For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here. (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation) |
---|
Hi All,
Thanks to everyone who has posted on this forum - it's been such a great source of information and guidance for me.
I'm due to fly to Santiago on Thursday and aim to walk the 110km from Sarria on Fri-Weds.
I'm having last minute jitters that as a solo 29 year old female I'll feel unsafe. (is the last 110km really that busy this time of year?)
I've got a good level of fitness, but worry that I'm not fully prepared for 6 days of long walking - the weather looks rainy/thundery on several days and I'm concerned I'll end up wet and miserable walking alongside busy roads on the less scenic parts of the walk.
Any advice for quashing my fears?
Kay
Hi Kay , you will have a great time . Don't think that you be alone , you are not . Enjoy and go with the flow , wish you well and a Buen Camino , Peter .Hi All,
Thanks to everyone who has posted on this forum - it's been such a great source of information and guidance for me.
I'm due to fly to Santiago on Thursday and aim to walk the 110km from Sarria on Fri-Weds.
I'm having last minute jitters that as a solo 29 year old female I'll feel unsafe. (is the last 110km really that busy this time of year?)
I've got a good level of fitness, but worry that I'm not fully prepared for 6 days of long walking - the weather looks rainy/thundery on several days and I'm concerned I'll end up wet and miserable walking alongside busy roads on the less scenic parts of the walk.
Any advice for quashing my fears?
Kay
Hi Kay - just checked the weather, Friday light shower early morning but white cloud with no rain for next 5 days temp 16C+. As long as you keep dry on the inside and warm all is well when walking in the rain - a bit like children jumping in puddles with new wellington bootsHi All,
Thanks to everyone who has posted on this forum - it's been such a great source of information and guidance for me.
I'm due to fly to Santiago on Thursday and aim to walk the 110km from Sarria on Fri-Weds.
I'm having last minute jitters that as a solo 29 year old female I'll feel unsafe. (is the last 110km really that busy this time of year?)
I've got a good level of fitness, but worry that I'm not fully prepared for 6 days of long walking - the weather looks rainy/thundery on several days and I'm concerned I'll end up wet and miserable walking alongside busy roads on the less scenic parts of the walk.
Any advice for quashing my fears?
Kay
Breathe. Just Breathe.Hi All,
Thanks to everyone who has posted on this forum - it's been such a great source of information and guidance for me.
I'm due to fly to Santiago on Thursday and aim to walk the 110km from Sarria on Fri-Weds.
I'm having last minute jitters that as a solo 29 year old female I'll feel unsafe. (is the last 110km really that busy this time of year?)
I've got a good level of fitness, but worry that I'm not fully prepared for 6 days of long walking - the weather looks rainy/thundery on several days and I'm concerned I'll end up wet and miserable walking alongside busy roads on the less scenic parts of the walk.
Any advice for quashing my fears?
Kay
Hi, Just curious with the storms. Are there lightning involved or just heavy rain? Given that the terrain is quite out in the open, any chance of being a lightning rod?I walked one day through a HUGE storm... really really HUGE. We were soaked and exhausted when we finally stopped for the day but crikey it was exhilerating walking in such wild weather!
Hi - I'll echo what everyone else has said - I was walking alone... sadly well passed 29 years old but I still had jittersI also worried about my fitness and spiders and dogs and basically anything and everything that could be worried about. But once I started walking the worries drifted away... there was nothing I could do once I was on the path.
Is there some particular reason for worrying about, ugh, that 's' word, or just general arachnophobia? On second thoughts, if there is, please don't say, I have enough doubts/worries without that one. Deliberately refraining from doing a search on it.
Didn't see any of the spiders native to that part of Spain, nor did I see any of the vipers, wild boar, bear or wolves. But heck, you're from Australia. Y'all have way more scary critters there.Is there some particular reason for worrying about, ugh, that 's' word, or just general arachnophobia? On second thoughts, if there is, please don't say, I have enough doubts/worries without that one. Deliberately refraining from doing a search on it.
Sounds like that would be a good time to stop at the first town and call it a day walking wise. No use getting closer to God by having a Spanish oak fall on you.Siom - no lightning for us but heavy rain so strong it hurt and turned the roads to rivers and wind that brought down trees!
Hi, Just curious with the storms. Are there lightning involved or just heavy rain? Given that the terrain is quite out in the open, any chance of being a lightning rod?
Bless you for these reassuring words.NO... none at all so please forget I even said anything! I'm just a crazy woman that worries about everything and I dont even mind the odd 's' around the house... there is absolutley no reason to even think about them... I never even saw one... I have no idea why I said it... honest!
I have read about scorpians though
I'm terrified of spiders, irrationally so! Really don't want to see any scorpions either!!Didn't see any of the spiders native to that part of Spain, nor did I see any of the vipers, wild boar, bear or wolves. But heck, you're from Australia. Y'all have way more scary critters there.
Ha ha.....calma, calmaI'm terrified of spiders, irrationally so! Really don't want to see any scorpions either!!
Good, I didn't last year either! It never occurred to me - if I was going to Oz my radar level would be set at high but for Spain I didn't consider it! Okay blanking this thread from memory!! Ha haHa ha.....calma, calma
I saw no spiders on either Camino. No scorpions. No snakes. No mosquitoes bit me, nor bedbugs.
No lions, tigers and bears....oh my.
Likewise. Not sure about scorpions, never having seen one in real life, but not keen on the experience. They are arachnids I think. Crabs aren't but the sight of little ones scuttling still brings on the phobic reaction for me.I'm terrified of spiders, irrationally so! Really don't want to see any scorpions either!!
The only big one is the salt water croc. Well and a few sharks. True we have more than our fair share of seriously poisonous s's, reptiles and tiny marine creatures. But in 65 years I've only once seen 1 of the really nasty ones, an s, and I've always lived in its habitat. They don't have to be dangerous to scare the s$&t out of me though.Didn't see any of the spiders native to that part of Spain, nor did I see any of the vipers, wild boar, bear or wolves. But heck, you're from Australia. Y'all have way more scary critters there.
Yeah, we got good old alligators here in south Louisiana, but they don't get as big as your crocs, nor are they as opportunistic in making a two-legged meal out of somebody. Still, I've seen a couple of 11-12 footers go by near the canoe I was in while paddling the bayous and it is a bit unnerving, ha ha. And yeah, we got some poisonous snakes too.Likewise. Not sure about scorpions, never having seen one in real life, but not keen on the experience. They are arachnids I think. Crabs aren't but the sight of little ones scuttling still brings on the phobic reaction for me.
The only big one is the salt water croc. Well and a few sharks. True we have more than our fair share of seriously poisonous s's, reptiles and tiny marine creatures. But in 65 years I've only once seen 1 of the really nasty ones, an s, and I've always lived in its habitat. They don't have to be dangerous to scare the s$&t out of me though.
So visit Oz, you'll be safe! (Just stay inside the flags at the beach and in the far north, watch where you're treading in the sea and don't camp too near the river let alone swim there).
Yes ...no kidding...I've completely avoided Australia as a travel destination due to the huge bloody spiders hanging from every power line ... I get a bit frightened too about the spiders...I've dealt with a phobia for years. I figure if I'm in an albergue maybe I can ask someone to help out and if I am camping I can make sure its a bug proof (as far as that goes) tent and deal with the freak out if it happens to be an issue. I may have to deal with carrying spray. I really can't do big ones tho so I am praying there aren't any.Didn't see any of the spiders native to that part of Spain, nor did I see any of the vipers, wild boar, bear or wolves. But heck, you're from Australia. Y'all have way more scary critters there.
There really is no need to carry bug spray with you on the Camino. Save yourself the trouble and the extra weight, not to mention the toxicity of the stuff.Yes ...no kidding...I've completely avoided Australia as a travel destination due to the huge bloody spiders hanging from every power line ... I get a bit frightened too about the spiders...I've dealt with a phobia for years. I figure if I'm in an albergue maybe I can ask someone to help out and if I am camping I can make sure its a bug proof (as far as that goes) tent and deal with the freak out if it happens to be an issue. I may have to deal with carrying spray. I really can't do big ones tho so I am praying there aren't any.
Have you or has anyone ever come across bears there? I'm in Canada and would never go camping in bear country without it.There really is no need to carry bug spray with you on the Camino. Save yourself the trouble and the extra weight, not to mention the toxicity of the stuff.
But northern Spain does have bears. Maybe some bear pepper spray would be in order?
Ha ha....no I haven't, but the magnum sized blast of pepper spray may deter drunken, overly friendly pilgrims or locals....kidding, just kidding. Leave the spray can of aerosol hell at home, ha ha.Have you or has anyone ever come across bears there? I'm in Canada and would never go camping in bear country without it.
HAHAHAHA! Too funny!Ha ha....no I haven't, but the magnum sized blast of pepper spray may deter drunken, overly friendly pilgrims or locals....kidding, just kidding. Leave the spray can of aerosol hell at home, ha ha.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?