- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances 15,16,18
VdlP 23, Invierno 23, Fisterra 23
As the time nears for my first Camino, the time seems to be slowing down..... It's like being a kid waiting for Christmas. But at least I still have time (76 sleeps) for more training and preparation.
Now please don't be upset by this thread title. It's not meant to sound arrogant or inflammatory. Let me put it into context. It's just an 'alternative' view...
My Camino is going to be my Camino. It may be the only one I get to do. So I'll do it my way.
That means no Albergues unless I have to, leaving an stopping when I want to, without being part of the bed race, walking at my own pace, probably mostly alone, as I want time to reflect. I'm sorry but I'm not into enforced communal living and socialising. I can think of nothing worse.
I'm quite a social animal when I want/need to be, but equally happy with just my own company. And I don't make friends easily, through choice. (there are probably some underlying reasons for that).
Who knows, I may change during the Camino, and I'm more than happy to accept what comes. I have readily faced many significant challenges in my life and sometimes ended up enjoying them. So I don't move through the World totally blinkered to new possibilities and experiences. Quite the opposite in fact.
So my preference at least at this stage, is for privacy, a degree of just being with me. I know this might be hard on the CF, but I know many say it's possible in a virtual sense, to walk alone. I probably should walk a different Camino perhaps...
But the CF it's going to be.
So there is one point and one question here.
The point is, for most Pilgrims it seems the social aspects are one of the most enjoyable elements. And that's great. I totally get it. Please just accept that there are others for whom this might not be the case. And if I choose to walk and eat alone some days, it might just be that I prefer to. You walk your Camino in the manner you prefer, and I'll walk mine..... Don't look upon me as being 'alone' and 'needing' company....
And don't worry, I'm not such a 'loner' that if I pass you and you need help, that I won't stop to help! I'm not totally anti social! (and vice versa of course)
The Question is this. The more I read about the last 100km from Sarria, the more I worry that my Camino will end, at least emotionally, right there. I even read a blog by one of our members, where he suggested that next time he would skip the last 100 km.
So my question is this. Is it possible to skip over to a less travelled Camino for the last 100 km? Where would you skip to?
I suppose the other alternative is to just jump ahead to Santiago and forget the final 100 km. And then maybe walk to Muxia? (I'm not really concerned about the Compostella)
Who knows, maybe by the time I reach Sarria, if I make it that far, I'll enjoy the crowds and the noise..... But somehow I doubt it.....
Now please don't be upset by this thread title. It's not meant to sound arrogant or inflammatory. Let me put it into context. It's just an 'alternative' view...
My Camino is going to be my Camino. It may be the only one I get to do. So I'll do it my way.
That means no Albergues unless I have to, leaving an stopping when I want to, without being part of the bed race, walking at my own pace, probably mostly alone, as I want time to reflect. I'm sorry but I'm not into enforced communal living and socialising. I can think of nothing worse.
I'm quite a social animal when I want/need to be, but equally happy with just my own company. And I don't make friends easily, through choice. (there are probably some underlying reasons for that).
Who knows, I may change during the Camino, and I'm more than happy to accept what comes. I have readily faced many significant challenges in my life and sometimes ended up enjoying them. So I don't move through the World totally blinkered to new possibilities and experiences. Quite the opposite in fact.
So my preference at least at this stage, is for privacy, a degree of just being with me. I know this might be hard on the CF, but I know many say it's possible in a virtual sense, to walk alone. I probably should walk a different Camino perhaps...
But the CF it's going to be.
So there is one point and one question here.
The point is, for most Pilgrims it seems the social aspects are one of the most enjoyable elements. And that's great. I totally get it. Please just accept that there are others for whom this might not be the case. And if I choose to walk and eat alone some days, it might just be that I prefer to. You walk your Camino in the manner you prefer, and I'll walk mine..... Don't look upon me as being 'alone' and 'needing' company....
And don't worry, I'm not such a 'loner' that if I pass you and you need help, that I won't stop to help! I'm not totally anti social! (and vice versa of course)
The Question is this. The more I read about the last 100km from Sarria, the more I worry that my Camino will end, at least emotionally, right there. I even read a blog by one of our members, where he suggested that next time he would skip the last 100 km.
So my question is this. Is it possible to skip over to a less travelled Camino for the last 100 km? Where would you skip to?
I suppose the other alternative is to just jump ahead to Santiago and forget the final 100 km. And then maybe walk to Muxia? (I'm not really concerned about the Compostella)
Who knows, maybe by the time I reach Sarria, if I make it that far, I'll enjoy the crowds and the noise..... But somehow I doubt it.....