ShaunKevin
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Francés (2015)
Portuguese (2018)
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Sorry to hear about the injury - I had tendonitis from Navarette through to SdC (wasn't diagnosed properly until Triacastella!) - you might want to opt for a shady beach. Because I'd overdone things mine took over 3 weeks after I got home to totally clear (mind you I was active on construction sites in those days). Rest is SO important.I was also stricken by tendinitis after 28 days and ~680 km on the Camino del Norte. I probably could have continued if I had taken a couple of rest days immediately when I began to feel pain, but instead I stupidly walked 4 more days, until I could only hobble.
So now I'm sitting in Praza Cervantes in Santiago watching the pilgrims enter.
I'm disappointed, but not terribly so, as I've already completed two Caminos from SJPDP to Finisterre.
I'll rest here for a couple more days, then either return to Vilalba to finish the Norte, walk to Finisterre or go relax on a beach, depending on how my leg feels.
I've got a flight to London from Santiago on the 13th, which I've never visited before, so I've still got a week in Spain. I'm open to suggestions on a destination!
Sorry to hear that mind you 24hrs "resting" your ankle on a plane might not be a bad idea.Well, life, can indeed throw lemons. I’m aged 39 and 10 months, never had foot issues in my life and successfully walked SJPP to SdC in 2015. I fly out tomorrow from Melb to Lisbon planning another Camino.
10 days ago I had chronic foot/calf pain and have been diagnosed with tendonitis. Blimey. It’s not great and can hobble but just don’t think there is any way I could walk more than a 10km day. And yes I’m resting it no end.
Am considering busing it from Lisbon to Pamplona, somehow, and walking short stages on Frances - more infrastructure, more towns, more chances of shorter days and much more rest. Slightly devastated as I’ve had the CP planned for 12 months.
Sigh - don’t really have a question. I’m hoping the summer heat will improve things from the depths of Melbourne, Australia winter but also 24 hours on a plane isn’t going to help. The thought of long stages in the direct sun with a dodgy foot and ankle isn’t appealing and actually dangerous.
Well, life, can indeed throw lemons. I’m aged 39 and 10 months, never had foot issues in my life and successfully walked SJPP to SdC in 2015. I fly out tomorrow from Melb to Lisbon planning another Camino.
10 days ago I had chronic foot/calf pain and have been diagnosed with tendonitis. Blimey. It’s not great and can hobble but just don’t think there is any way I could walk more than a 10km day. And yes I’m resting it no end.
Am considering busing it from Lisbon to Pamplona, somehow, and walking short stages on Frances - more infrastructure, more towns, more chances of shorter days and much more rest. Slightly devastated as I’ve had the CP planned for 12 months.
Sigh - don’t really have a question. I’m hoping the summer heat will improve things from the depths of Melbourne, Australia winter but also 24 hours on a plane isn’t going to help. The thought of long stages in the direct sun with a dodgy foot and ankle isn’t appealing and actually dangerous.
Hola / G'day mate, this really is a bummer. But it may be a blessing in disguise (if you have the appropriate level of travel insurance??!!). If you have been looking at the Iberian Penisular weather you will see that most of Spain and even parts of Portugal have been experiencing temps up to 45/47 C (115F) which is definitely not the weather you want to be walking any distance let alone the 15-25 km daily of the Camino. If you really, really, do have to go then there are definitely sections of the Frances that are not recommended. Sorry this is not the news you may have been seeking. Good luck!!
I fly out tomorrow from Melb to Lisbon planning another Camino.
Hi ShaunThanks for your reply - and you know what - I had the exact thought over lunch. It’s a grand idea and a train to Porto is 24 Euros or something and plenty of alburgues there. It’s the plan - from the web i can gather i could try some very short days of 5 kms out of Porto and who knows .... cheers for the reply!
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