Seabird
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- CF April/May (2016), starting in St. Palais, France
Hello to all! Many thanks for all the joy I receive when reading your questions and answers. Here are mine:
1. I currently plan to start in Roncevalles, but I am wondering if I will be missing a lot by not starting in SJPdP. Was this segment a "peak" part of the journey for you? (And yes, I am being a little "punny.") Should I add this on? Extra time is not really a factor. I think I was more worried about starting in such a difficult place and the added arrangements of actually getting there. I will be coming from either Madrid or Bilbao.
2. I am walking solo, and my husband will join me in Santiago to spend another two weeks in Spain together. He had expressed some mild interest in walking the last few stages with me, but perhaps a better option is to walk together to Finisterre. But I wonder what it is like to have someone join you when you have developed your own rhythm over so many weeks? Did you resent the intrusion, even by a loved one, or were you excited to share the actual walking with him/her? Also, I've read the thread about how walking to Finisterre "saved" one family's Camino. If you've done it, are you really glad you did?
Thank you!
1. I currently plan to start in Roncevalles, but I am wondering if I will be missing a lot by not starting in SJPdP. Was this segment a "peak" part of the journey for you? (And yes, I am being a little "punny.") Should I add this on? Extra time is not really a factor. I think I was more worried about starting in such a difficult place and the added arrangements of actually getting there. I will be coming from either Madrid or Bilbao.
2. I am walking solo, and my husband will join me in Santiago to spend another two weeks in Spain together. He had expressed some mild interest in walking the last few stages with me, but perhaps a better option is to walk together to Finisterre. But I wonder what it is like to have someone join you when you have developed your own rhythm over so many weeks? Did you resent the intrusion, even by a loved one, or were you excited to share the actual walking with him/her? Also, I've read the thread about how walking to Finisterre "saved" one family's Camino. If you've done it, are you really glad you did?
Thank you!