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Hello Frank,
Just a suggestion but perhaps your wife could join you in one of the many beautiful locations along the Camino
Fortunately for you, it's not a 20+ hour ordeal to get to Spain like it is for some of us! I think that a week or 10 days should help with your camino-itis.Hi, I walked the Camino Frances this May/June and it has altered me forever. The positives are that I am a lot more open-minded and have people that I consider my friends from all over the world.
The negative side, is that I am still struggling to come to terms with 'life after the Camino' even now. It is driving my wife to distraction!.. . I still fight the urge (on a daily basis) to drive myself to Stansted Airport, London and hop on the first available flight to Biarritz.
My wife isn't a walker and didn't have a great time of it whilst I was away, so doing it again as things stand is out of the question. She is an asthma sufferer so would be unable to join me in any future trips. I'm thinking of doing the odd week every year though to try and recapture some of the feeling of camaraderie that I experienced the first time around.
Missing the feeling!!
Hi, I walked the Camino Frances this May/June and it has altered me forever. The positives are that I am a lot more open-minded and have people that I consider my friends from all over the world.
The negative side, is that I am still struggling to come to terms with 'life after the Camino' even now. It is driving my wife to distraction!.. . I still fight the urge (on a daily basis) to drive myself to Stansted Airport, London and hop on the first available flight to Biarritz.
My wife isn't a walker and didn't have a great time of it whilst I was away, so doing it again as things stand is out of the question. She is an asthma sufferer so would be unable to join me in any future trips. I'm thinking of doing the odd week every year though to try and recapture some of the feeling of camaraderie that I experienced the first time around.
Missing the feeling!!
Hi. I did the Camino Northern Route in July and August. I have cronic asthma and less than 50% lung capacity. I did it on my own. I took the up hills slowly, huffing and puffing, stopong yo get my breath back if I ran out of it. The walk helped. I took no blue Puffa at any time and was reducing my preventer when I had to come home. within days of being back in London I needed blue and found my chest tighter. crap London air I guess and clean air in Northern Spain. But I know what you mean. Keep thinking Camino thoughts and want to do Frances or Primitivo next (soon!)Hi, I walked the Camino Frances this May/June and it has altered me forever. The positives are that I am a lot more open-minded and have people that I consider my friends from all over the world.
The negative side, is that I am still struggling to come to terms with 'life after the Camino' even now. It is driving my wife to distraction!.. . I still fight the urge (on a daily basis) to drive myself to Stansted Airport, London and hop on the first available flight to Biarritz.
My wife isn't a walker and didn't have a great time of it whilst I was away, so doing it again as things stand is out of the question. She is an asthma sufferer so would be unable to join me in any future trips. I'm thinking of doing the odd week every year though to try and recapture some of the feeling of camaraderie that I experienced the first time around.
Missing the feeling!!
Hi Frank. I'm with you all the way on that one! I walked the Frances in April and May this year from SJPP and we may have even met at some point? Wasn't it brilliant?. I live in Detby and walk with the Derbyshire Dales Ramblers and I gave a presentation yesterday to around 30 of them of my journey. The feedback I got was great and doing it helped me re-live the whole journey again. Like you I met some brilliant people and have them as friends on Facebook. We talk from time to time and I love following their lives and what their up to and why wouldn't I? They are my Camino family. Unique and special.Hi, I walked the Camino Frances this May/June and it has altered me forever. The positives are that I am a lot more open-minded and have people that I consider my friends from all over the world.
The negative side, is that I am still struggling to come to terms with 'life after the Camino' even now. It is driving my wife to distraction!.. . I still fight the urge (on a daily basis) to drive myself to Stansted Airport, London and hop on the first available flight to Biarritz.
My wife isn't a walker and didn't have a great time of it whilst I was away, so doing it again as things stand is out of the question. She is an asthma sufferer so would be unable to join me in any future trips. I'm thinking of doing the odd week every year though to try and recapture some of the feeling of camaraderie that I experienced the first time around.
Missing the feeling!!
I met a lovely couple of the Camino Frances. He walked and she drove. She would meet him at the next town that they would be staying at. She was the official photographer, tour guide and travel agent. They both saw the same and similar sights and shared their experiences at the end of the day.Hi, I walked the Camino Frances this May/June and it has altered me forever. The positives are that I am a lot more open-minded and have people that I consider my friends from all over the world.
The negative side, is that I am still struggling to come to terms with 'life after the Camino' even now. It is driving my wife to distraction!.. . I still fight the urge (on a daily basis) to drive myself to Stansted Airport, London and hop on the first available flight to Biarritz.
My wife isn't a walker and didn't have a great time of it whilst I was away, so doing it again as things stand is out of the question. She is an asthma sufferer so would be unable to join me in any future trips. I'm thinking of doing the odd week every year though to try and recapture some of the feeling of camaraderie that I experienced the first time around.
Missing the feeling!!
Hi all, I have walked 8 camino's with my husband and although I am an asthma sufferer I have found that I am better off in the outdoors during the walk and only really, really suffer when in the albergues. Maybe your wife's medical practitioner could prescribe her some preventative medication (specifically inhalers as I use twice a day) to try and curb the attacks when in the albergues as on the trail the fresh air makes for great breathing.Hi, I walked the Camino Frances this May/June and it has altered me forever. The positives are that I am a lot more open-minded and have people that I consider my friends from all over the world.
The negative side, is that I am still struggling to come to terms with 'life after the Camino' even now. It is driving my wife to distraction!.. . I still fight the urge (on a daily basis) to drive myself to Stansted Airport, London and hop on the first available flight to Biarritz.
My wife isn't a walker and didn't have a great time of it whilst I was away, so doing it again as things stand is out of the question. She is an asthma sufferer so would be unable to join me in any future trips. I'm thinking of doing the odd week every year though to try and recapture some of the feeling of camaraderie that I experienced the first time around.
Missing the feeling!!
Many, many thanks.Funny that Camino thing. I did SJPP to Santiago last fall ... not doing it again, nope, not what I thought it would be, not into the communal thing, the rain was too much .... but the beer and wine is pretty good, and I didn't spend as much time in Leon as I wanted and there was that one section that I would do differently, and I wonder if April/May is better than Sept/Oct. So yes, I admit, I am actively planning it again for next fall. I have things to do differently, maybe, and as a single female traveller I have established it as safe so I can walk with more ease this time around therefore providing a completely different experience.
Hi Frank,I am relieved to have found your post. I walked from Sarria to Santiago in April this year,and I miss the Camino everyday since being back..its only been 6 weeks since my return,but feels like eternally! I have cried myself awake once after dreaming of being on the Camino,and had a second dream recently. I find solace in my photos,staying in touch with friends I made,and also reading Letters to a young poet..it clarifies the enjoyment of solitude. I know that I must return to the Camino..it has become an integral part of me. I echo your longing!Hi, I walked the Camino Frances this May/June and it has altered me forever. The positives are that I am a lot more open-minded and have people that I consider my friends from all over the world.
The negative side, is that I am still struggling to come to terms with 'life after the Camino' even now. It is driving my wife to distraction!.. . I still fight the urge (on a daily basis) to drive myself to Stansted Airport, London and hop on the first available flight to Biarritz.
My wife isn't a walker and didn't have a great time of it whilst I was away, so doing it again as things stand is out of the question. She is an asthma sufferer so would be unable to join me in any future trips. I'm thinking of doing the odd week every year though to try and recapture some of the feeling of camaraderie that I experienced the first time around.
Missing the feeling!!
I was going to propose the same idea. While we were walking in 2016, we met a man, whom we saw every day as we were approaching our day’s destination. This man was always walking on the opposite direction, as if he were coming back from Santiago. After seeing him four or five days in a row, we stopped and asked him what he was doing; he was obviously not doing the Camino (he looked always rested, clean and smiling). The man replied his wife was the one walking, and he was taking it easy, driving every day from point A to point B to wait for her. In the evenings, we would see both of them having dinner together.Life after the Camino is hard... But it gets better
Would it be a solution for both of you to go together like this: you on foot, your wife visiting/chilling out around the Camino with a car/camping car/... ? You could meet for agreed areas for breaks/lunch and find each others in the evening. I've met a lot of people doing this, it made everyone happyAnother way to enjoy and share the Camino and its experience!
(Also, met lots of pilgrims with asthma... although, if she doesn't like to walk, that's another story...)
Keep it alive in your heart and soul!
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