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- Camino Frances september-october 2015
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Hello i am new to the forum and with so many posts to read through im getting a bit confused,
so i hope you dont mind if i just ask..
I dont have any time limit to stick to and just intend to set off walking and get to Santiago when i eventually get there ,wether it takes 40 days,60 days or more it does not really matter to me as long as i complete it,
Is it ok to do it like this ?
thanks for your time
allan
I would love to have had that flexibility. It seems like a great way to do it
Hello i am new to the forum and with so many posts to read through im getting a bit confused,
so i hope you dont mind if i just ask..
I dont have any time limit to stick to and just intend to set off walking and get to Santiago when i eventually get there ,wether it takes 40 days,60 days or more it does not really matter to me as long as i complete it,
Is it ok to do it like this ?
thanks for your time
allan
Hello i am new to the forum and with so many posts to read through im getting a bit confused,
so i hope you dont mind if i just ask..
I dont have any time limit to stick to and just intend to set off walking and get to Santiago when i eventually get there ,wether it takes 40 days,60 days or more it does not really matter to me as long as i complete it,
Is it ok to do it like this ?
thanks for your time
allan
Hi Dave
Time is about the only thing i have plenty of at this time in my life
Due to circumstances 5 years ago i ended up having a break down and lost my job ,home and family,following that i went off the tracks bigtime, alcohol,bad company etc,then i had one medical problem after another on top of it all to try and deal with ,depression,diabetes,thyroid,arthritis..it all came within a couple of years,
now things are different ,not drunk for 4 years,quit smoking recently ,getting back on track mentally ,thyroid and diabetes managed with tablets,,the arthritis is a pain literally but i get by , Then i heard about the camino,yes ive watched the films ,read books watched videos on youtube seen those saying good stuff,bad stuff and those indifferent and didnt really think about doing it myself..
then recently it just came to me that "i have to do this" why i dont know but i have to ,maybe i will find the answers during or at the end ..but one thing its given me a new look upon things and a way to hopefully begin afresh.
Im also quite lucky baby brother lives in valencia and my parents will be driving from the uk to visit him in september so persuaded them to divert a little and drop me off at st jean,
Hi Allan, that is no problem. Your lucky that you can do it like this. I did it this year in 37 day's, for me was this nice and steady. I am still working so a leave from work for 6 weeks is the limit.Hello i am new to the forum and with so many posts to read through im getting a bit confused,
so i hope you dont mind if i just ask..
I dont have any time limit to stick to and just intend to set off walking and get to Santiago when i eventually get there ,wether it takes 40 days,60 days or more it does not really matter to me as long as i complete it,
Is it ok to do it like this ?
thanks for your time
allan
This is exactly what I want to do Allan.... take my time, walk as far or as little as I can each day, go visit some off Camino places, linger in some of the interesting towns. But what do people do re their return flights home in these circumstances? Do you book a return flight allowing say 60 days, or just arrive in France/Spain on a one way ticket and buy the return ticket when you're good and ready to go home?Hello i am new to the forum and with so many posts to read through im getting a bit confused,
so i hope you dont mind if i just ask..
I dont have any time limit to stick to and just intend to set off walking and get to Santiago when i eventually get there ,wether it takes 40 days,60 days or more it does not really matter to me as long as i complete it,
Is it ok to do it like this ?
thanks for your time
allan
HI KerrieG. This really depends on where you have to get back to, and individual circumstances.This is exactly what I want to do Allan.... take my time, walk as far or as little as I can each day, go visit some off Camino places, linger in some of the interesting towns. But what do people do re their return flights home in these circumstances? Do you book a return flight allowing say 60 days, or just arrive in France/Spain on a one way ticket and buy the return ticket when you're good and ready to go home?
Fisterra is typically three days, but the recent addition of some albergues has made a more leisurely four days quite possible.Great information and advice @Kanga, thank you! - Have you walked to Finisterre Kanga? What is the longest it has taken you - including Finisterre (if you've done that)?
This is exactly what I want to do Allan.... take my time, walk as far or as little as I can each day, go visit some off Camino places, linger in some of the interesting towns. But what do people do re their return flights home in these circumstances? Do you book a return flight allowing say 60 days, or just arrive in France/Spain on a one way ticket and buy the return ticket when you're good and ready to go home?
Alan, that is my plan also, starting next May. I think what I will do about flights is get a return ticket for longer than I am anticipating the camino may take for me (maybe 2-1/2 to 3 months.) Then, if I finish early, I will see some more of Spain. Or, if I feel the need to return sooner, will try to move my ticket up. I don't want to stress about this.Hello i am new to the forum and with so many posts to read through im getting a bit confused,
so i hope you dont mind if i just ask..
I dont have any time limit to stick to and just intend to set off walking and get to Santiago when i eventually get there ,wether it takes 40 days,60 days or more it does not really matter to me as long as i complete it,
Is it ok to do it like this ?
thanks for your time
allan
Hi Allan, you will do just fine. As you stated yourself, one step at the time.Well its a month since i joined this great forum, in just 3 days i will be heading off from home on route to SJPP hopefully arriving sometime Friday the 18th,,
Like i have seen others write "i am excited but also very anxious".... anxious ?? im petrified.
I now know my limitations and as such i will be taking the Valcarlos route and even then i may stay on the road until i get to Roncesvalles and then i will see how i am managing and re assess things,
As people keep saying one step at a time
wishing you the very best of luck,wish i was starting out again,It may sound like easy advice to some but try not to over think or look too far ahead i always find that stressful to the point of saying "no its too much or too big "one step and one village a day approach has worked for me , take care and enjoy,Well its a month since i joined this great forum, in just 3 days i will be heading off from home on route to SJPP hopefully arriving sometime Friday the 18th,,
Like i have seen others write "i am excited but also very anxious".... anxious ?? im petrified.
I now know my limitations and as such i will be taking the Valcarlos route and even then i may stay on the road until i get to Roncesvalles and then i will see how i am managing and re assess things,
As people keep saying one step at a time
Buen Camino, Allan! Yes, one step at a time. Remember that reaching Roncesvalles (by any route) is one of the 'big' stages of the whole Camino. Once that is achieved there's nothing about the route itself that will stop you if keep your end of the bargain!Well its a month since i joined this great forum, in just 3 days i will be heading off from home on route to SJPP hopefully arriving sometime Friday the 18th,,
Like i have seen others write "i am excited but also very anxious".... anxious ?? im petrified.
I now know my limitations and as such i will be taking the Valcarlos route and even then i may stay on the road until i get to Roncesvalles and then i will see how i am managing and re assess things,
As people keep saying one step at a time
Free style, the only way to walk the camino but it does have its down side, finding a place to stay when the camino is crowded.Hello i am new to the forum and with so many posts to read through im getting a bit confused,
so i hope you dont mind if i just ask..
I dont have any time limit to stick to and just intend to set off walking and get to Santiago when i eventually get there ,wether it takes 40 days,60 days or more it does not really matter to me as long as i complete it,
Is it ok to do it like this ?
thanks for your time
allan
I set off from SJPP on the 18th of September and finished in Santiago on the 25th of October (2 break days)
Indeed, it’s about the journey not the destinationHello i am new to the forum and with so many posts to read through im getting a bit confused,
so i hope you dont mind if i just ask..
I dont have any time limit to stick to and just intend to set off walking and get to Santiago when i eventually get there ,wether it takes 40 days,60 days or more it does not really matter to me as long as i complete it,
Is it ok to do it like this ?
thanks for your time
allan
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