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Buen Camino to you to, and take good care of your feet.How did I get blisters after all the advice and my prior experience?? Too many kilometres two days in a row is my guess - feet just weren't up to it ... And those rocky paths!! Anyway... Having a rest day in a nice hotel with a bath...and a beer (or two). I don't know whether pushing through the pain is part of the experience but I'm going to be more careful on the next 500 kms. Have really loved the simplicity to date but also loving this hotel Buen Camino everyone!!
Just listening to someone saying he has named his blistersHow did I get blisters after all the advice and my prior experience?? Too many kilometres two days in a row is my guess - feet just weren't up to it ... And those rocky paths!! Anyway... Having a rest day in a nice hotel with a bath...and a beer (or two). I don't know whether pushing through the pain is part of the experience but I'm going to be more careful on the next 500 kms. Have really loved the simplicity to date but also loving this hotel Buen Camino everyone!!
I'd love to hear about your hotel as we've been having a nightmare via airbnb booking a place (it's been a low point for the last three hours as I've gone round in circles via the app and have given up!) I feel a rest day and a nice hotel is in order for me too!!How did I get blisters after all the advice and my prior experience?? Too many kilometres two days in a row is my guess - feet just weren't up to it ... And those rocky paths!! Anyway... Having a rest day in a nice hotel with a bath...and a beer (or two). I don't know whether pushing through the pain is part of the experience but I'm going to be more careful on the next 500 kms. Have really loved the simplicity to date but also loving this hotel Buen Camino everyone!!
Just listening to someone saying he has named his blistersone is called Sarah .... Maybe you should become personal with your blisters
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We were recommended Hotel Los Braseros by Spanish friends - but we booked the one that is actually about 2 kms from the centre. The one we should have booked was Hotel Centro Los Braseros!! In the centre!! However ours is quite nice and gave me a room with a bath for 55 euros per night. The Centro one was more expensive... We used booking.com. Good luck!!!I'd love to hear about your hotel as we've been having a nightmare via airbnb booking a place (it's been a low point for the last three hours as I've gone round in circles via the app and have given up!) I feel a rest day and a nice hotel is in order for me too!!
Just get yourself a pair of sandals.
Thank you Peter!Buen Camino to you to, and take good care of your feet.
Wish you well, Peter.
Just listening to someone saying he has named his blistersone is called Sarah .... Maybe you should become personal with your blisters
From my observation...... Getting blisters can be the luck of the draw ....
Hi Shawna - sorry to hear you're not feeling good. I don't think the Camino should be about pain - we need to enjoy it - so rest up (and bus if necessary - lots of people do!!) and continue when ready in shorter, controlled portions. Buen Camino!! XxxI am here too and have been struggling BIG time with blisters, 3on each foot, symmetrically. I am in Belorado, 2 days from Burgos. I'm considering taking public transportation to Burgos tomorrow and then resting for a day or two. I've been trekking with severe pain.
A few days rest would probably be the best idea! Just wondering what shoes you have been wearing, since you originally said you were going to walk in old sneakers with super feet insoles. Maybe Burgos is the place to get new shoes, but take care during the first few days to get used to them!I am here too and have been struggling BIG time with blisters, 3on each foot, symmetrically. I am in Belorado, 2 days from Burgos. I'm considering taking public transportation to Burgos tomorrow and then resting for a day or two. I've been trekking with severe pain.
Definitely take care of your feet. In May/June 2015, I did the Frances route and took a rest day in Burgos. I also had walked two days (back to back) of long distance (50 km each day) because I was stubborn and lonely. I developed ankle edema and blisters but a rest day did me a world of good. Buen camino!!How did I get blisters after all the advice and my prior experience?? Too many kilometres two days in a row is my guess - feet just weren't up to it ... And those rocky paths!! Anyway... Having a rest day in a nice hotel with a bath...and a beer (or two). I don't know whether pushing through the pain is part of the experience but I'm going to be more careful on the next 500 kms. Have really loved the simplicity to date but also loving this hotel Buen Camino everyone!!
Hi Kanga, I am in Leon at the moment and what I have noticed this Camino is the number of people with bad blisters it seems to be on the increase as the crowds this year seem to be rushing more to get beds and with the extrodanary heat we have had. I even had people leaving at 3am to beat the crowds, also a number seem to be doing longer days up to 40k. And I have noticed the lack of pilgrims stopping for a break and taking shoes and socks off to rest their tootsies.Whatever the reasons for blisters it is good to give your feet a chance to heal @MargLav - we 've had members requiring hospitalisation because they did not until it was too late and they had serious deep infections.
I love the comment of one member who said she always knew when a woman was a walker - feet cream had priority over face cream.
Walking shorter distances and stopping earlier would solve both blister problems and bed problems.
Dont forget, it's not a race! if your feet are bad, rest! listen to your bodyHow did I get blisters after all the advice and my prior experience?? Too many kilometres two days in a row is my guess - feet just weren't up to it ... And those rocky paths!! Anyway... Having a rest day in a nice hotel with a bath...and a beer (or two). I don't know whether pushing through the pain is part of the experience but I'm going to be more careful on the next 500 kms. Have really loved the simplicity to date but also loving this hotel Buen Camino everyone!!
I really feel for you - we walked to Castanares had lunch in the cafe by the bus stop then caught a €1 bus to Burgos centre (every hour 40 minutes past the hour) we booked into Centro de Brasseros as advised above (booking.com and a great deal for two nights). I'm feeling 100% better. Good luck.I am here too and have been struggling BIG time with blisters, 3on each foot, symmetrically. I am in Belorado, 2 days from Burgos. I'm considering taking public transportation to Burgos tomorrow and then resting for a day or two. I've been trekking with severe pain.
This is not what I would call a short day for healing!20km days
Ah but don't assume where I walked from ha ha it was only from AgesThis is not what I would call a short day for healing!
How short would the days have to be?
I'm long past just putting my head down and striding to Santiago.
Thanks Kanga! Feeling much better and pain free today. At the whacky Alberque at Villarmentero de Campas on Meseta! Life is good!!@MargLav I apologise if your original thread has been hijacked. I hope your blisters have healed and you are on your way again, having a wonderful Camino.
It's important for us all to explore our acceptance or rejection of individual differences of age, gait, experience, height and weight, backpack weight, sticks or no, injuries or no, so many physical variables but also the emotional and cognitive variables as in 'what do I desire from today?' - the sensations the feelings the goals the immersion experience the 'stopping and staring' the side trips the pausing or the striding out the self-testing the forging forward.... each variable interacts to create the large continuum of experience I see daily on the Caminos.Yesterday I set off from Cirauqui at about 07:30, when it was light enough to see properly. I see no point in walking in the dark. After what felt like four very short days from St Jean I wanted the morale-boost of a good stretch of the legs. So I walked to Los Arcos and arrived at 4pm having covered about 37km. Along the way I had a couple of stops for coffee and pastries, another two stops for beer and tortilla, a break at the wine fountain at Irache (naturally!), two or three rest breaks at fuentes to air my feet, conversations with pilgrims of several nationalities - and still had plenty of time for washing clothes, relaxing in the garden, strolling round town, eating and browsing this website amongst others. Hardly the head-down route march you seem to imagineAnd no blisters or pulled muscles either. A good day. I can fully appreciate that some people are happier with much shorter stages - I wish them all the best. It would be nice to think that they might understand those of us who walk further are not all hair-shirted, barbed-wire underpants masochists. Is it too hard to accept that there might be pleasure in a longer day?
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