LIVE from the Camino Half Way!

catherinemccoy

Catherine McCoy

Time of past OR future Camino

2011 Camino Frances

• Sep 20, 2011

• #1

I've been on the Camino since Sept 5th and will be moving on from Carrion de Los Condes tomorrow morning. So far been dodging the bed bugs successfully and learned a few life lessons. I update my blog pretty much everyday via my iPad. I appreciate all the help I've received from others on this forum with respect to preparation, what to expect, and so many other things.
Buen Camino!

 

SabsP

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some and then more. see my signature.

• Sep 20, 2011

• #2

Keep going Catherine!! Love reading your blog.

Buen Camino and take care.

 

KiwiNomad06

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Le Puy-Santiago(2008) Cluny-Conques+prt CF(2012)

• Sep 21, 2011

• #3

Thanks for posting Catherine, and I will be reading your blog from now on..... you are giving a great picture of your journey. That memorial stone you mention- I suspect it was a man who died of a heart attack- and someone from the Forum was walking just behind him when it happened. She was later able to make contact with people who knew him, and let them know more about what happened.
Buen Camino- and I hope it starts cooling down for you a little!
Margaret

 

daesdaemar

Camino-holic

Time of past OR future Camino

Camino Ingles - twice

• Sep 21, 2011

• #4

Way to go!!! Walk on and Buen Camino!!!

 

Priscillian

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Frances 1999, Aragones 2000, Desde Le Puy 2002, Portuguese 2009, hoping RDLP 2014

• Sep 22, 2011

• #5

What a wonderful thing to be walking the Camino for the first time. Everyone has their favourite stretch and the one you have ahead of you is just extraordinary. You have started on the same day I did but 12 years ago! September and October still is my favourite time to walk, (or June on the Portuguese). I think if I was asked at the end of my life: "What one experience would you like to have again?", I'd say, "that first view of the cathedral from the Plaza de Obradoiro".
¡Anima!
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Ritch

New Member

• Oct 19, 2011

• #6

Just been browsing your excellent blog - well done !

 

Abbeydore

Veteran Member

• Oct 19, 2011

• #7

& well done from me too, a great blog too, Thank you, & yes you final verdict on your Pacerpole pl.

guess we all deserve the odd Parador & not just the last one in the kitchen staff quarters.
Thanks David

 

C

cookie

New Member

• Nov 25, 2011

• #8

Have been following your blog with interest...I, too, am from N.S. Canada, the same age, and walked the Camino twice ('07,'09) so I felt like I was reliving it all again. Well done!

 

meisterbalogna

Member

• Feb 22, 2012

• #9

Hi Catherine!

I just finished reading your entire blog back to front. Such a wonderful account of your trip! This has literally been the best reading I've done so far (and I read this forum obsessively) as it gives your account of how you felt throughout your entire journey. Being able to read your updates on an almost daily basis was so insightful, especially in to the physical and mental aspects of the trip.

I leave in two months to start walking my own camino. Thank you so so much for the glimpse into the future

Joan

 

skilsaw

Veteran Member

• Feb 24, 2012

• #10

Catherine,
I hope you are still checking here.
I heard a talk on the radio about memories stirring up the original feelings that came at the event you are remembering.

Your blog inspired memories, and the memories feelings. Now I am exhausted, content, peaceful, whistful. Thank you.
David, Victoria, Canada