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  1. Paul_L

    Preparation - cycling and leg strength

    Sorry, I haven't been clear enough. We are walking the Frances as a family, my question was around building some leg strength through cycling because the area I live in is so flat. What we have done now is put some timber under the front of our treadmill. It's sitting at around 7 degrees...
  2. Paul_L

    Preparation - cycling and leg strength

    We are doing a winter pilgrimage with our family starting mid-January. We are so excited, but I have a preparation question. Where we live in rural Australia is very flat. With near constant flooding, we haven’t been able to venture out to hillier lands to prepare, so I have done things like...
  3. Paul_L

    Family walking a late winter Camino.

    Thanks! We all walked SJPP to Santiago in 2015, and in 2020 we started in Pamplona but only made it to Logroño when the state of emergency was called and we had to return home. So excited to head off again. We all can't wait. Mr3 was sad this morning as he thought we were heading off today...
  4. Paul_L

    Family walking a late winter Camino.

    Thanks for your concern, and I appreciate your intentions. No feathers are ruffled. When we walked our first Camino in 2015 our kids were roughly 2, 8, 10, 14, 16. We were given similar advice to not walk with kids, , to consider the impact on them and to rethink the imposition of our will as...
  5. Paul_L

    Family walking a late winter Camino.

    Hi all, Excited to be back planning now after our 2020 Camino ended abruptly after walking for only 1 week. We‘re looking at walking the Francés from mid January next year, going slowly. Our walking party this time round will be my wife and 5 of our 6 children. The youngest will be 4, so we...
  6. Paul_L

    Family going back for more

    Hi all, Since returning from our last family camino in 2015 we have been dreaming of returning. I’m so thrilled to share that we are now planning a return camino in 2020. We also have a different family composition now, with another new baby in the mix, making it 6 children now ranging from 1...
  7. Paul_L

    Your one picture that captures how you feel about being on the Camino!

  8. Paul_L

    Camino Frances with 5 Year Old--Am I CRAZY??

    I completely agree with Kiwi-family. My daughter who was 8 talks about wanting to do the Camino again almost as much as I check the forum. She talks about when we walked through the mountains, fields and snow. However, more importantly she talks about it as the best time being together as a...
  9. Paul_L

    Camino Frances with 5 Year Old--Am I CRAZY??

    Not crazy at all. We did the francés with our family, then 2,7,10,14,15 year olds. The 2 year old coped beautifully, better than anticipated. I would certainly echo the advice above that kids do crazy stuff, (as do parents!), but all of that is much more public. I remember my son's first Camino...
  10. Paul_L

    Walking with children

    We walked as a family earlier this year from SJPP to Santiago. My kids were 2, 8, 10, 14 and 15 and we travelled from mid February (leaving on Valetines Day) arriving for Semana Santa. It was awesome. I'd be happy to share our experience so feel free to ask anything. We stayed in albergues...
  11. Paul_L

    Strange sensation on arrival in Santiago and sharing a video

    Hi all, I know that this has been discussed elsewhere, I more wanted to explain myself for not returning to the forum post camino. I received much support and advice before heading off, and we completed our camino with the family (2 adults and 5 children, 2-15 years old, now 3-16!) in April this...
  12. Paul_L

    A family got out of a taxi...

    I just wanted to share a little bit of my journaling for today. It's a little long, but obviously no one is obliged to read it. It's been a different day. Today our family stepped out of a taxi at around 2pm at the entrance to the Albergue in Astorga, taking our packs out of the back of the...
  13. Paul_L

    Walking into Leon with Children

    Just wanted to let you all know that we walked into León this afternoon. Thank you for your words of advice and support. For future reference the walk in was fine, except for an unpleasant person who drove a car deliberately fast then slammed on the brakes at us, the revved his engine, whilst...
  14. Paul_L

    Walking into Leon with Children

    Wonderful. Thank you all for your information. I love having such a warm community that helps out so quickly. Walk into Leon it is then. :)
  15. Paul_L

    Walking into Leon with Children

    Sorry I wasn't clear, I'm referring to traffic. I was told that it was very dangerous for walking with children due to crossing lots of roads and heavy vehicles.
  16. Paul_L

    Walking into Leon with Children

    We are travelling with 5 children, in Terradillos right now, enjoying some awesome weather on the meseta. I've been told by a few people that the walk into Leon with children is very dangerous. We started in SJPDP and are going slowly. Our kids are 2, 8, 10, 14 and 15. We would appreciate some...
  17. Paul_L

    Family traveling and beds in albergues

    Tonight there are four rooms with 1 bed in one room, 2 beds in two rooms and five in one, when we arrived there were already two pilgrims in the five bed room. There are nine people in our group (4 adults and our five children). We were told we could use the three beds in the five bed room, and...
  18. Paul_L

    Family traveling and beds in albergues

    We are traveling with 5 kids (2,8,10,14,15). We have only been traveling for a comparatively short time, starting in SJPP and now in Navarrete, but I wanted to share a strange conversation that keeps coming up- arranging payment at night for beds. We have stayed in Albergues most nights...
  19. Paul_L

    LIVE from the Camino Winter pilgrim warning.

    We have had a couple of rest days since starting (two kids had fevers on one day, poor things!), but have walked in rain or snow every day since we started on 14 Feb. The only clear days have been our rest days! Just finished a rest day in Logroño, back on the path tomorrow. Just a healthy...
  20. Paul_L

    Arrived St Jean to find....

    I'd be interested to know more. I've searched a little and it sounds like a myth, but I'm always up for evidence to enlighten a discussion, especially if it will help us all. You are correct on the impact of a stomach bug on a family (I had a bad reaction to some goats cheese in France recently!)

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