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  1. Lydia Gillen

    Sarria to Santiago in May

    Welcome to the forum Pat. May you and Marie have a wonderful time together as you walk the final 100 Klm of the Camino into Santiago. Buen Camino to you both.
  2. Lydia Gillen

    What happened to Forum member Alexwalker?

    Alex, lovely to hear from you, Over the years I have enjoyed so many of your posts. I wish I could plan with definite shorter days. I have planned and booked from Tui to Santiago with my granddaughter in late May. I will send my rucksack ahead each day. Somehow, when I know for definite that...
  3. Lydia Gillen

    Starting from Pamplona tomorrow March 20, 2022, advice

    Hi Moondance, Different language groups have rooms in the pilgrim office where you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and chat with pilgrims who speak your language.. Do come up to room 6 where Camino Companions welcome English speaking pilgrims. There is also a Mass in English in the pilgrim...
  4. Lydia Gillen

    Camino Ingles

    I plan to walk in May. Thank you all for the good advice here.
  5. Lydia Gillen

    Unfortunate wannabe pilgrim

    Great advice from David and Margaret, Keep walking regularly and do contact the Catholics in your area. Cardinal Suenens who was one of the leading light of Vatican ll, used to say "Blessed are those who dream dreams and work hard to make their dreams come true." So do keep on trying. I am 78...
  6. Lydia Gillen

    Newbie arrives

    Welcome Steve. I too was 63 when I started my first Camino in 2007. I have been on the Camino or volunteering or doing both almost every year since. While joints and muscles age and ache, being a pilgrim to Santiago de Compostela has kept me young at heart, still excited and slightly scared...
  7. Lydia Gillen

    Gonna leave for Spain Sept 1 2021

    Damien, I have been reliably told that all the young guides in the Alps use Trekking poles. Why? Because they have seen what continuous trekking up and downhill has done to their father's and grandfather's knees. I call them my best Camino friends.
  8. Lydia Gillen

    Getting Old.

    I seemed to have missed out on the "getting old" stage of life. I was "middle aged" for as long as I can remember and now I suddenly realise that three quarters of a century is kind of "old". With my new knee I hope to walk from Tui to Santiago every Spring of my life, no steep uphills and no...
  9. Lydia Gillen

    newbie to this notion!

    Welcome Symphony, Very sound advice has already been given. Your height will be a great advantage both on the uphills and the downhills. Buen Camino.
  10. Lydia Gillen

    Class of 2016

    Thanks Nuala.
  11. Lydia Gillen

    Class of 2016

    Time to check in on Class of 2016. I intended walking from Burgos to Leon or maybe Astorga if the walking went well. This Camino actually started in 2012 in St. Jean Pied du Port.!!! Then I heard that Pope Francis had decided that the year of Mercy 2016 should be a Holy year in Rome and...
  12. Lydia Gillen

    Bilbao to Pamplona by Bus

    Maybe you could let me know when you do finally get your booking and that would indicate to me as to when I should make my booking. Regarding the nephew and friend waiting for you in Pamplona. Perhaps you could email him a copy of your booking and also send an email to the landlord saying that...
  13. Lydia Gillen

    Forum Meetup in Santiago de Compostela

    all the amigos know this place well as we pass it by on our way to and from work.
  14. Lydia Gillen

    Nuestro camino

    Welcome to the forum Grant, I am very sorry to hear of your loss and think that walking the Camino will help you to come to terms with the loss of Mike. I have just finished reading a book written by an Irish Jesuit who walked the Northern route to help him come to terms with the loss of his...
  15. Lydia Gillen

    Bilbao to Pamplona by Bus

    For got to say that there is a bus from the airport to Bilbao bus station every half hour and as far as I can remember it takes about a half hour. It is number 3247. and costs €1.45. Best to have some change as the bus driver in spain is not required to give change more than the bus fare...
  16. Lydia Gillen

    Bilbao to Pamplona by Bus

    Bryan, I also have been trying to book bus tickets from Bilbao to Pamplona for June 4th but keep being told that the "date selected for trip are out of the time frame allowed by the company offering journeys" A few minutes ago I put in the date of April 3rd and there would be no difficulty...
  17. Lydia Gillen

    Planing my first camino.

    Linards, Welcome to the forum and you also Peter.. May you both have a wonderful Camino. . Plan and prepare for the Camino and 'walk slowly into it' I arrive in Pamplona on the night of 4th June with my granddaughter so it is quite likely the we might meet up. I look forward to that. Buen...
  18. Lydia Gillen

    Class of 2016

    Puzzle solved. This thread is 2016. Yesterday I posted on "class of 2015" If I were my own mother I would not let me out on my own!!!
  19. Lydia Gillen

    Class of 2016

    Puzzled, yes puzzles. I posted yesterday that my granddaughter Beth and I were planning flying to Bilbao on June 4th and then starting from Burgos nest day. I cannot find the post now puzzled/ Buen Camino to all out there walking now and to all who plan walking next year
  20. Lydia Gillen

    Class of 2015

    Have booked flights for my granddaughter Beth and myself to Bilbao on June 4th. We plan walking from Pamplona to Burgos. So now we are part of class of 2015. We are both very excited and looking forward to this adventure together. Buen Camino to all who are walking at present or planing to...

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