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If things had gone to plan in only a few days from I would have been starting my first Camino.
As I have written elsewhere illness, injury and medical advice disrupted and made me postpone those plans for a year.
Still in recovery from my latest bout with the medics I, yesterday, went shopping. Having shopped I staggered with two bags of goods the 40 metres back to my car.
Having dumped the bags in the car I slumped in pain, gasping for breath like a fish out of water, and thought "What an idiot, what a mess and you're dreaming of walking 800km across Spain. Forget it fool. Read the runes."
Returning home I dropped into an armchair, regained my breath and turned on the television.
The first programme that flickered onto the screen was a travel log of two men making a journey from Santander to Santiago de Compostela.
If things had gone to plan in only a few days from I would have been starting my first Camino.
As I have written elsewhere illness, injury and medical advice disrupted and made me postpone those plans for a year.
Still in recovery from my latest bout with the medics I, yesterday, went shopping. Having shopped I staggered with two bags of goods the 40 metres back to my car.
Having dumped the bags in the car I slumped in pain, gasping for breath like a fish out of water, and thought "What an idiot, what a mess and you're dreaming of walking 800km across Spain. Forget it fool. Read the runes."
Returning home I dropped into an armchair, regained my breath and turned on the television.
The first programme that flickered onto the screen was a travel log of two men making a journey from Santander to Santiago de Compostela.
Hi Bystander, what programme was that? Maybe I can find it on 'catch up'. I'd like to see that. We came home from our CF via Santander/Portsmouth ferry last Oct. Thank you
i would say it's a sign that camino is the way for you for surein shamanism synchronicities are believed to be signs that the person receiving them is on the right path
Hi JabbaPapa,It took me over two years to prepare for my 2014 Camino -- and I've still not fully overcome the negative physical conditions in question, so I need another Camino this year.
The trick is, you have to train and train, and then plan your Camino around the problem ; and don't start the Camino until you're sure that whatever workarounds and compromises you find will be sufficient.
People shouldn't use the pack transport services IMO -- except for those with medical reasons, who often should.
My daily stages last year varied between 5 and 35 KM. In 1994 I averaged 40 KM, a marathon a day.
It's not any kind of race, just walk as you can, with a daily distance that feels right on a completely daily basis -- however many KM that might be.
Do NOT plan ANY daily stages in advance of actually setting your feet on the Camino ; you could just as well be forced into some very short stages every day as you could discover hidden strength that will take you further than you imagined. The hiking is a daily task, and as long as you keep it up, eventually you'll get to Compostela -- in your own time, and with your own strengths and weaknesses.
Even so, I can't help but wonder why you would think that other people should or shouldn't do things a certain way (eg. "People shouldn't use the pack transport services IMO -- except for those with medical reasons, who often should.") Surely there are others who do not have your strength, time, or fortitude or even will, who still have the right to choose their own way to complete their own camino?
It appears we are in complete agreement - words alone can be a difficult way to make our intended meaning clear. Cheers.It's just advice -- and surely there's no reason why I shouldn't provide the advice I think best, right ? Or are you advising otherwise ?
Certainly there are hardships on the Camino that not everyone will have the fortitude or the sheer bloody-mindedness to face up to -- and besides, ad impossibile nemo tenetur.
I'm just saying that walking every step of the way, if you can, carrying your pack the whole way is something that shines in the memory with surprising warmth ; more simply, the full experience is a good thing, and I'm sad for others when I see them missing out on it.
This has nothing to do with "rights" and "choosing your own way" -- and there aren't some pilgrims who are "better" than others ...
If things had gone to plan in only a few days from I would have been starting my first Camino.
As I have written elsewhere illness, injury and medical advice disrupted and made me postpone those plans for a year.
Still in recovery from my latest bout with the medics I, yesterday, went shopping. Having shopped I staggered with two bags of goods the 40 metres back to my car.
Having dumped the bags in the car I slumped in pain, gasping for breath like a fish out of water, and thought "What an idiot, what a mess and you're dreaming of walking 800km across Spain. Forget it fool. Read the runes."
Returning home I dropped into an armchair, regained my breath and turned on the television.
The first programme that flickered onto the screen was a travel log of two men making a journey from Santander to Santiago de Compostela.
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