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  1. MKalcolm M

    "Ghosted" by a pilgrim friend

    I fell completely in love on the camino with a woman from Germany. She came to live with me in Scotland, and our long term plan was to move to Spain together. However, my circumstances changed and I got full custody of my 10 year old daughter, so moving overseas was no longer an option. After...
  2. MKalcolm M

    Dithering big time over Go decision.

    The hardest part of any journey is the decision to do it.
  3. MKalcolm M

    Children on the Camino?

    I walked the Portuguese camino last year with my 12 year old daughter, and found it to be totally safe. We quickly formed a camino family with people from many different countries, and had a great time together. There were some times when she walked with other pilgrims and while I was careful to...
  4. MKalcolm M

    What's on your pilgrimage bucket list?

    Either to or from Jerusalem to Santiago, as yet to make my mind up which direction to go! (open to suggestions). I saw a website for a two month walk through Jordon which got me thinking about this, and it soon formulated into a loose plan. The long term plan for when my daughter leaves school...
  5. MKalcolm M

    Using maps dot me for El Norte

    I walked the Norte without a mobile phone, a guide, or a map and I don't speak Spanish. A few tips 1) Ask the hospitalero at the alberge each night what your options are for the next day. They are usually very well informed about the next day or so's walking. 2) Just follow the arrows. Its...
  6. MKalcolm M

    Going back to the start

    Due to general incompetence on my part I bought a flight home from Santander instead of Santiago, and so had to back track to near where I started. I had a few days in hand, and so bused to one of my favourite parts and started walking again towards Santander. I was worried that my credencial...
  7. MKalcolm M

    Youngest unaccompanied walker?

    I met two young women walking to Finisterre, one of whom had her backpack festooned with balloons. When I asked why, she explained that it was her eighteenth birthday that day. They had started in SJPP, and made it to Santiago while she was still seventeen. By chance, I had some wine with me, so...
  8. MKalcolm M

    Walking with 12 year-old son

    Most of what I've written below was on another post which asked a similar question, so apologies for repeating myself. I recently walked the Portugese camino with my 12 year old daughter, who walked far longer each day than I thought she would. We had a great experience and are planning to walk...
  9. MKalcolm M

    Help with Sarria to Santiago with a 10 year old.

    I recently walked the Portugese camino with my 12 year old daughter, who walked far longer each day than I thought she would. We had a great experience and are planning to walk the Primitivo together next year. A few tips from our trip. Involve your daughter in the planning of each day, then...
  10. MKalcolm M

    Daily laundry perplexes me

    You really, really, really don't want to be in the next bunk to me if I didn't wash my socks or shower for three days!
  11. MKalcolm M

    A treasure map...

    As a Norte enthusiast, I can guarantee you are in for a treat! You have the option to branch off on the Primitivo should it appeal to you, there is plnty of time to make your mind up as you walk along. Buen Camino!
  12. MKalcolm M

    Breaking down,Building up?

    I was told when walking the camino that the first week you adjust physically, the second week you adjust mentally and in the third week you start to enjoy it. This was very true to my experience, and I found after the pains and blisters and wondering what the hell I was doing, I started wishing...
  13. MKalcolm M

    Apprehensive now with a tinge of "uh oh"

    Just take a deep breath, and relax. Every new stage has pre -event nerves and your reaction is very normal. Once you start on your way the camino will unfurl in front of you. I walked the North route at a similar age as you are, unfit and unprepared and had a great time. It had its high...
  14. MKalcolm M

    Good Things That Happen On the Camino

    While walking the Norte a couple of years ago, I became part of a camino family of four fellow pilgrims. We had been walking a long hard stretch and arrived at a private alberge very hot, tired and in need of some rest and recuperation. I had been having a bad day with serious blisters on one...
  15. MKalcolm M

    Flying from Canada to Madrid with my dog Tess - arriving Madrid on Sept. 3

    Hi Lynn, I hope you are not too depressed or discouraged by the comments above, but as a dog lover I thought I should put in my tuppence worth. I walked the Norte a while back and met a lovely Spanish guy who was walking with two dogs. Most alberges would let him stay, but on condition that...
  16. MKalcolm M

    Thank you!

    My nine year old daughter and I walked part of the Norte last summer. We arrived hot and tired in an alberge and a fellow pilgrim walked up to my daughter, fished in his purse and pulled out a ring and asked via gestures if it was hers. He had noticed her the night before, then later found a...
  17. MKalcolm M

    What's up with the toilet seat removal?

    It stops women getting angry at us guys for leaving the seat up...
  18. MKalcolm M

    The Camino never leaves ones heart.

    I walked to Santiago in 2013, it was a high point in my life, and I would love to do it all again. I recently got full custody of my ten year old daughter, who is definitely not into walking holidays, so it will be many years before I can do a long stretch again, but am making plans to walk...
  19. MKalcolm M

    A Muslim walking the Camino?

    If you want to walk the camino, then definitely go ahead and walk it. I met many people from many different countries, all walking for their own reasons, and it is open to everyone to enjoy, regardless of their faith. I consider myself Buddhist, but no one ever questioned this. Buen Camino!
  20. MKalcolm M

    Walking in a singlet

    I carried a thin shemagh (middle eastern style scarf) with me, and on days of hot sun wore a singlet but put the shemagh over my shoulders so that the straps of my pack didn't rub. It worked well and the shemagh prevented sunburn while being cool and comfortable.

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