Robert Wawrzyniak
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances (2017); Mozarabe (2019); Ingles (2019)
The night before last we stayed at father Ernesto's albergue in Guemes (a highlight of the camino so far). During the pre-dinner talk on father Ernesto's life and his approach to life in general the discussion turned to the following day's route and the possibility of catching the train at Boo, travelling one stop and thereby avoiding some 7 klms of unattractive urban landscape.
We were admonished to only travel one stop and not try to walk the rail bridge (which seems, in the past, to have been some arcane right of passage).
When talking to our fellow travellers the following night it transpired that the majority had, in fact, elected to catch the train.
Now I appreciate that every camino is personal and there are a multitude of reasons to catch a train, bus, taxi or even a mule. But I really have to scratch my head and wonder why you would elect to catch a train just to avoid some uninspiring landscape.
If you adopted this mindset consistently you would perhaps do more riding than walking!
We were admonished to only travel one stop and not try to walk the rail bridge (which seems, in the past, to have been some arcane right of passage).
When talking to our fellow travellers the following night it transpired that the majority had, in fact, elected to catch the train.
Now I appreciate that every camino is personal and there are a multitude of reasons to catch a train, bus, taxi or even a mule. But I really have to scratch my head and wonder why you would elect to catch a train just to avoid some uninspiring landscape.
If you adopted this mindset consistently you would perhaps do more riding than walking!