One month to go before i begin the Camino Frances

[Sheffield James]

Hello everyone,

It is now just a month before I leave South Yorkshire for SJPdP via Manchester airport, Bilbao, Irun (overnight stop) and Bayonne. I am very excited about the journey I'm about to embark on, not least the prospect of meeting fellow pelegrino/as as interesting and helpful as those who post on this forum. Thank-you ever so much for sharing your insights and experiences so freely.

My plan is to beginning walking on the 30th April and to average 15 miles a day. If successful, this might allow me the time to continue on to Muxia/Finisterre before flying back to the UK on June 14th.

My preparations are more-or-less on track, although a little disorganised. I have amassed a pile of stuff to take with me, and I know it will be a struggle to take to good advice to prune it down to the bare minimum. I will be taking plenty of medication for my type 2 diabetic condition, so anyone with any good day-to-day dietary advice in this regard please send it my way. I'm doing fairly regular 7-12 mile training walks on the flat and in the beautiful Derbyshire Peak District and, so far, my dodgy right knee is just about bearing up.

My main motivation for the walk is religious and I especially want to be able to dedicate it to my late father, another James, who always tried his best to teach his 6 children the right path to follow through life.

With luck, I'll meet one or more of you during the months of May and June 2013. Buen Camino !!

James 0'M

 

[methodist.pilgrim.98]

James as someone who is a type 1 diabetic and originally hails from Doncaster I am sorry that we wont meet on the way. I leave on the 21st April and only have the time to get to Logrono so will be gone before you can catch up with me-if I was going to SdC I assure you would have done so.

Please check the medical forum. Much of the advice is for those on insulin but it applies to type 2 as well.

Spanish food is rich in carbohydrate but your exercising will burn a great deal of it away. Your training sounds excellent so barring injury you should be fine.

I am glad to hear you are walking in memory of your father. I am sure the Camino will bring to the surface many good memories of him.

 

[tyrrek]

Buen Camino James! Glad to see Yorkshire is being represented this spring/summer! Take care of that knee. I've been lucky, but it's one of the most common physical complaints I've heard on the Camino. God bless.

 

[Sheffield James]

methodist.pilgrim.98 - thanks for the pointer and the kind words.

tyrrek - thank you also for the encouragining words. If the truth be known, I hail from the other side of the pennines, but after 23 years in the white rose county I feel quite at home here.

 

[CheriTX]

Hello, James,

I begin my first Camino on May 1, so perhaps we might meet. But then again, your training has been better than mine so I may not catch up to you. I tend to like the uphill,typically, but that's one heckofa climb on the first day. Wonky knees unite! Yikes, it's almost here!

Safe travels and buen Camino.

Cheri