Today I lied

Kiwi-family · Nov 25, 2018

This morning at church a lady laughed at me, “I guess you’re planning your next walk.” It was said, perhaps not unexpectedly, in that tone which can only be interpreted as “of course you’re not, that’s the silliest idea out there, I’m just making small talk, having you on.”
I smiled and replied, “Oh I’m thinking about it.” She tittered uncomfortably and I pondered the fact that the truth is:
Yes, I’ve read everything I’ve come across on the Camino de la Lana which I’d never thought about until a week ago. I’ve worked out cycling stages for the Camino Frances and have contacted my husband’s childhood friend to see if we can surprise hubby with a Two Boys Cycle The Camino trip next year for his 50th. I’ve researched air tickets and cycle hire and made a cycling spreadsheet. I’ve taken up more Spanish study with the kids so we can justify another “language practice excursion”!!!

Be sure your sins will find you out.

Camino Chrissy · Nov 25, 2018

Love this, Kiwi, you gave me a good laugh!

LTfit · Nov 25, 2018

You are just one of those who are either in a "walking mode" or in a Camino "planning mode". Both are fun.

p.s. you are not alone

VNwalking · Nov 25, 2018

Rachel. I am shocked. Just shocked.

Rex · Nov 25, 2018

My friends have learned one thing: if I’m not on a trek, then I’m planning a trek. Keeps the guesswork and remarks down to one simple question: Where are you going next? Although, the “why?” question still comes up, to which I reply with a shrug and a quip about the world being a big and interesting place, of which I’ve only seen a small part. Bom Caminho!

gittiharre · Nov 25, 2018

Kiwi-family said:
This morning at church a lady laughed at me, “I guess you’re planning your next walk.” It was said, perhaps not unexpectedly, in that tone which can only be interpreted as “of course you’re not, that’s the silliest idea out there, I’m just making small talk, having you on.”
I smiled and replied, “Oh I’m thinking about it.” She tittered uncomfortably and I pondered the fact that the truth is:
Yes, I’ve read everything I’ve come across on the Camino de la Lana which I’d never thought about until a week ago. I’ve worked out cycling stages for the Camino Frances and have contacted my husband’s childhood friend to see if we can surprise hubby with a Two Boys Cycle The Camino trip next year for his 50th. I’ve researched air tickets and cycle hire and made a cycling spreadsheet. I’ve taken up more Spanish study with the kids so we can justify another “language practice excursion”!!!

Be sure your sins will find you out.

You are hilarious! May be it's the drinking water in Titirangi that infects us with the Camino bug....I am planning 2, not 1 walks for next year. June and September. Le Puy route in June and all I know is, that I will fly in and out of Germany in September...was planning on walking the Franconian mountain trail ( not a pilgrims route), but my friend may not be able to make it. If I am on my own, I would rather do a pilgrim trail...

Kiwi-family · Nov 25, 2018

Camino Chris said:
Love this, Kiwi, you gave me a good laugh!

@Camino Chris you do not understand. This is not a laughing matter. This is a battle of personal integrity.
;-)

Kiwi-family · Nov 25, 2018

LTfit said:
Your are just one of those who are either in a "walking mode" or in a Camino "planning mode". Both are fun.

p.s. you are not alone

What a fabulous reply for my arsenal: Thanks for asking, when I’m not in walking mode I’m in planning mode and love both, but I haven’t quite decided which is my next walk yet.

Camino Chrissy · Nov 25, 2018

Kiwi-family said:
@Camino Chris you do not understand. This is not a laughing matter. This is a battle of personal integrity.
;-)

I laugh because it I had better writing skills I could have written something similar about conversations I've had with those who don't understand our passion. ☺

C clearly · Nov 25, 2018

Kiwi-family said:
“Oh I’m thinking about it.”

Kiwi-family said:
This is a battle of personal integrity.

I don't see any lie there!

SYates · Nov 25, 2018

Reminds me of a question I was asked some years back:
"Are you planning another lovely walk soon?"
to which I answered
"Yes, but it is only 270km."

The 'only' got me a blank stare ... Perceptions differ ...

BC SY

MichaelC · Nov 25, 2018

SYates said:
The 'only' got me a blank stare ... Perceptions differ ...

I’m planning a shorter walk next summer with my brothers and sisters, and I am getting a lot of those blank stares when they realize that this short walk will take ten or eleven days.

I love how most of us went from thinking ‘wow, I just walked 100km!’ the first week to thinking ‘there’s only 100 km left we’re almost done’ or ‘it’s only 9km to breakfast.’

Kiwi-family · Nov 25, 2018

Camino Chris said:
I laugh because it I had better writing skills I could have written something similar about conversations I've had with those who don't understand our passion. ☺

Hey you do know my answer was tongue in cheek, don’t you? You can laugh all you like at my expense <wink>

domigee · Nov 25, 2018

Kiwi-family said:
This morning at church a lady laughed at me, “I guess you’re planning your next walk.” It was said, perhaps not unexpectedly, in that tone which can only be interpreted as “of course you’re not, that’s the silliest idea out there, I’m just making small talk, having you on.”
I smiled and replied, “Oh I’m thinking about it.” She tittered uncomfortably and I pondered the fact that the truth is:
Yes, I’ve read everything I’ve come across on the Camino de la Lana which I’d never thought about until a week ago. I’ve worked out cycling stages for the Camino Frances and have contacted my husband’s childhood friend to see if we can surprise hubby with a Two Boys Cycle The Camino trip next year for his 50th. I’ve researched air tickets and cycle hire and made a cycling spreadsheet. I’ve taken up more Spanish study with the kids so we can justify another “language practice excursion”!!!

Be sure your sins will find you out.

That was no lie in my book anyway

Camino Chrissy · Nov 25, 2018

Kiwi-family said:
Hey you do know my answer was tongue in cheek, don’t you? You can laugh all you like at my expense <wink>

I sort of knew, but I can be gullible.

J F Gregory · Nov 26, 2018

I am always planning a walk or dreaming of a walk.

nycwalking · Nov 26, 2018

You gave me a good funny before I exit the bed until tonight.

Thank you Kiwi.

May you and family walk on and on and on.

Take red socks though.

David Tallan · Nov 26, 2018

Kiwi-family said:
This morning at church a lady laughed at me, “I guess you’re planning your next walk.” It was said, perhaps not unexpectedly, in that tone which can only be interpreted as “of course you’re not, that’s the silliest idea out there, I’m just making small talk, having you on.”
I smiled and replied, “Oh I’m thinking about it.” She tittered uncomfortably and I pondered the fact that the truth is:
Yes, I’ve read everything I’ve come across on the Camino de la Lana which I’d never thought about until a week ago. I’ve worked out cycling stages for the Camino Frances and have contacted my husband’s childhood friend to see if we can surprise hubby with a Two Boys Cycle The Camino trip next year for his 50th. I’ve researched air tickets and cycle hire and made a cycling spreadsheet. I’ve taken up more Spanish study with the kids so we can justify another “language practice excursion”!!!

Be sure your sins will find you out.

That all counts as "thinking about it". You didn't say you weren't thinking about it constantly. And it hardly counts as planning if you haven't settled on a route yet.

Speaking of the Camino de la Lana, have you been watching Sara Dhooma's vlogs as she walks that route? She's just posted Day 15 and is just past Cuenca.

Kiwi-family · Nov 27, 2018

I’ve seen the first nine or ten. Yes, I’ve been doing that as well;-)

VNwalking · Nov 27, 2018

And Alan's account here of the Olvidado?

Kiwi-family · Nov 27, 2018

VNwalking said:
And Alan's account here of the Olvidado?

Inserts fingers in ears. Not listening!!

TaraWalks · Nov 27, 2018

Kiwi-family said:
This morning at church a lady laughed at me, “I guess you’re planning your next walk.” It was said, perhaps not unexpectedly, in that tone which can only be interpreted as “of course you’re not, that’s the silliest idea out there, I’m just making small talk, having you on.”
I smiled and replied, “Oh I’m thinking about it.” She tittered uncomfortably and I pondered the fact that the truth is:
Yes, I’ve read everything I’ve come across on the Camino de la Lana which I’d never thought about until a week ago. I’ve worked out cycling stages for the Camino Frances and have contacted my husband’s childhood friend to see if we can surprise hubby with a Two Boys Cycle The Camino trip next year for his 50th. I’ve researched air tickets and cycle hire and made a cycling spreadsheet. I’ve taken up more Spanish study with the kids so we can justify another “language practice excursion”!!!

Be sure your sins will find you out.

It's the research and planning that keeps me sane between Caminos. If it's a sin, it's only tiny and completely forgivable!

nycwalking · Nov 27, 2018

David Tallan said:
That all counts as "thinking about it". You didn't say you weren't thinking about it constantly. And it hardly counts as planning if you haven't settled on a route yet.

Speaking of the Camino de la Lana, have you been watching Sara Dhooma's vlogs as she walks that route? She's just posted Day 15 and is just past Cuenca.

Sara Dhooma is still walking?

I followed her earlier this year.

Wow!

David Tallan · Nov 27, 2018

nycwalking said:
Sara Dhooma is still walking?

I followed her earlier this year.

Wow!

She seems to go from trail to trail to trail. Not all are on caminos (I think recently she was hiking the PCT), but a number of them are. Must be nice to have the resources/time!

Albertagirl · Nov 27, 2018

David Tallan said:
She seems to go from trail to trail to trail.

@David Tallan
I love walking the camino routes, but after 1,000 km or so I start thinking about my own bed and the comforts of home.

David Tallan · Nov 27, 2018

Albertagirl said:
@David Tallan
I love walking the camino routes, but after 1,000 km or so I start thinking about my own bed and the comforts of home.

I was ready to stop after the 850+ km from Roncesvalles to Finisterre. But it would have been nice to be able to start again a few weeks or a month later.

nycwalking · Nov 27, 2018

David Tallan said:
She seems to go from trail to trail to trail. Not all are on caminos (I think recently she was hiking the PCT), but a number of them are. Must be nice to have the resources/time!

Too true!

AlwynWellington · Dec 1, 2018

@Kiwi-family , not qute in the same league as lying.

I write this at Titahi Bay looking across the Strait to the northern tip of the South Island. It is later Saturday afternoon and I have been back exactly two months. And it has taken me two months to settle back into the local routines. As it did last year. And the year before.

Maybe my many neighbours know better. They either ask me where I have walked this year and/or where will I walk next in a matter of fact way. Those at the Anglo-Romano Sunday Mass in my village get my occassional email when I am away.

I have learnt to answer simly and directly (this year: Canterbury Cathedral in England to Chaumnont, upper Marne,, France. About 5 days from the Swiss border) or (next time: Chaumont etc towards Rome) dependiing on what is asked. That seems to satisfy even the most curious.

But it did take me a while to get down to a simple set of facts, said without emotion.

Rachel, kia kaha.

Mary Paterson · Dec 1, 2018

Since beginning our long road to Santiago, from Mont St Michel five years ago(!) we have only experienced 2 days of rain. This year we were starting our walking week much later than usual on October 19th. It was very special for us as our beautiful chemin through France was coming to an end, and our final 500 Spanish miles about to begin. I felt sure that the weather on our trek over the mountain would be a problem. However, the sun shone and enabled us to walk, climb and scramble over the mountain to Roncesvalles in one day from St Jean de Pied de Port. We four musketeers are 73, 67, 64, and 62 years old. We felt such euphoria as we wound our way down the Gr12 towards the Abbey. May God and Mary bless all our caminos.
P.S. Lovely memories of meeting Joachim and a lovely young French couple who met us at the Albergue many hours later. They didn' t think we would make it!!!!
Mary P.

Deleted member 67338 · Dec 2, 2018

Kiwi-family said:
This morning at church a lady laughed at me, “I guess you’re planning your next walk.” It was said, perhaps not unexpectedly, in that tone which can only be interpreted as “of course you’re not, that’s the silliest idea out there, I’m just making small talk, having you on.”
I smiled and replied, “Oh I’m thinking about it.” She tittered uncomfortably and I pondered the fact that the truth is:
Yes, I’ve read everything I’ve come across on the Camino de la Lana which I’d never thought about until a week ago. I’ve worked out cycling stages for the Camino Frances and have contacted my husband’s childhood friend to see if we can surprise hubby with a Two Boys Cycle The Camino trip next year for his 50th. I’ve researched air tickets and cycle hire and made a cycling spreadsheet. I’ve taken up more Spanish study with the kids so we can justify another “language practice excursion”!!!

Be sure your sins will find you out.

You will have a great life experience my kiwi friend across the ditch

David Tallan · Dec 2, 2018

nycwalking said:
Sara Dhooma is still walking?

I followed her earlier this year.

Wow!

I heard a segment about her today on the CBC.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1385033795558

VNwalking · Dec 2, 2018

Kiwi-family said:
Inserts fingers in ears. Not listening!!

Hahahaha! Good luck, Rachel.
The siren song is sneaky. It easily gets past fingers and ears.

C clearly · Dec 2, 2018

David Tallan said:
I heard a segment about her today on the CBC.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1385033795558

Very interesting and inspiring!

nycwalking · Dec 2, 2018

David Tallan said:
I heard a segment about her today on the CBC.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1385033795558

Thank you.

Kanga · Dec 2, 2018

I do love my family and friends. I really do. I miss them when I'm away. I like my house and garden. I (generally) enjoy the little bit of work I still do. I don't want to change my nationality or live anywhere else. But ... on the very day I got back last time (before even having a "get over the flight" sleep) I found myself researching cheap airfares.

Kiwi-family · Dec 2, 2018

@Kanga i understand

Larry OHeron · Dec 3, 2018

Kiwi-family said:
This morning at church a lady laughed at me, “I guess you’re planning your next walk.” It was said, perhaps not unexpectedly, in that tone which can only be interpreted as “of course you’re not, that’s the silliest idea out there, I’m just making small talk, having you on.”
I smiled and replied, “Oh I’m thinking about it.” She tittered uncomfortably and I pondered the fact that the truth is:
Yes, I’ve read everything I’ve come across on the Camino de la Lana which I’d never thought about until a week ago. I’ve worked out cycling stages for the Camino Frances and have contacted my husband’s childhood friend to see if we can surprise hubby with a Two Boys Cycle The Camino trip next year for his 50th. I’ve researched air tickets and cycle hire and made a cycling spreadsheet. I’ve taken up more Spanish study with the kids so we can justify another “language practice excursion”!!!

Be sure your sins will find you out.

Check out Sarah Dhoomer's videos on YouTube. She is walking the Ruta de La lana now.

Jenny267 · Dec 3, 2018

Kiwi if you're researching Biking the Frances these threads are pretty helpful - I'm a bit biased thought cos I wrote the second one Happy reading

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/camino-frances-biking-tips-from-a-non-biker.51318/
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/cycling-the-camino-recap.51434/

Carole Dellinger · Dec 3, 2018

Kiwi-family said:
This morning at church a lady laughed at me, “I guess you’re planning your next walk.” It was said, perhaps not unexpectedly, in that tone which can only be interpreted as “of course you’re not, that’s the silliest idea out there, I’m just making small talk, having you on.”
I smiled and replied, “Oh I’m thinking about it.” She tittered uncomfortably and I pondered the fact that the truth is:
Yes, I’ve read everything I’ve come across on the Camino de la Lana which I’d never thought about until a week ago. I’ve worked out cycling stages for the Camino Frances and have contacted my husband’s childhood friend to see if we can surprise hubby with a Two Boys Cycle The Camino trip next year for his 50th. I’ve researched air tickets and cycle hire and made a cycling spreadsheet. I’ve taken up more Spanish study with the kids so we can justify another “language practice excursion”!!!

Be sure your sins will find you out.

Yep. I'm there , too.
Responding to,"Will you go back and finish the camino?" My mouth says, "There are lots of adventures to do." But my heart says, "Spring, 2019." This year is Appalachian Trail hiking. I say, "Only a week on the Georgia end. And Maryland. Oh, and, of course, pieces in Virginia." As you say, there are blank stares. After all, we only hiked 100 miles on the Camino. Even that changes our perceptions.
Yep, we'll be back. Lord willing.

David Tallan · Dec 3, 2018

Larry OHeron said:
Check out Sarah Dhoomer's videos on YouTube. She is walking the Ruta de La lana now.

Although if you do a YouTube search for Sara Dhooma, you may have more luck.

Kiwi-family · Dec 3, 2018

Thanks @Jenny267
I won’t be cycling, but I’m hoping to send my hubby (who cycles to work every day) and a friend. I’ll have a read and pass on useful info.

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