MKalcolm M
Solvitur ambulando - It is solved by walking
- Time of past OR future Camino
- north route spring 2013
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I watch YouTube videos of the camino, with tears pouring down my face. I love my house, but I call Santiago home...
Because when you're there you're unreservedly here, but when you're here you're unreservedly there.What is this, Why is this,
I agree with everything you saidIt's more of a disease, eating away at you relentlessly. It typically starts slow, with only mild symptoms, but if not excised quickly it is often permanent. Friends and family eventually give up trying to cure you, though they never really stop looking at you with that sad 'what hath life wrought?' look as the disease takes ever-deeper root. Eventually, inevitably, the disease consumes you entirely leaving nothing behind but... pure happiness. Contentment. A better outlook on the world. And the wisdom to not walk the Francés in August.
What is this, Why is this, this yearning to be on the path again, as the dawn breaks with the light and fresh dew of a new day walking Westwards (or North, or South, or South West), to crest a ridge and look into the next valley over a new panorama, to cook up a communal meal, to clink classes with fellow perigrinos, to laugh with strangers, to hear the pipes on the way, to laugh and cry and hug each other in front of the cathedral...
It’s worse than my chocolate and Cheetos addiction!Is the camino a curse?
I have walked in pouring rain, with every part of my body in pain, tired to the point of exhaustion. I have been foot-sore, bone weary, and pleading for this to end. I have had blisters that burst, then shed their skin, then turned into a bloody mess of raw flesh. But still I go back.
I have fought bitter and bloody court cases with my ex-wife to take my daughter on the camino. (We won). I work all year to save for this. I forgo pleasures and little luxuries each week to accumulate enough money to pay for it. I give up vacation time, I work overtime, Just to do it all again.
I watch YouTube videos of the camino, with tears pouring down my face. I love my house, but I call Santiago home...
I have walked 5 caminos, over 1600kms, more than a thousand miles, I have been back only 24 hours before I start planning the next one...
What is this, Why is this, this yearning to be on the path again, as the dawn breaks with the light and fresh dew of a new day walking Westwards (or North, or South, or South West), to crest a ridge and look into the next valley over a new panorama, to cook up a communal meal, to clink classes with fellow perigrinos, to laugh with strangers, to hear the pipes on the way, to laugh and cry and hug each other in front of the cathedral...
How I want to do it all again.
and me also Robo....I run the Australian Pilgrims on The Camino and Beyond facebook group and look forward each day to helping hopeful Camino seekers to achieve their aim of beginning their first Camino, and also, to veteran Camino Walkers who need their 'fix' each day, by providing a place for them to inter-react with like minded people 'who get it and, who get 'us'.Maybe 'The Man Upstairs' is trying to teach us something?
And we'll finally be released from the Camino's 'pull' when we get it!
Whatever 'it' is.............
Think it will take me a few more Camino's...........
Compadre,Is the camino a curse?
I have walked in pouring rain, with every part of my body in pain, tired to the point of exhaustion. I have been foot-sore, bone weary, and pleading for this to end. I have had blisters that burst, then shed their skin, then turned into a bloody mess of raw flesh. But still I go back.
I have fought bitter and bloody court cases with my ex-wife to take my daughter on the camino. (We won). I work all year to save for this. I forgo pleasures and little luxuries each week to accumulate enough money to pay for it. I give up vacation time, I work overtime, Just to do it all again.
I watch YouTube videos of the camino, with tears pouring down my face. I love my house, but I call Santiago home...
I have walked 5 caminos, over 1600kms, more than a thousand miles, I have been back only 24 hours before I start planning the next one...
What is this, Why is this, this yearning to be on the path again, as the dawn breaks with the light and fresh dew of a new day walking Westwards (or North, or South, or South West), to crest a ridge and look into the next valley over a new panorama, to cook up a communal meal, to clink classes with fellow peregrinos, to laugh with strangers, to hear the pipes on the way, to laugh and cry and hug each other in front of the cathedral...
How I want to do it all again.
cursed but who caresIs the camino a curse?
I have walked in pouring rain, with every part of my body in pain, tired to the point of exhaustion. I have been foot-sore, bone weary, and pleading for this to end. I have had blisters that burst, then shed their skin, then turned into a bloody mess of raw flesh. But still I go back.
I have fought bitter and bloody court cases with my ex-wife to take my daughter on the camino. (We won). I work all year to save for this. I forgo pleasures and little luxuries each week to accumulate enough money to pay for it. I give up vacation time, I work overtime, Just to do it all again.
I watch YouTube videos of the camino, with tears pouring down my face. I love my house, but I call Santiago home...
I have walked 5 caminos, over 1600kms, more than a thousand miles, I have been back only 24 hours before I start planning the next one...
What is this, Why is this, this yearning to be on the path again, as the dawn breaks with the light and fresh dew of a new day walking Westwards (or North, or South, or South West), to crest a ridge and look into the next valley over a new panorama, to cook up a communal meal, to clink classes with fellow perigrinos, to laugh with strangers, to hear the pipes on the way, to laugh and cry and hug each other in front of the cathedral...
How I want to do it all again.
OMG!!! I know exactly what you mean. I did my first Camino September/October of 2018 year. I didn't have any problems. Not one single blister or ache. I am 62 and in fair shape. But I cannot get it out of my head. I find myself with tears streaming down my face while driving along because I am thinking about a specific time or place on the Camino. It is driving me crazy. I come to these forums just to read what people have to say about their experiences. WHAT IS WRONG WITH US!! I am planning my second walk for April of 2020.Is the camino a curse?
I have walked in pouring rain, with every part of my body in pain, tired to the point of exhaustion. I have been foot-sore, bone weary, and pleading for this to end. I have had blisters that burst, then shed their skin, then turned into a bloody mess of raw flesh. But still I go back.
I have fought bitter and bloody court cases with my ex-wife to take my daughter on the camino. (We won). I work all year to save for this. I forgo pleasures and little luxuries each week to accumulate enough money to pay for it. I give up vacation time, I work overtime, Just to do it all again.
I watch YouTube videos of the camino, with tears pouring down my face. I love my house, but I call Santiago home...
I have walked 5 caminos, over 1600kms, more than a thousand miles, I have been back only 24 hours before I start planning the next one...
What is this, Why is this, this yearning to be on the path again, as the dawn breaks with the light and fresh dew of a new day walking Westwards (or North, or South, or South West), to crest a ridge and look into the next valley over a new panorama, to cook up a communal meal, to clink classes with fellow perigrinos, to laugh with strangers, to hear the pipes on the way, to laugh and cry and hug each other in front of the cathedral...
How I want to do it all again.
The camino is a funny thing. I walked in October, had a great experience and want so bad to go back and do another one. I written in a previous post, I feel like the camino is pulling me, and I have to go back. We are all blessed to have had a camino experience. Buen Camino.Is the camino a curse?
I have walked in pouring rain, with every part of my body in pain, tired to the point of exhaustion. I have been foot-sore, bone weary, and pleading for this to end. I have had blisters that burst, then shed their skin, then turned into a bloody mess of raw flesh. But still I go back.
I have fought bitter and bloody court cases with my ex-wife to take my daughter on the camino. (We won). I work all year to save for this. I forgo pleasures and little luxuries each week to accumulate enough money to pay for it. I give up vacation time, I work overtime, Just to do it all again.
I watch YouTube videos of the camino, with tears pouring down my face. I love my house, but I call Santiago home...
I have walked 5 caminos, over 1600kms, more than a thousand miles, I have been back only 24 hours before I start planning the next one...
What is this, Why is this, this yearning to be on the path again, as the dawn breaks with the light and fresh dew of a new day walking Westwards (or North, or South, or South West), to crest a ridge and look into the next valley over a new panorama, to cook up a communal meal, to clink classes with fellow perigrinos, to laugh with strangers, to hear the pipes on the way, to laugh and cry and hug each other in front of the cathedral...
How I want to do it all again.
We stayed in a small hotel where a woman and her son did just that. She was from France and had walked the camino several times. She came through and saw the place for sale and the rest was history. Lovely woman and an amazing cook (she did all the cooking herself. It was a small place with but 8 rooms). She was very enchanting.Hmmm I will let you know when I get there but in December I almost bought an albergue for sale. Because I know once I go I will not want to come back. And it seems a better investment of money than the cost of flying back every year until I die. I've been subsisting on youtube videos, documentaries, have watched my copy of the Way countless times over the past seven years since I first heard my call. The desire to go has not diminished but only increased with each passing year. I went through a phase where I "made" myself give up the dream because it seemed so hopeless that I would ever be able to walk. That was a fate worse than death. This is the year I will finally be able to walk so I am so hopeful!!
I have committed to doing this regardless of who doesn't understand. My heart has been singing since.
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