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- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2015 - Roncesvalles - Logrono
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I had an unexpectedly free week in 2015 and flew to Bilbao to give the Camino a try. Walked Roncevalles to Logrono, and spent an extra day in Pamplona.
Loved it, and now they the kids are all off to college, I’d like to walk the whole Camino and experience it with my wife. But, she has neither the interest, nor, due to a foot injury on a long-ago holiday, the ability to walk long distance.
I’m thinking I walk, she drives, she picks me up each evening and drops me off each morning where she picked me up the night before. We could stay in a hotel 2-3 nights at a time, and I could walk as long as I want without worry about accommodations. I tend toward a marathon a day and prefer to start later in the morning and walk into the evening, which doesn’t work well with competitive bedding.
Has anyone tried this? Did it work for both? Will I miss much out on the aura of the Camino? (I tend to think that, even if so, it will be made up for by experiencing it together, and, practically it’s the only way I’m going to do it, because I wouldn’t want to be apart for a month). I think she’ll be fine, do some reading, enjoy the days, but have others found otherwise?
Hotel cost isn’t an issue, plus I can shave a few days off by having the flexibility to not have to stop early and not carrying a pack.
Thanks for thoughts and advice.
I walk, she drives, she picks me up each evening and drops me off each morning where she picked me up the night before
Annie, I have driven through Spain many times since 2010, it is easy and much of the east to west Autopista is close to the N 120 which is very close to the CF.I’m a pretty self confident person but I don’t think I would attempt drive in Spain. The roundabouts and odd signage I have seen while taking taxis confused me. Plus the fact that many off the villages are off the main roads. Might be cheaper and simpler if she took taxi or bus from point to point.
I had an unexpectedly free week in 2015 and flew to Bilbao to give the Camino a try. Walked Roncevalles to Logrono, and spent an extra day in Pamplona.
Loved it, and now they the kids are all off to college, I’d like to walk the whole Camino and experience it with my wife. But, she has neither the interest, nor, due to a foot injury on a long-ago holiday, the ability to walk long distance.
I’m thinking I walk, she drives, she picks me up each evening and drops me off each morning where she picked me up the night before. We could stay in a hotel 2-3 nights at a time, and I could walk as long as I want without worry about accommodations. I tend toward a marathon a day and prefer to start later in the morning and walk into the evening, which doesn’t work well with competitive bedding.
Has anyone tried this? Did it work for both? Will I miss much out on the aura of the Camino? (I tend to think that, even if so, it will be made up for by experiencing it together, and, practically it’s the only way I’m going to do it, because I wouldn’t want to be apart for a month). I think she’ll be fine, do some reading, enjoy the days, but have others found otherwise?
Hotel cost isn’t an issue, plus I can shave a few days off by having the flexibility to not have to stop early and not carrying a pack.
Thanks for thoughts and advice.
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