    I'm sure this question has been posted before, I wish I could search but with between the terrible connectivity and data limit, I thought I'd ask. It looks like my pilgrimage might take me longer than expected. I'm a slow walker (although improving every week!) and I doubt I can get to Santiago...
  18. Gwaihir

    Why the hurry?

    Hey pelgrims, There is one thing that's been an annoyance to me ever since I started. The Camino itself is all good and it unfolds. However, almost every time I rest somewhere I get one of the following comments: "you took 4 months out to walk? my such-and-so cousin did it in 30 days!" "you...
  19. Gwaihir

    HELP... water poisoning... need somewhere to stay near Liege

    Fellow pilgrims, I'm sorry to bring this in all of a sudden. Yesterday I got water poisoning from drinking contaminated water. I'm an idiot and I figured the water was filtered but it wasn't. Entirely my own stupid mistake. As a consequence I spent the night (I pitched my tent) in the...
  20. Gwaihir

    Leaving in 1,5 weeks... nervous!

    After a few crazy weeks of constant planning, I´m more or less set... not 100% prepared, but as prepared as I can be. I´m looking forward to it, but the nerves are more intense. Leaving home for 4 months to travel across 4 countries... *scary* How did you deal with the nervous jitters...

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