rebecca paige mcquillan
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- I plan to do my first Camino starting at st. Jean pied du port end of October 2016 all the way to to Finisterre and maybe beyond!
Hello
I am very new to this, and so I think I should just introduce myself here.
My name is Rebecca, I am from Liverpool, UK.
Almost out of the blue , having never heard of the Camino de Santiago before a few weeks ago. I plan to do the Francis Route for SJPD, my Euro star ticket is for the 27th Oct.
I do not have much money at all to do this, and so I am bringing a tent along , in case any municipal albergues are closed. I will be traveling alone.
I have been reading the threads on this forum for a few weeks, hanging back to hopefully get a general feel for things. I have enjoyed reading then, obviously there are threads which are unsettling, the very sad and unfortunate deaths near Astorgia. The poor Korean lad who's gone missing, the indecent exposure and harrasment that some women encounter, Tarantulas, Scorpians , etc. I understand that this is a very small proportion compared to the amount who travel along the Camino with no major problems. I have just read about the lady who got her passport back , the generosity of the cafe owners who drove her back!! Very uplifting to read that today!
I understand that everyone does this for their own reasons..mine without going into much details is a spiritual one and a physical and mental one , having lived with PTSD for a number of years, no therapy has 'cured' me so far, so it really does seem the universe put the world's longest psychiatric highway in my path. I have so much trepidation as the days leading up to my date..and the piece of writing called 'Footprints',is emblazoned on my mind (something that has always comforted me from a very early age).
Any way that's enough about me, tgankyou for this site and your posts and comments, they are an invaluable source, of information and inspiration.
Buen Camino
Rebecca . x
I am very new to this, and so I think I should just introduce myself here.
My name is Rebecca, I am from Liverpool, UK.
Almost out of the blue , having never heard of the Camino de Santiago before a few weeks ago. I plan to do the Francis Route for SJPD, my Euro star ticket is for the 27th Oct.
I do not have much money at all to do this, and so I am bringing a tent along , in case any municipal albergues are closed. I will be traveling alone.
I have been reading the threads on this forum for a few weeks, hanging back to hopefully get a general feel for things. I have enjoyed reading then, obviously there are threads which are unsettling, the very sad and unfortunate deaths near Astorgia. The poor Korean lad who's gone missing, the indecent exposure and harrasment that some women encounter, Tarantulas, Scorpians , etc. I understand that this is a very small proportion compared to the amount who travel along the Camino with no major problems. I have just read about the lady who got her passport back , the generosity of the cafe owners who drove her back!! Very uplifting to read that today!
I understand that everyone does this for their own reasons..mine without going into much details is a spiritual one and a physical and mental one , having lived with PTSD for a number of years, no therapy has 'cured' me so far, so it really does seem the universe put the world's longest psychiatric highway in my path. I have so much trepidation as the days leading up to my date..and the piece of writing called 'Footprints',is emblazoned on my mind (something that has always comforted me from a very early age).
Any way that's enough about me, tgankyou for this site and your posts and comments, they are an invaluable source, of information and inspiration.
Buen Camino
Rebecca . x