Hi I'm Chris

[Crourke]

I live in Scotland and have been wanting to walk the Comino for years, want to make it a reality for me perhaps this year. Love travelling , did loads of backpacking around world when younger but different now with family. I know I'll enjoy a caomino and in meantime enjoying all the great info on this website.

 

[thejoker]

Hello Chris. Great to hear from you and your excitement is clear.
Load up your backpack and get marching up and down Ben Nevis, squelching through the mud of the Cairngorms and stomping along the flat canal path and back between Edinburgh and Glasgow. That should cover the varying types of terrain you'll be facing and will give you some ideal training. Buen Camino.

 

[Crourke]

Hello Chris. Great to hear from you and your excitement is clear.
Load up your backpack and get marching up and down Ben Nevis, squelching through the mud of the Cairngorms and stomping along the flat canal path and back between Edinburgh and Glasgow. That should cover the varying types of terrain you'll be facing and will give you some ideal training. Buen Camino.

Thanks - I know i should start training, and like the idea of things like Borders Abbeys way or Cateran train Perthire. I am pretty fit for 58, running 5 miles typically but not with backpack etc. Canal path to Glasgow could be just thing. Thanks a lot!

 

[Bernice M]

You are so lucky to have all that lovely walking in Scotland and northern England in which to practice - Settle to Carlisle, St Cuthbert's Way, Northumberland Coastal Path, Fife Coastal Path, West Highland Way, Great Glen Way, Moray Coastal Path, Hadrian's Wall. I've done them all and they are great for a practice run. Go to it man!

 

[Crourke]

thanks - like so often in life you don't do the things on your doorstep and I've done none of those ! But I plan to, I want to take a couple weekends to trial my gear on Borders abbey way soon. I'm envious of your many caminos!