• For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here.
    (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)

Search 69,459 Camino Questions

Advanced search…

Search results for query: *

  1. Domnall

    Publicly humiliated for snoring

    You would imagine that a pilgrim snores on purpose. If snoring annoys any pilgrim I would suggest that are not suited to be a pilgrim and they should be the ones staying in a hotel. A Pilgrim is one who is on a religious or spiritual journey and enduring hardships along the way would not be...
  2. Domnall

    Too old?

    Well young man it should be no problem for you. Well if your like me it’ll be a challenge but very doable. I waked my first Camino from Le Puy in 2010 at the age of 70. Now 8 years later I’ve walked 12 Camino’s plus numerous others, some more than once like Via Francigena and the European...
  3. Domnall

    Any advice

    One more thing. On my first Camino from Le Puy to Santiago, in 2010 , 3 weeks into my journey I suffered a hernieated disk and had to be repatriated home for an operation on my back. I returned to where I stopped within 12 months and finished my 1000 mile Camino. I was 70 years old when I...
  4. Domnall

    Any advice

    Yes. The Spanish Post Office have a service for transporting rucksacks. It works out at just over 4 Euro a day. It is very reliable. The hospilario in your Albergue will help you set it up. Keep the sports up. Donal
  5. Domnall

    Over 65

    Yes I made that decision in 2010 at the age of 70 to walk from Le Puy to Santiago a distance of 1000 miles. I carried a backpack that was too heavy at 12kg plus food and water. Near Lectoure I slipped a disk and was looked after by Veronique in her Gite until I was able to be repatriated home ...
  6. Domnall

    Casa de los Dioses to close down

    When I met David in 2011 I truely thought that I had met an angel. I was so overcome by his hug as I left him that I was unable to speak. Years after I still thought of him and wondered if he really existed. It's only through posts like this have I learned that indeed David existed, not only in...
  7. Domnall

    suddenly scared

    Hi Laelia, You have nothing to fear. You seem to be an open , receptive person, so you will have help if you need it. As others have said if you want to be on you your own, then that isn't a problem, and when you want company you will have an abundance. You will make lifelong friends. You will...

❓How to ask a question

How to post a new question on the Camino Forum.

Latest posts

This site is run by Ivar at

in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon
Official Camino Passport (Credential) | 2024 Camino Guides
Back
Top