melamee
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hola from the lovely mirabel albergue in cizur menor! the camino has been just amazing thusfar. sjpdp to roncevalles was arduous, gorgeous, painful and magical... like nothing i've ever seen or done in my life. unfortunately, on the descent to roncevalles, i did something to my knee and the next day's trip to zubiri just aggrevated it to the point where i could barely walk. took me 9 whole hours to get there....god was i happy to finally stop hobbling downhill 'round rocks galore and cross the bridge into town. spent an extra day in zubiri and caught a lift to pamplona where i rested a further two... even with the limited mobility and pain, i had incredible experience after incredible experience. this strange road i'm on is filled with magic.
i walked the very short 4km here from pamplona yesterday, and i thought i was doing better, but i was in pain all night and now i can barely walk again....so it looks like i won't be attempting the walk up to alto perdon and down to puenta la reina. am going to catch the transport there instead.
i've never had this kind of knee problem, and i don't know what to do at this point. i don't want to stop altogether, but then again, i don't want to end up with a knee surgery as a result of overdoing it.... any advice? i've got two weeks left till i have to be in madrid to meet my gf. what's a limping pilgrim to do?
btw...great advice on the leki poles minky. they literally got me down to zubiri.
also...i *highly* recommend this refugio. peaceful, beautiful and such a kind señora running the place. i got to watch her feed catfood to her turtles and goldfish yesterday after she took care of weary pilgrims' feet.
mel
i walked the very short 4km here from pamplona yesterday, and i thought i was doing better, but i was in pain all night and now i can barely walk again....so it looks like i won't be attempting the walk up to alto perdon and down to puenta la reina. am going to catch the transport there instead.
i've never had this kind of knee problem, and i don't know what to do at this point. i don't want to stop altogether, but then again, i don't want to end up with a knee surgery as a result of overdoing it.... any advice? i've got two weeks left till i have to be in madrid to meet my gf. what's a limping pilgrim to do?
btw...great advice on the leki poles minky. they literally got me down to zubiri.
also...i *highly* recommend this refugio. peaceful, beautiful and such a kind señora running the place. i got to watch her feed catfood to her turtles and goldfish yesterday after she took care of weary pilgrims' feet.
mel