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Sojourner47
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As I plan the next leg of my Camino Frances (pick up at Najera next week for another 7 days walking), I muse on the reasons I felt so deprived of human contact last time. As I have posted, very few others were walking alone, and the majority of couples/small groups tended to keep to themselves, largely sidelining the singleton. Apart from not being the world's greatest extrovert (lol), I think that as at the time I was somewhat short of funds, hoping to reach Santiago on a small amount of money, I missed out on some nightly outings for a menu dal dia, settling instead for bread and cheese from the local shop, in isolation, rather than perhaps joining a group heading for the local bar, and maybe good conversation and good times. This worked OK on the Ingles, where there were very few others walking, so I didn't feel "left out" as I did on the Frances.
Next week I am fortunately not so skint,and will be able to indulge a little, so it will be interesting to see if my theory holds out.
I post this merely as a subjective experience, which will probably be of no use to anyone else - but maybe it's better to do a shorter walk with a bit more money, than try to do too much with too little.
Next week I am fortunately not so skint,and will be able to indulge a little, so it will be interesting to see if my theory holds out.
I post this merely as a subjective experience, which will probably be of no use to anyone else - but maybe it's better to do a shorter walk with a bit more money, than try to do too much with too little.