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  1. Sue M

    This thing about equipment for the Camino .....

    Walked in good hiking boots: terrible blisters (sweaty feet). Walked in sandals: no blisters. Walked with one pole:awful sciatica. Walked with two poles: no problems. Stayed in municiple albergues: clean beds. Stayed in a good hotel: swarming with bedbugs. If only we knew what suited us best IN...
  2. Sue M

    Christmas Greetings to you all

    Hope to meet you one day Al. Wolverhampton isn't far from Rugby!
  3. Sue M

    WHY would you do a winter camino?

    I would never do it in June or September again, having collapsed with heat exhaustion at the top of the steps going into Portomarin in September. People made me lie down and poured water from the fountain over me. When I got up my clothes were ruined because I had been lying in melted tarmac.
  4. Sue M

    Short Travel Story: The Botafumerio

    Don't forget the thunder of the mighty organ and the beautiful voice of the sister singing the Hymn to the Apostle! Unforgettable!
  5. Sue M

    Bedbugs!?

    No bugs in albergues but in a relatively posh hotel. I'm a light sleeper and felt them crawl over me - shot out of bed, got a few bites, couldn't find anyone to ask for another room and ended up sleeping on the hard floor in the corridor. Not a pleasant night. Several of the hostels between Le...
  6. Sue M

    bed bugs

    Scary stuff. I didn't get attacked by bedbuds in pilgrims' albergues, I got them in a relatively posh hotel. Horrible experience.
  7. Sue M

    Just been Told off

    Got the addiction but lack the nerve. Ian Holdsworth from Northampton used to take groups from the diocese, which was how I got started, walking along with four others. Does anyone in England know of anyone else doing the same?
  8. Sue M

    Albergue la Parada in Reliegos July 5 2016

    It's a horrible problem. When I walked fro Le Puy to Conques18 months ago a couple of the basic hotels we stayed at had had serious bedbug problems and had taken drastic action (like replacing all the mattresses) to try to get rid of them. I got totally neurotic about inspecting bedding. They...
  9. Sue M

    My last post

    Never noticed anyone being rude or grumpy. I've found comments very helpful.
  10. Sue M

    What song are you leaving your partner as you start your camino.

    "For he shall give his angels charge over thee" from 'Elijah' by Mendelssohn. Wesi g in St. Michael's Singers at Coventry Cathedral and sang this the week before I left. It kept running through my head while I was walking and I sang it in empty chuches along the Way.
  11. Sue M

    Practical Tips to take care of about 2 weeks before you leave for the Camino...

    Give your feet a good session a week or so before leaving!
  12. Sue M

    My Ultimate Camino - who would you invite?

    I walked each day in memory of someone I knew who had died, who would have loved to be walking. In particular I wish Amy and Elaine could walk with me. Amy was a student in my tutor group. She suffered from cystic fibrosis, arthritis and diabetes. In Year 12 she had a lung transplant. She came...
  13. Sue M

    How do gites deal with the bedbug problems?

    In four sessions of walking on the Camino I got bitten by bedbugs only once and that wasn't in an albergue, it was in a nice hotel.
  14. Sue M

    Pilgrim shame

    While I would love to say I had walked every step from St. jean carrying everything all in one go (I did it in stages and still haven't managed to do Burgos t0 Leon) my greatest admiration is for Pat and Stewart who did it by coach last year. Pat aged 86 was diagnosed with cancer three years...
  15. Sue M

    Are you pilgrim or walker?

    I am a walking pilgrim.
  16. Sue M

    You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

    One of my funniest Camino memories is of coming to the rescue of a young female friend in a pharmacy by MIMING 'sanitary towels'! I leave it to your imagination, bearing in mind that I was nearly 70 at the time . . . The shop assistant looked horrified, but we English were laughing hysterically...
  17. Sue M

    What souvenir(s) did you bring back from the Camino?

    I found sort of woven ribbons for 1 euro each - I think you're supposed to tie them round your wrist. One is the Lord's Prayer and the other is the Hail Mary, in Spanish of course, with appropriate pictures illustating each phrase. Available everywhere.
  18. Sue M

    Thoughts at Christmas for those having to postpone

    I am organising a pilgrimage by coach (through McCabe Travel) for people who are unable to walk very far, but four people have recently had to drop out due to ill health. We currently have a group of twenty, but at least one is in his eighties and another is suffering from cancer. It would be...
  19. Sue M

    The truth about bed bugs?

    I experienced bedbugs only one night, and that was in a hotel. I sleep very lightly and only got one bite, but I absolutely hated feeling them running over me. I deserted my bedroom and spent the night sleeping on the tiled floor of the corridor.
  20. Sue M

    tattoos

    I've got a Celtic circle on my shoulder blade. It was quite painful! My daughter had a Japanese character tattooed, without knowing what it meant - dangerous!! The scallop shell sounds a good idea.

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