- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2018
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I see a lot of folks on the forum who got kind of addicted to walking the Camino across Spain. Most increased their mileage and fitness along the way. Many decide to go back and do it again. I am curious if there are some here who discovered a new-found love of walking on the Camino and did some other non-Camino treks/hikes later.
I have been walking long walks in the mountains of western Canada for most of my adult life, beginning when I was twenty-five. These were always backpacking trips, so could not be much longer than 100 miles, for the distance that I could carry all my gear and food. A couple of years ago, I went to New Zealand and walked a couple of tracks, Round the Mountain Track on North Island and a shorter track on South Island. I avoided the tourist routes in favour of less traveled tracks and fitted those in around more extensive travels to see as much of the country as I could in five weeks. Since last year's camino, I find myself currently focused on Spain and the camino routes, and have little interest in trekking in other countries. However, my walks in the Rocky Mountains are still an important part of my life and I fit in as many as I can each summer. I shall be leaving again to walk from Banff to Lake Louise in June for ten days or so. I guess that my long walks have always been spiritual, so I prefer mountain walking alone and so far the pilgrimage routes in Spain seem to fit well in this. As I am getting older, the lure of carrying twenty kilos or more over mountain terrain is getting more challenging. I have never wanted to walk long treks in the United States, with the necessity of exiting from the trail to pick up prepared food packages. But the camino was a new adventure for me, so there is no telling what might come next. I think, however, that it is better designed for walking long distances through scenic terrain without having to carry too much, so is ideal for older bones.
I walked the Camino Frances twice. After that I walked from west Wales to St Jean Pied de Port to make the journey from home "complete". Also quite a few long routes in the UK. I have returned to Spain and Portugal several times to walk the Ingles, the Primitivo and most recently the Portugues. Last year I walked from Canterbury to Rome - mostly on the waymarked Via Francigena. I set off intending to finish at the Swiss-Italian border but I was enjoying myself too much to stop. Next week I will be flying to Sweden to begin walking from Sundsvall (on the Baltic coast) to Trondheim in Norway. Addicted? - probably!
I started walking on the Caminho Português in 2011, then I found out that what I really love is being in nature.
Since then I walked some more caminos and did a lot of other hikes in Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Norway.
It's amazing how one always can discover a new trail, a new adventure.
The Via Francigena does follow the North Downs Way to Dover. I then made my own way mostly along canal paths to Besançon and joined the VF route there. From other people's comments I gather signposting in France is erratic. Very good from Besançon onwards.
I'm also tempted by the Kungsleden. Spent a few days at Abisko - the northern endpoint - a couple of years ago and itched to set off up that path.
The Via Francigena does follow the North Downs Way to Dover. I then made my own way mostly along canal paths to Besançon and joined the VF route there. From other people's comments I gather signposting in France is erratic. Very good from Besançon onwards.
I'm also tempted by the Kungsleden. Spent a few days at Abisko - the northern endpoint - a couple of years ago and itched to set off up that path.
I am curious if there are some here who discovered a new-found love of walking on the Camino and did some other non-Camino treks/hikes later.
Wow, you are quite a time traveler.We walked the Camino de Santiago (St. Jean PdP to Fisterra) in 2013.
Walked the Cammino de Assisi (near Florence to Assisi, Italy) in 1014.
Walked the Via di Francesco (Assisi to Rome, Italy) last year.
All three were great, but the Camino de Santiago calls us back and we will walk Le Puy to Santiago this summer and fall.
The Kungsleden it by far the most known and most hiked trail in Sweden.I got in touch with the Kungsleden facebook group a couple of years ago to ask if anyone can recommend a good book on it in English. I got a reply that there isn't even a good book on it in Swedish. An opportunity there, maybe.
Those who walked the Camino de Santiago as a first long distance walk and then moved on to other treks/hikes are unlikely to be on this forum to answer this question.
...I was madly in love with hiking long before I walked the Camino and, yes, I have walked a few non-Camino treks since....... I am curious if there are some here who discovered a new-found love of walking on the Camino and did some other non-Camino treks/hikes later.
The West Highland way in Scotland is on my "to do" list and also the Kerry Way in Ireland.
Perhaps some are not here, but, for us, the Camino has been calling even as we walked other pilgrimages. There really is something special about the sense of comradery we experienced walking with hundreds of others all with the same goal, if not the same reasons for walking. We gained a Cammino daughter on the Cammino di Assis; on the Camino de Santiago we had an entire family. It's special.Those who walked the Camino de Santiago as a first long distance walk and then moved on to other treks/hikes are unlikely to be on this forum to answer this question.
When I was young I had a donkey who was a beloved pet. I still dream of getting a donkey again, or even a packing goat, for long treks after my back won't hold out anymore.
I see a lot of folks on the forum who got kind of addicted to walking the Camino across Spain. Most increased their mileage and fitness along the way. Many decide to go back and do it again. I am curious if there are some here who discovered a new-found love of walking on the Camino and did some other non-Camino treks/hikes later.
Walking the Camino gave me both the courage and the opportunity to walk to Jerusalem, from my doorstep.
I'm intrigued. Last year I walked from Canterbury to Rome. Long but very straightforward. Making your way to Jerusalem sounds like a serious challenge. What was your route?
I did my first Camino last year doing 11 days on the GR5 through the Alps south of Lake Geneva before training to SJPP and walking to Santiago, Finnisterre, Muxia, and then 4 days backwards on Portuguese Way to Valencia.I see a lot of folks on the forum who got kind of addicted to walking the Camino across Spain. Most increased their mileage and fitness along the way. Many decide to go back and do it again. I am curious if there are some here who discovered a new-found love of walking on the Camino and did some other non-Camino treks/hikes later.
I see a lot of folks on the forum who got kind of addicted to walking the Camino across Spain. Most increased their mileage and fitness along the way. Many decide to go back and do it again. I am curious if there are some here who discovered a new-found love of walking on the Camino and did some other non-Camino treks/hikes later.
I walked the Camino Frances twice. After that I walked from west Wales to St Jean Pied de Port to make the journey from home "complete". Also quite a few long routes in the UK. I have returned to Spain and Portugal several times to walk the Ingles, the Primitivo and most recently the Portugues. Last year I walked from Canterbury to Rome - mostly on the waymarked Via Francigena. I set off intending to finish at the Swiss-Italian border but I was enjoying myself too much to stop. Next week I will be flying to Sweden to begin walking from Sundsvall (on the Baltic coast) to Trondheim in Norway. Addicted? - probably!
I see a lot of folks on the forum who got kind of addicted to walking the Camino across Spain. Most increased their mileage and fitness along the way. Many decide to go back and do it again. I am curious if there are some here who discovered a new-found love of walking on the Camino and did some other non-Camino treks/hikes later.
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