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  1. Trishagale

    Nicknaming the People You Walk With

    My daughter and I tended to refer to people between ourselves according to their nationality. There was Philipino who we met on our first day, came across on and off, then met on our last day just out of Santiago. Big yankee guy was a colorful presence and our favourite, Asia lady. She did not...
  2. Trishagale

    How do you "relieve yourself" when a toilet is not available?

    I agree, a little more understanding from some on this thread would be appreciated
  3. Trishagale

    How do you "relieve yourself" when a toilet is not available?

    This is me exactly and I totally agree, how do you ‘train’? It takes an hour of walking to get things moving for me, and once they are on the move I need to go now! No amount of sitting on the loo and straining will produce results, and is medically inadvisable anyway. We just all need to do the...
  4. Trishagale

    How do you "relieve yourself" when a toilet is not available?

    I totally understand the point of the thread and Trecile’s post. I agree with sentiments expressed. I always use bar or cafe facilities and I always purchase something. Trecile was baffled and I was just commenting, maybe my reply didn’t appear as polite as I intended. I can sometimes get one...
  5. Trishagale

    How do you "relieve yourself" when a toilet is not available?

    Then you are very lucky. The time may come, as it did with me, when you don’t have as much control over the frequency or urgency of the call of nature as you would like.
  6. Trishagale

    Volunteering as a Hospitalera

    I did that training in Melbourne Australia in February 2020 and was going to organize a trip in April or May the same year. Well, we all know what happened then! I hope to try again in April or May next year. The training was great and one of the resources we were given was a number of...
  7. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    I was wondering how you went after your rest in Astorga. Well done, so happy you made it. 😊 And it was lovely to actually see you both.
  8. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    Thank you, I will ask permission.
  9. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    Thank you so much! I didn’t take a photo for some reason so I am very happy to have this one. I would very much like to add it to my blog, even though it’s 8 years ago. Do I need to request permission from the owner, or is it enough that I acknowledge where the photo came from?
  10. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    Thank you Liz, we have had so many adventures, I can’t wait for the next one. ❤️
  11. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    Oh yes, the chocolate shop on the plaza! Astorga is also the place I bought trekking sandals because of my blisters. I have loved them ever since!
  12. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    I am not at all surprised! We stopped at Astorga for a couple of days on two separate caminos because of my blisters. The first time I had blisters that had been brewing for some time and I got them treated. The second time I had been going so well and I made the mistake of commenting about it...
  13. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    So glad to hear! Where are you?
  14. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    I hope your daughter finds something to encourage her. The saying helped us through the not so great days when it would have been easy to wallow in misery!
  15. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    Thank you so much for your kind words. I am glad you are taking a rest and hope you continue on. But I am sure your body and your heart will know what to do. Enjoy your time with your son, my time with my daughter was special. Buen Camino
  16. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    I love that ritual and that you shared it on Camino. The things you don’t like are often the funniest when you look back.
  17. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    I thought it was a good thread, lots of differing opinions expressed in good spirit.
  18. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    Thank you for kind words, a pilgrim is grateful has become a permanent part of our lives! The monastery is Albergue del Monasterio de San Juan de Ortega. It was very basic and very cold but I was grateful that my daughter managed to get me a bottom bunk because there were no ladders to the top.
  19. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    Thanks, yes I read it. I would have replied but it was locked and I really wanted to give a different perspective to some of the opinions although I agreed with some of them.
  20. Trishagale

    Why you should walk a camino

    I was 55 when a friend suggested that I join him on a trek to Everest Base Camp. I was slightly overweight, not all that fit, and a trek like this probably didn’t make it into the top 1000 items on my bucket list. But somehow I found myself in Nepal, all kitted out in my new clothes, backpack...

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