Nate Bissonette
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- Sarria to Santiago May 2018
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What an achievement! Congratulations! Thanks for your excellent post.May 19, 2018. I leave tomorrow. I’m sick to my stomach, afraid to go. What am I forgetting? What if I can’t do it? What if I’ve wasted all this time and money? Practice walk yesterday. 5 miles with full pack. Glacial pace. Can’t walk far enough, fast enough, to get the Compostela in the time I have, so why go? Do half this year, half later? It’ll never work, I’ve rescheduled this one several times already. Walk partway, taxi the rest, lie to the Church to get the Compostela? Can’t lie to God and nobody else matters. This is stupid. Why am I going? To accomplish something none of my friends or family have done? Why? Who cares? Too much thinking. Just go. Hope for the best, plan for the worst, pray for the rest.
June 1, 2018. I’m sitting in the airport clutching my Compostela, unwilling to let it out of my sight. I used Mark McCarthy’s “Sarria to Santiago” in Kindle format and his “Very Short Stages” spreadsheet on the Camino Forum and not only did I do it, I had an absolutely awesome time. Mark’s work, the encouragement from people I met on the Camino, and the support of my family back home, made my dream possible. People are walking past me looking at an old man crying in the airport, wondering if they should ask if I’m okay. Oh yes, I’m okay. I’m so very, very okay. But thanks for asking. Buen Camino.
May 19, 2018. I leave tomorrow. I’m sick to my stomach, afraid to go. What am I forgetting? What if I can’t do it? What if I’ve wasted all this time and money? Practice walk yesterday. 5 miles with full pack. Glacial pace. Can’t walk far enough, fast enough, to get the Compostela in the time I have, so why go? Do half this year, half later? It’ll never work, I’ve rescheduled this one several times already. Walk partway, taxi the rest, lie to the Church to get the Compostela? Can’t lie to God and nobody else matters. This is stupid. Why am I going? To accomplish something none of my friends or family have done? Why? Who cares? Too much thinking. Just go. Hope for the best, plan for the worst, pray for the rest.
June 1, 2018. I’m sitting in the airport clutching my Compostela, unwilling to let it out of my sight in checked luggage. I used Mark McCarthy’s “Sarria to Santiago” in Kindle format and his “Very Short Stages” spreadsheet on the Camino Forum and not only did I do it, I had an absolutely awesome time. Mark’s work, the encouragement from people I met on the Camino, and the support of my family back home, made my dream possible. People are walking past me looking at an old man crying in the airport, wondering if they should ask if I’m okay. Oh yes, I’m okay. I’m so very, very okay. But thanks for asking. Buen Camino.
Why am I going? To accomplish something none of my friends or family have done? Why? Who cares?
May 19, 2018. I leave tomorrow. I’m sick to my stomach, afraid to go. What am I forgetting? What if I can’t do it? What if I’ve wasted all this time and money? Practice walk yesterday. 5 miles with full pack. Glacial pace. Can’t walk far enough, fast enough, to get the Compostela in the time I have, so why go? Do half this year, half later? It’ll never work, I’ve rescheduled this one several times already. Walk partway, taxi the rest, lie to the Church to get the Compostela? Can’t lie to God and nobody else matters. This is stupid. Why am I going? To accomplish something none of my friends or family have done? Why? Who cares? Too much thinking. Just go. Hope for the best, plan for the worst, pray for the rest.
June 1, 2018. I’m sitting in the airport clutching my Compostela, unwilling to let it out of my sight in checked luggage. I used Mark McCarthy’s “Sarria to Santiago” in Kindle format and his “Very Short Stages” spreadsheet on the Camino Forum and not only did I do it, I had an absolutely awesome time. Mark’s work, the encouragement from people I met on the Camino, and the support of my family back home, made my dream possible. People are walking past me looking at an old man crying in the airport, wondering if they should ask if I’m okay. Oh yes, I’m okay. I’m so very, very okay. But thanks for asking. Buen Camino.
Maybe you could post it on, instead of abandon... I hope that by tomorrow morning you will be feeling better. Do you have plenty of time? Slow down. No, you are not idiotic. Have I the right to say that? Are you? I doubt it. Breathe in, turn around, face the direction of the arrows, and sing: I love to go wandering among the mountain track, and as I go, I love to sing, my knapsack on my back... etc! Sleep and see how you are in the morning. And then, off you go.Blessings from an woman sitting in Porto with sore feet, stumbling along on the Caminho Portuguese. Stayed an extra night in this hostel and will get to the next stop tomorrow somehow. Tylenol by mouth, voltaren on feet, checking “stuff” yet again to see what I could abandon. Have I been totally idiotic to think I can do this? Thanks for your report!
Blessings from an woman sitting in Porto with sore feet, stumbling along on the Caminho Portuguese. Stayed an extra night in this hostel and will get to the next stop tomorrow somehow. Tylenol by mouth, voltaren on feet, checking “stuff” yet again to see what I could abandon. Have I been totally idiotic to think I can do this? Thanks for your report!
Well, Jane, how are you doing? We are biting our nails waiting to hear!Blessings from an woman sitting in Porto with sore feet, stumbling along on the Caminho Portuguese. Stayed an extra night in this hostel and will get to the next stop tomorrow somehow. Tylenol by mouth, voltaren on feet, checking “stuff” yet again to see what I could abandon. Have I been totally idiotic to think I can do this? Thanks for your report!
Well, Jane, how are you doing? We are biting our nails waiting to hear!
It took me 3 evenings of work to prepare the short stages guide. It was after work and I was really really tired and unsure if it would ever be used but now I feel humbled to have made such a small contribution to a truly wonderful achievement. Truly Thank You Nate! You are a true pilgrim!May 19, 2018. I leave tomorrow. I’m sick to my stomach, afraid to go. What am I forgetting? What if I can’t do it? What if I’ve wasted all this time and money? Practice walk yesterday. 5 miles with full pack. Glacial pace. Can’t walk far enough, fast enough, to get the Compostela in the time I have, so why go? Do half this year, half later? It’ll never work, I’ve rescheduled this one several times already. Walk partway, taxi the rest, lie to the Church to get the Compostela? Can’t lie to God and nobody else matters. This is stupid. Why am I going? To accomplish something none of my friends or family have done? Why? Who cares? Too much thinking. Just go. Hope for the best, plan for the worst, pray for the rest.
June 1, 2018. I’m sitting in the airport clutching my Compostela, unwilling to let it out of my sight in checked luggage. I used Mark McCarthy’s “Sarria to Santiago” in Kindle format and his “Very Short Stages” spreadsheet on the Camino Forum and not only did I do it, I had an absolutely awesome time. Mark’s work, the encouragement from people I met on the Camino, and the support of my family back home, made my dream possible. People are walking past me looking at an old man crying in the airport, wondering if they should ask if I’m okay. Oh yes, I’m okay. I’m so very, very okay. But thanks for asking. Buen Camino.
Hi Mark. Do you have a link to the short stages guide document please?It took me 3 evenings of work to prepare the short stages guide. It was after work and I was really really tired and unsure if it would ever be used but now I feel humbled to have made such a small contribution to a truly wonderful achievement. Truly Thank You Nate! You are a true pilgrim!
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/sarria-to-santiago-in-very-short-stages.627/Hi Mark. Do you have a link to the short stages guide document please?
Thank you!!
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