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Sometimes when I have that thought I am reminded of - I think - Groucho Marx's line about not ever wanting to be a part of a club that would allow the likes of me to be a member!:-)
I have done three individual weeks on the Camino over the last year. Two with a good mate and one on my own. Admittedly my experience of individual weeks might be totally different from someone doing a 5 week stint. What I have found is that when you are walking with a friend that you know well...
Lots of people have bells on their bikes.....not all choose to use them! Or better still some wait to the last minute possibly in a personal game of 'how many pilgrims jumped today?'. I'm having another look at the word serendipity on the basis of this....one man's serendipitous experience may...
I firmly believe that the camino has a lot to do with that great word serendipity....inconvenience is one word...another way of looking at it might be it's a fantastic opportunity to see yet another spectacle!
Again thanks for the suggestions. I did the research and gave it a couple of night's sleep and decided to land in Bilbao, make my way to Portugalete and walk from there on the Monday morning and see where I ended up by foot, train or bus! The lure of the sea, the lack of any significant...
I am seriously considering getting a can of yellow paint and doing little arrows showing me the way to the bin/the clothes line/the garden shed! So far this little plan is on hold until I return a planned week on the Camino the week after next...but it would really make me smile every time I put...
Thank you all for your replies.
Castilian that avila to zamora suggestions is one I'd never have come up with in a million years....but it definitely has the cogs turning!
I will do a bit of a preamble introduction but promise that I will get to a question by the time I finish!
I have managed to get myself to Gallicia for two separate glorious weeks on the Camino! In August last year I did the Santiago to Finisterre/Muxia piece and at Easter this year I did the...
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