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Heya everyone - First of all a big, big Thank You to all of you for your help, advice and encouragement. This forum has been a great source for advice and I am sure that my Camino would have been very different if I would have not found it.
So yeah, back at home after 5 weeks in Spain on the Camino. Well, I've been at home for a month now and my feet start to look normal again and not full of blisters anymore
Peter is still suffering a bit from his tendinities but his GP said that it should be better within the next month. My facebook is full of new Camino friends and with pictures that make me want to get back as soon as possible. The "going back" will probably be a few years but I deffinitaly want to walk the Camino again. This time hopefully making the whole way without having to skip ahead.
The reason why we did nt alk the whole way was that Peter got Tendinitis after Burgus and we had to hitchhike back after a night in Hornillos to get to the hospital. The lovely cleaning lady from the albergue saved us from being stranded in Hornillos and drove us back to burgos and even came to the hospital to translate. I will never forget what a lovely person she has been and whenever I think of the Camino I will remember my camino angel.
Once in Burgos the doc told us that Peter needed at least 5 rest days which was quite an experience. We had to stay in a pension which cost loads of money and it meant that we had to eat out a lot as we had no kitchen. The good thing was that I found mt new favourite food outlet - Peccadilloes!
The second walk to Hornillos was horrid - simply because we were so worried about his knee that I asked him every 2 seconds if he was ok. We made it there alright and things started to look up from there. If it wouldnt have been for his knee we wouldnt have met some of the nicest people we ever met and with whom we walked to Leon. In Leon it was time to catch a train to Sarria. The doc said that there was no way that Peter could walk the mountains with his knee. Quite a hard thing to do and a lot of tears were flowing at the train station.
The rest of the walk went fairly smoothly and we reached Santiago in time with some friends we made from before our rest in Burgos. After a day there we walked on to Fisterra and rached the End of the World 36 days after starting to walk from Logrono.
It has been very intense, happy, sad, exciting, boring - everything at the same time. It took a lot of time to start "thinking" and getting rid of the white fluff in my mind but once I reached that state I got my thinking done.
A couple of things that I have learnt for my next trip:
- invest in good gear - no money saving here!
- take a pair of hiking shoes and hiking sandles - sandles and socks might look stupid but are great to walk in if your feet swell on too much for your shoes.
- needles and thread for blisters
- small SD cards instead of one big one - if you loose your camera you at least dont loose to many pics.
- Take a few cloth pecks, they come in handy if you want to dry your stuff and it is windy
So yeah, back at home after 5 weeks in Spain on the Camino. Well, I've been at home for a month now and my feet start to look normal again and not full of blisters anymore
Peter is still suffering a bit from his tendinities but his GP said that it should be better within the next month. My facebook is full of new Camino friends and with pictures that make me want to get back as soon as possible. The "going back" will probably be a few years but I deffinitaly want to walk the Camino again. This time hopefully making the whole way without having to skip ahead.The reason why we did nt alk the whole way was that Peter got Tendinitis after Burgus and we had to hitchhike back after a night in Hornillos to get to the hospital. The lovely cleaning lady from the albergue saved us from being stranded in Hornillos and drove us back to burgos and even came to the hospital to translate. I will never forget what a lovely person she has been and whenever I think of the Camino I will remember my camino angel.
Once in Burgos the doc told us that Peter needed at least 5 rest days which was quite an experience. We had to stay in a pension which cost loads of money and it meant that we had to eat out a lot as we had no kitchen. The good thing was that I found mt new favourite food outlet - Peccadilloes!
The second walk to Hornillos was horrid - simply because we were so worried about his knee that I asked him every 2 seconds if he was ok. We made it there alright and things started to look up from there. If it wouldnt have been for his knee we wouldnt have met some of the nicest people we ever met and with whom we walked to Leon. In Leon it was time to catch a train to Sarria. The doc said that there was no way that Peter could walk the mountains with his knee. Quite a hard thing to do and a lot of tears were flowing at the train station.
The rest of the walk went fairly smoothly and we reached Santiago in time with some friends we made from before our rest in Burgos. After a day there we walked on to Fisterra and rached the End of the World 36 days after starting to walk from Logrono.
It has been very intense, happy, sad, exciting, boring - everything at the same time. It took a lot of time to start "thinking" and getting rid of the white fluff in my mind but once I reached that state I got my thinking done.
A couple of things that I have learnt for my next trip:
- invest in good gear - no money saving here!
- take a pair of hiking shoes and hiking sandles - sandles and socks might look stupid but are great to walk in if your feet swell on too much for your shoes.
- needles and thread for blisters
- small SD cards instead of one big one - if you loose your camera you at least dont loose to many pics.
- Take a few cloth pecks, they come in handy if you want to dry your stuff and it is windy
