Peter Clifton
Sore Feet Pete
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances May 2016
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A well know poem by Eugenio Garibay Baños from a wall in Najera (CF), reads, in translation:
Dust, mud, sun and rain,
is the Way of Saint James;
thousands of pilgrims and more than a thousand years.
Pilgrim, who calls you?
What hidden force brings you here?
Nor the Way of the Stars,
nor the grand cathedrals.
Neither is it the courage of Navarra,
nor the Rioja wine.
Nor the seafood of Galicia,
nor the fields of Castilla.
Pilgrim, who calls you?
What hidden force attracts you?
It is not the people of the way
nor their rural customs.
Nor their history and culture.
Nor the cockerel of la Calzada,
nor Gaudi's palace,
nor the castle in Ponferrada.
Everything I see in passing is a joy,
but the voice which calls me,
I feel much deeper.
The force which pulls me,
that attracts me,
I cannot explain.
Only the one above knows why.
Symptoms are quiet correct!! Also meeting someone that you've never seen before with a shell around their necks and greeting them like a long lost friend!! Waving to someone in a car with a Camino sticker on the back window (with a crazy smile on your face too!!) And do we really want a cure for this anyway?? Not really!My poor...
You haven't been called or chosen by the Camino, you have been bittenand you are now infected
The disease is well know and there is no known curative treatment, only palliative.
The good news are that been frequently on the forum and taking vacations in northern Spain will help to control the symptoms!
Known symptoms are:
Buen Camino dear friend in suffering,
- Following every yellow arrow you find
- Smiling like a silly when you see a shell
- Reacting as to an electric shock when you hear the word "Camino"
- ...
Jacques-D.
OR... they're trying to figure out what this tickle is in their brain and their restless legs, why they themselves want to walk it, and what kind of disease this is that we all share!... it seems that most who wonder why someone would walk 800 km across a country are themselves, not very well traveled, and spent their lives in a small world. What little travelling they have done was on short, pre-packaged tours or on cruise ships. No offense to anybody out there, but that's never been my cup of tea. The thought of taking off for a month or so and walking that distance living off their back scares them a bit...
My poor...
You haven't been called or chosen by the Camino, you have been bittenand you are now infected
The disease is well know and there is no known curative treatment, only palliative.
The good news are that been frequently on the forum and taking vacations in northern Spain will help to control the symptoms!
Known symptoms are:
Buen Camino dear friend in suffering,
- Following every yellow arrow you find
- Smiling like a silly when you see a shell
- Reacting as to an electric shock when you hear the word "Camino"
- ...
Jacques-D.
Peter,As part of my training for my first Camino in May, I’m walking about 4 km to the swimming pool, having a swim, then walking the 4 kilometres back home. So today one of the regulars at the swimming pool asked me what I was doing. When I explained to him that I was in training to walk 800 km in Spain he just gave me this incredulous look and with an unsettling smirk on his face asked me, “Why……….. why would you want to do that?”
So on my walk back home from the pool I reflected on the reasons I was walking the Camino. When I first decided to walk the Camino a little over 12 montWellhs ago it was because it would be an adventure and I thought it would give me time to reflect and consider on what I should be doing, given that I'd recently retired. But now, after having read and watched so much about the Camino, having researched all that I could, having gathered all the necessary gear and equipment, I now feel that the Camino is not something that I would like to do but it is something that I NEED to do. It is almost like, I didn’t choose the Camino, the Camino chose me.
Does this mean that at 64 I'm turning into some sort of new age hippie (or whatever the modern day equivalent is) or are there other fellow pilgrims out there who've experienced such feelings.
As part of my training for my first Camino in May, I’m walking about 4 km to the swimming pool, having a swim, then walking the 4 kilometres back home. So today one of the regulars at the swimming pool asked me what I was doing. When I explained to him that I was in training to walk 800 km in Spain he just gave me this incredulous look and with an unsettling smirk on his face asked me, “Why……….. why would you want to do that?”
So on my walk back home from the pool I reflected on the reasons I was walking the Camino. When I first decided to walk the Camino a little over 12 months ago it was because it would be an adventure and I thought it would give me time to reflect and consider on what I should be doing, given that I'd recently retired. But now, after having read and watched so much about the Camino, having researched all that I could, having gathered all the necessary gear and equipment, I now feel that the Camino is not something that I would like to do but it is something that I NEED to do. It is almost like, I didn’t choose the Camino, the Camino chose me.
Does this mean that at 64 I'm turning into some sort of new age hippie (or whatever the modern day equivalent is) or are there other fellow pilgrims out there who've experienced such feelings.
Peter,
I too was called by the Camino and although I may have a bit of the hippie in me, i prefer to think that when we get older and retire we become more sensitive to our callings. Those stirrings aren't being crowded out anymore by the rush rush of schedules and agendas...Maybe that sounds a little new age-ish but do we really care? I head out of St. Jean Pied de Porte on May 15th.. See you there! Buen Camino!
Love and Peace Man !
Why not tell them you walked it back in 1970, dropped your comb and you're going
back to see if you can find it.
Buen Camino
that is certainly the truth in my case...The calling is strong...
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