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- Frances, Sept (2014)
Planning to begin our first pilgrimage in August/September 2014. Bought our packs and boots today, so exciting....
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I loved all the planning and preparing and learning that went into my Camino. This forum has provided so much help. You'll find all kinds of information, and a group of wonderful people who really want to help you learn from their experiences. I am truly grateful for finding this forum. Buen Camino!Planning to begin our first pilgrimage in August/September 2014. Bought our packs and boots today, so exciting....
Planning to begin our first pilgrimage in August/September 2014. Bought our packs and boots today, so exciting....
Kanga, sounds like a lot of fun. Are you planning to walk again, what an amazing lot of stories you must have from all the walks you have done!
Oh, I am sorry that we won't have the possibility of running in to you somewhere on the road.I start planning the next Camino on the flight home! It doesn't always come off; last year and this year we haven't left Australia due to family commitments. Being on this forum is a bit of a giveaway for me - if I'm walking, I'm not talking about it! It is a bit of a "fix" between Camino's. Next year looks much more likely.
Oh, I am sorry that we won't have the possibility of running in to you somewhere on the road.
With your fitness level you will have no problems at all. You can really stop your worries on that front. You will be fine. Unfortunately this does not mean you'll be blister free (bit o f course i hope you willl). Fitness level has nothing to do with getting foot problems like that.
All the very best for the start of your walk tomorrow!
We will be a bit behind you. If all goes well we should be in Burgos around the 20th September. Our Australian "flag" is a bag made out of material with an Australian flag and kangaroo pattern on it that, hopefully, we will be able to put some fruit/vegies in to eat as we walk along. You would have freezing weather at the moment in Ballarat! Like you we are excited but also wondering what on Earth we are doing at our age attempting to walk such a distance, but that is the magnet that is called the Camino de Santiago. Best wishes to you. Buen Camino.We have finally set the date that we begin our Pilgrimage-15 September 2014. We will leave Australia on the 17th of August and have a holiday in Europe before we begin the walk and arrive in Burgos (where we plan to start) the weekend before the 15th. Still need to pack our bags and attach our Camino patches alongside a small Australian flag, but feel confident we have broken in our boots. Still getting in an average of 3 hikes a week, with distance being around 12km each time, and plan to do at least one long one before we leave Aus.
All feels a bit daunting, but so very exciting. Must admit though for the first time ever feeling just a bit nervous about flying. Will just put our lives in Gods hands and leave it at that!
Buen Camino
Hello sriyantra, yes we are a bit cold at the moment, but have just returned from the Western Tiers in Tasmania where we saw snow!! Really hope we may cross paths at some point, are you beginning in SJPDP? Are you flying straight to Spain? We will look for your vegie.fruit bag to identify you. Does feel a bit mad to be doing such a walk for the first time, in our fifties but actually feel fitter and healthier than we have since....umm....don't know when really!We will be a bit behind you. If all goes well we should be in Burgos around the 20th September. Our Australian "flag" is a bag made out of material with an Australian flag and kangaroo pattern on it that, hopefully, we will be able to put some fruit/vegies in to eat as we walk along. You would have freezing weather at the moment in Ballarat! Like you we are excited but also wondering what on Earth we are doing at our age attempting to walk such a distance, but that is the magnet that is called the Camino de Santiago. Best wishes to you. Buen Camino.
We fly from Brisbane to Madrid, have a couple of nights there then train to Pamplona and taxi to SJPDP on the 4th September. We have the 5th to have a look around and will walk from SJPDP to Orisson on the 6th, then back to SJPDP for the night, and then up on the shuttle bus to Orisson on the 7th and on to Roncesvalles. We are in our sixties but, like you, find we are feeling really good after quite a bit of training. It is so much about trust and faith though. Keep in touch. Buen CaminoHello sriyantra, yes we are a bit cold at the moment, but have just returned from the Western Tiers in Tasmania where we saw snow!! Really hope we may cross paths at some point, are you beginning in SJPDP? Are you flying straight to Spain? We will look for your vegie.fruit bag to identify you. Does feel a bit mad to be doing such a walk for the first time, in our fifties but actually feel fitter and healthier than we have since....umm....don't know when really!
Feeling excited but also rather nervous as to how we will manage some of the hills. We are reasonably fit (we both do bootcamps 3-4 times a week, my husband does at least one long bike ride a week and swims twice a week and I do the occasional ride!), both in our mid fifties and feeling still quite young.