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Great news Luka! Now you have a focus. This is such a relief I am sure. Take it all a step at a time. Being physically fit will help in your path to recovery. Planning a Camino will be a goal - a light to aim for. Good luck and Buen Camino!
Hi Luka. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year. I was put on hormone treatment immediately and undertook the last stretch of the Camino Portugués from Valença to Santiago. I had to curtail my efforts at Arcade and return home because of food poisoning. Continuing to receive hormone...
Hi CaliMaki
We hope to be in Santiago on the 4th June. We will spend two nights there before catching the bus and Metro to Pavóa Varzim where we will spend another two nights before flying out to Edinburgh and home. I can’t offer much in the way of advice with regards preparations but only to...
Thanks Finisterre for your advice. It has been a number of years since I last tackled my first and only Camino, and even that was the 100 kms+ from Sarria. For the others it is a new experience altogether and I know they are looking forward to it. Using hotels is a cop out I know but everyone is...
As far as I know Redondela is the meeting of the Coastal Camino with the Camino Central. We plan to be there on Friday 31st May. I am unaware of the distances involved from your starting point on the Coastal. Are you in serious training for the Camino, or are you relaxed in your preparations...
I walked the last 100 kms+ from Sarria to Santiago in 2010 (the last Holy Year I think?). For the others it is their first. We are all 65 years + and are taking the easy approach by staying in hotels. It is a little awkward getting to a suitable starting point on the various Caminos from...
Myself (from Bordeaux) and four other Scots (from Edinburgh) are setting off to Porto on May 28th. After an overnight there, we are catching the train the next morning to Valença where we will spend the rest of the morning and early afternoon enjoying the sights, food and drink. We will set off...
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