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I cannot imagine me not returning annually for another Camino, but:There are many inspirational stories of people who walk and do other things well into old age. A more difficult and poignant situation is where a person simply cannot continue walking caminos, for various reasons. I would like to hear about how they came to terms with this. On thinking about it, I suppose it is similar to how we all come to terms with our limitations.
I haven't had to stop yet, but probably will some day. Assuming there is no sudden physical problem that happens, I expect it will be a case of realizing that I have been enjoying it less on recent caminos. Then one day, when thinking about making new travel plans for Spain, I will realize that I don't really "need" to go, and would prefer to spend the month doing something else.when do you have to stop your Caminos, and how do you deal with it?
The day I have to stop walking the Camino(s), I will be at the end of my life. Thanks to the Camino, that moment is not too scary anymore: I have found peace. I'll continue walking as long as I can.
Ultreya!
Would like to meet you and give you a North Norwegian hug... En god Camino klem til deg.Well, I have been trying to end up my caminowalking for 15 years now, from the day I reached SdC in June 2005 for the first time and said never again. I have had a few stops trying other walking paths, but when I tell myself that it´s enough you are too old for this, there are always some forum members tempting me with new routes. Because of that I walked the Invierno in May 2018 and enjoyed the camino very much.
I had to give up my camino planned last September, after an experience of what might happen to us oldings going abroad, with 3 weeks in hospital in Greece with my husband. This gave me a little stuck and if I go abroad I will stick to Spain.
So this year I have planned my last camino, I guess, tickets booked, starting in Madrid, a result of reading this forum. If I feel I can manage I will go on to the Vladiense to go to Fuente De.
Living in an area where I can start walking or skiing from my front door, I hope I might be able to do that even if I find myself too old for the camino or if familysettings keeps me at home.
And please, receive my return.my brother.You and me, brother....
A lovely and very poignant question. I did not start 'walking' until I was 60, and now as I come up on birthday 71, I have to consider if there is a 'next year' ahead. I have noticed physical changes that might indicate a 'countdown' and I certainly let these concerns dictate last year's Walk. I will walk again this year...in probably more questionable shape than last year...but I am ready to be adventurous and let the Camino roll as it will. I have learned that the thought of 'giving something up' is far worse than the actual deed. I suspect that there is life beyond Camino...I can remember, at 18 years of age, standing on the summit of Mount McKinley (Denali) and thinking I can and will do this type of stuff until I die.
Now that I am much, much older, with the injuries and wear and tear from decades of outdoor adventures and from earlier military service having caught up with me, I started thinking about two years ago, "How much longer can I continue?"
There are now many more days that I feel 'old and worn', than not. Trying to maintain a good base of physical conditioning seems soooo much harder every year. When looking at an upcoming year and thinking of plans for the backpacking season starting. . .or going on a Camino . . it is far more difficult to get motivated to train/exercise.
I now feel anxious about "can I do it". . . and I worry a lot more about the 'what ifs' of physically breaking down in the middle of a 14 day or month long backpacking trip. Or having to terminate a Camino early.
Then I get disgusted with feeling sorry for myself. I remind myself what a Sergeant hollered in my face during a particularly vicious training cycle: "Do you need a hug, sweet-pea? Either quit and get yer sorry carcass off my course, or do something and keep pushing on. Vacation is over, cupcake. The only easy day was yesterday."
Yeah, I know. . . . but so far, it's working.I'm not going to let my fears and anxieties dictate my choices. But when the time comes, I hope I can have the courage of my youth to cope and adapt to those things which I cannot control.
As a very dear friend of mine said. "Growing old is for the courageous!" And when all is said and done, pilgrimage is nothing more than a journey with intent. Even if the body can only walk a few steps, the spirit is unlimited.While I have walked my last Camino in Spain, it's just too hard to do without Scott, my legs still work. My gait may be a bit hobble now thanks to a doggie archillies and various foot niggles, but I can still stride off and enjoy what's around me and the memories that accompany me.
Sadly I can't say the same about my Dad who as he approaches 90 appears to be trapped in his body and struggles to keep mobile. The wandering in his mind is more troublesome and reminds me that despite years of keeping fit in body and brain age wears us down, and it ain't gracious about it,
I turned 52 during my 2016 Camino. I plan to celebrate my 56th in the same manor.As a very dear friend of mine said. "Growing old is for the courageous!" And when all is said and done, pilgrimage is nothing more than a journey with intent. Even if the body can only walk a few steps, the spirit is unlimited.
Struggling with this as well. After injuring both Achilles on Lisbon-SdC in Oct 2017 (damnable cobbles), I really have not had energy, strength or motivation to train while battling newly emerging health issues (afib and its meds really slow me down!!).
That said, I have been playing with planificador to plan a Sept camino; Pamplona to Ponferrada in 40 days for 13km/day average. So my hoped for aging solution is to cut the mileage! At my new slow speed, that is still 6 hours per day of joyous walking!!
Looking at Hunter S Thompson posting on my wall:
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What aRideWalk!”
Go for it sez I...make plans for your 60th...your 65th...and so on. No-one says you can't plan or dream. Even if your body says "not today", there are still marvelous journeys to be made.I turned 52 during my 2016 Camino. I plan to celebrate my 56th in the same manor. ❤
DonativosHow inspiring you all are....I started an addiction to Caminos in 2016...Frances, 2017, 2018 all starting in SJPdP. My son and I met a 93 yo & her 73yo daughter in our Valcarlos path, 2017!
In May 2019, it got really bad with my solo from Porto, the Ingles & then my second return from Australia in September to do the Lisbon Portuguese to Santiago. Yes that's 3 in one year! 1000 K +.....SO I recently did a 2 day course with Julie-Anne Milne to volunteer as a hospitalero this May in Spain for 2 weeks. Hope to do 3 more Caminos around my stint - the Madrid, inveirno, primativo......have I got health issues? Yes! But I'm doing slowly what I can and if I have to stop walking I'll be able to be at the donations with other pilgrims...I call it insurance....
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My father in law would say "Getting old is not for sissies."...then he'd shake his head and chuckle.As a very dear friend of mine said. "Growing old is for the courageous!" And when all is said and done, pilgrimage is nothing more than a journey with intent. Even if the body can only walk a few steps, the spirit is unlimited.
Hi,I wish I could remember the tv show that I recently heard this quote from. The character suddenly got fed up with not taking action: "I haven't been living. What I've been doing is waiting around to die".
Hi,
I just heard that quote from Jean Luc Picard on the new Star Trek 'Picard'.
A pilgrim and a trekkie.....
MaryEllen
I think about this too.
I'm now 65.
Someday I will stop carrying my pack.
Someday I will stop walking Caminos.
I hope I can always go for a walk from my home, even a short one.
I'm not sure I will be okay if I stop.
I don’t know why, but something in what you say makes me think you will walking the camino for many MANY M A N Y years to come. Call it an Indian woman’s instinctFor the record: I, the threadstarter, am 65. I worry about this. I quit smoking 7 months ago without problems. I had been smoking for 53 (!) years... My son who is a doctor has examined me and says I have no damage. Good on me...
I bought my flight to Madrid yesterday, for April 16th. I will be 66 by then. The Camino(s) has changed my life, for the (much, much) better, for the people around me, as well as for me. I wish for all the first-timers to receive some of the peace that the Camino has brought into my life: It is quite a journey, if you take it in.
The day I have to stop walking the Camino(s), I will be at the end of my life. Thanks to the Camino, that moment is not too scary anymore: I have found peace. I'll continue walking as long as I can.
Ultreya!
So, when do you have to stop your Caminos, and how do you deal with it?
Such a lovely discussion. Reminded me of something out of Leonard Cohen’s last collection of poems:I think I would like to take a different tack on this. I used to backpack but can't any longer for a variety of reasons. So I walk. I've done about 1000 miles of Caminos and intend to do more. But at some point, you will stop because nobody gets out of here alive. It's not what do you do when you stop walking the Caminos that is important. It's what will you do -- period. When you can't do one thing, you can either worry about that - but it's probably out of your control. On the other hand, you can just pick up something else - maybe totally unrelated. The goal is not to keep walking - it's to keep going forward. Not looking forward to when I can't walk a Camino any longer, but I am looking forward to what I do next.
I wish I could remember the tv show that I recently heard this quote from. The character suddenly got fed up with not taking action: "I haven't been living. What I've been doing is waiting around to die".
I am almost at that pointAnother member posted this:
I cannot imagine me not returning annually for another Camino, but:
So, when do you have to stop your Caminos, and how do you deal with it?
Another member posted this:
I cannot imagine me not returning annually for another Camino, but:
So, when do you have to stop your Caminos, and how do you deal with it?
A couple years back 3 Camino friends and I walked the VF from Sarsana, north Italy to Rome. I hope you will love it as much as I did. And good for you for staying young, all the best my friend,Hi efdoucett
last year no camino but I could not help this year to book for the first of April a flight to Edinburgh busses to John O Groat's and finally start my walk to Rome via Canterbury Via Francigena should be around 3000+Kilometer.
The good thing is that I am only 73.
Ultreia
I like that motto. Maybe ill adopt it too.Not being able to walk long or longer distances is an issue I will face in the not too distant future. I am now planning to do the Porto In May/June (from Porto) with my brother (we are both over 70 with a few issues). This will be his only Camino, and possibly a last for me. Although I would like to walk the VDLP (say last 300km) but that will depend upon a number of external factors.
So what will I do when I can no longer walk a camino? Read and contribute to this forum; attend monthly meetings of the Sydney Pilgrims; offer advice if asked. But in general try to enjoy to the fullest the years that are left to me. I have recently adopted this motto: the glass is half-full, but feel free to top it up!!
Thanks Alex for starting this post. Cheers to all.
when I did my first in 2016 one year after my Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis no one could understand my WHY. One week after my return home dislocating my hips waterskiing. Since my 2016 Camino I’ve had 2 Lipedema surgeries, MOH surgery where a cancerous tumour was removed from my face, I’ve been diagnosed and began treatments for Lyme disease and Babasia , in less than 13 months I had both hips and both knees replaced in 4 surgeries. My last will be a year old on March 7 2020. Yet all I can think about is walking the Camino again. My family, friends and Doctors don’t understand. Why ??? They don’t understand how robbed I’ve felt these past 4 years. I hope to start walking from SJDP on May 25 2020. I keep picturing all those I met walking. Everyone walks with some kind of baggage. I look at all I will gain in returning. My renewal ♥
We must be almost exactly the same age, Doug. I've been slowing down for 5 years now and on quite a few Caminos I've had to accept that I couldn't make it all the way. I go back later and do a bit more. Today I've finished one I started last March in Terradillos, gave up in Ponferrada and again in Sarria in October. This last 100k has taken 8 days of walking some days for 10 hours.A lovely and very poignant question. I did not start 'walking' until I was 60, and now as I come up on birthday 71, I have to consider if there is a 'next year' ahead. ...
What a wonderful thread this is Alex. Thank you and to all the respondents! I have only just started my Camino career doing the Frances last year at 64 years young. I used to be a runner doing all the fun runs I could get my feet into. I wore my hip out and had to have a hip replacement so I took up walking. I am always so grateful for what I can do as I have a dear friend who has had severe rheumatoid arthritis since she was 18. She is now in a wheelchair and in constant pain - I always think of her when I am walking and all those people who for health reasons can’t do the everyday things we sometimes take for granted. Like the serenity prayer says “Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference”. I practice living in the present - I don’t always succeed but I believe it’s one of the keys to acceptance and serenity.Another member posted this:
I cannot imagine me not returning annually for another Camino, but: Then
So, when do you have to stop your Caminos, and how do you deal with it?
Indeed. And, thanks to Ivar, we have the Forum, our virtual everlasting Camino, worthy of our donations to keep it (us) going.I'm sure we'll be just fine when the day comes when we have only Camino memories and not Camino dreams.
My man! You give us all hope. Balls.Hey, I am 80 and I have no intention of stopping any time soon.
Whin I was in the USMC I seriously broke my ankle. I is starting to bother me now. What I am afraid of is that if I overwork it, that I might become a cripple. I have similar diagnoses from two doctors where both said that the pain will only increase and if it gets that they could "fuse" my ankles as last resort. Currently ibuprofen helps enough that I almosr normal.Hey, I am 80 and I have no intention of stopping any time soon. I have walked the C to C ,the CF from SJPP, the Portuguese from Lisbon, the Primitivo and the Sanabres last September. I am already planning my next walk.
The important thing is to walk within your limitations. I usually restrict my daily walk to around 20kms and take a day off after every 7 days..
Having said that I dont know how I would cope with not being able to walk. I firmly believe that there is no better exercise for older people than regular extended walks.
Be careful relying on Ibuprofen. I did so on my 2016 Camino. It helped with the neuropathy in my feet. Now I have stomach issues. JustWhin I was in the USMC I seriously broke my ankle. I is starting to bother me now. What I am afraid of is that if I overwork it, that I might become a cripple. I have similar diagnoses from two doctors where both said that the pain will only increase and if it gets that they could "fuse" my ankles as last resort. Currently ibuprofen helps enough that I almosr normal.
I do not want to stop walking! So I'll just have to take it one day, or walk, at a time.
I turned 52 during my 2016 Camino. I plan to celebrate my 56th in the same manor. ❤
You could walk the Ingles...and if you felt the urge continue to Finisterre/ Muxia. As we adjust to new realities,the struggle remains. And all that separates us from a final resting stop - is the urge to resistNot being able to walk long or longer distances is an issue I will face in the not too distant future. I am now planning to do the Porto In May/June (from Porto) with my brother (we are both over 70 with a few issues). This will be his only Camino, and possibly a last for me. Although I would like to walk the VDLP (say last 300km) but that will depend upon a number of external factors.
So what will I do when I can no longer walk a camino? Read and contribute to this forum; attend monthly meetings of the Sydney Pilgrims; offer advice if asked. But in general try to enjoy to the fullest the years that are left to me. I have recently adopted this motto: the glass is half-full, but feel free to top it up!!
Thanks Alex for starting this post. Cheers to all.
Thanks @Richmond Gardner; I was going to walk to Finisteer/Muxia after this camino but brother did the flight organising and now do not have the time. If my offer to be a volunteer at Pilgrims Office in Oct comes off then I will do the short walk either before or after. Whilst I have not seen it the Ingles does not really interest me. The VDLP was my first attempt at a camino back in 2013 but foot injuries curtailed that plan. So I think I owe it to myself to try the walk 10/15 days of the big one. Cheers.You could walk the Ingles...and if you felt the urge continue to Finisterre/ Muxia. As we adjust to new realities,the struggle remains. And all that separates us from a final resting stop - is the urge to resist
Lovely reply - remember every year is different as is every camino - most important it is about doing it your way and if you have to take longer breaks or more often or even shorter days so what - just be true to yourself and love the precious moments and memories. Much love and many more caminos aheadXXXXA lovely and very poignant question. I did not start 'walking' until I was 60, and now as I come up on birthday 71, I have to consider if there is a 'next year' ahead. I have noticed physical changes that might indicate a 'countdown' and I certainly let these concerns dictate last year's Walk. I will walk again this year...in probably more questionable shape than last year...but I am ready to be adventurous and let the Camino roll as it will. I have learned that the thought of 'giving something up' is far worse than the actual deed. I suspect that there is life beyond Camino...
Good luck with that: It is very rewarding work. Did it last summer. Something one may consider when walking is not possible anymore.If my offer to be a volunteer at Pilgrims Office in Oct comes off then I will do the short walk either before or after.
Camino de Lana/Olvidado is the plan...arriving in Santiago is optionalLovely reply - remember every year is different as is every camino - most important it is about doing it your way and if you have to take longer breaks or more often or even shorter days so what - just be true to yourself and love the precious moments and memories. Much love and many more caminos aheadXXXX
That is one of the situation, what seems cliché, the “here and now”, has such an important meaning. I am 62, healthy, fit and I enjoy every single moment on the Caminos, as we don’t know next... so until I can, I will and when time come, at least, I will have no regrets to not have hit the roads.For the record: I, the threadstarter, am 65. I worry about this. I quit smoking 7 months ago without problems. I had been smoking for 53 (!) years... My son who is a doctor has examined me and says I have no damage. Good on me...
I bought my flight to Madrid yesterday, for April 16th. I will be 66 by then. The Camino(s) has changed my life, for the (much, much) better, for the people around me, as well as for me. I wish for all the first-timers to receive some of the peace that the Camino has brought into my life: It is quite a journey, if you take it in.
The day I have to stop walking the Camino(s), I will be at the end of my life. Thanks to the Camino, that moment is not too scary anymore: I have found peace. I'll continue walking as long as I can.
Ultreya!
For the record: I, the threadstarter, am 65. I worry about this. I quit smoking 7 months ago without problems. I had been smoking for 53 (!) years... My son who is a doctor has examined me and says I have no damage. Good on me...
I bought my flight to Madrid yesterday, for April 16th. I will be 66 by then. The Camino(s) has changed my life, for the (much, much) better, for the people around me, as well as for me. I wish for all the first-timers to receive some of the peace that the Camino has brought into my life: It is quite a journey, if you take it in.
The day I have to stop walking the Camino(s), I will be at the end of my life. Thanks to the Camino, that moment is not too scary anymore: I have found peace. I'll continue walking as long as I can.
Ultreya!
I believe you will find the strength!I can remember, at 18 years of age, standing on the summit of Mount McKinley (Denali) and thinking I can and will do this type of stuff until I die.
Now that I am much, much older, with the injuries and wear and tear from decades of outdoor adventures and from earlier military service having caught up with me, I started thinking about two years ago, "How much longer can I continue?"
There are now many more days that I feel 'old and worn', than not. Trying to maintain a good base of physical conditioning seems soooo much harder every year. When looking at an upcoming year and thinking of plans for the backpacking season starting. . .or going on a Camino . . it is far more difficult to get motivated to train/exercise.
I now feel anxious about "can I do it". . . and I worry a lot more about the 'what ifs' of physically breaking down in the middle of a 14 day or month long backpacking trip. Or having to terminate a Camino early.
Then I get disgusted with feeling sorry for myself. I remind myself what a Sergeant hollered in my face during a particularly vicious training cycle: "Do you need a hug, sweet-pea? Either quit and get yer sorry carcass off my course, or do something and keep pushing on. Vacation is over, cupcake. The only easy day was yesterday."
Yeah, I know. . . . but so far, it's working.I'm not going to let my fears and anxieties dictate my choices. But when the time comes, I hope I can have the courage of my youth to cope and adapt to those things which I cannot control.
Why can't they understand? Because they have not walked the Camino and cannot feel its pull. I walked from SJPP for the first time in 2019, at age 71, and it wasn't easy. I thought while walking that I would never feel the need to do it again, yet now I think of it all the time and am planning another Camino for 2021. Buen Camino, my friend. Take it at your pace, and enjoy every moment.when I did my first in 2016 one year after my Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis no one could understand my WHY. One week after my return home dislocating my hips waterskiing. Since my 2016 Camino I’ve had 2 Lipedema surgeries, MOH surgery where a cancerous tumour was removed from my face, I’ve been diagnosed and began treatments for Lyme disease and Babasia , in less than 13 months I had both hips and both knees replaced in 4 surgeries. My last will be a year old on March 7 2020. Yet all I can think about is walking the Camino again. My family, friends and Doctors don’t understand. Why ??? They don’t understand how robbed I’ve felt these past 4 years. I hope to start walking from SJDP on May 25 2020. I keep picturing all those I met walking. Everyone walks with some kind of baggage. I look at all I will gain in returning. My renewal ♥
Alex, Right there with you. While I consider myself pretty fit with swimming/biking/running, I know, just turning 67, it won’t last forever. Having just lost my dear wife to younger onset Alzheimer’s and after eight years of caregiving, I feel compelled to take on this Camino, to grieve, take stock and maybe discern what God has in store for me next. I wish you the best on your upcoming Camino.For the record: I, the threadstarter, am 65. I worry about this. I quit smoking 7 months ago without problems. I had been smoking for 53 (!) years... My son who is a doctor has examined me and says I have no damage. Good on me...
I bought my flight to Madrid yesterday, for April 16th. I will be 66 by then. The Camino(s) has changed my life, for the (much, much) better, for the people around me, as well as for me. I wish for all the first-timers to receive some of the peace that the Camino has brought into my life: It is quite a journey, if you take it in.
The day I have to stop walking the Camino(s), I will be at the end of my life. Thanks to the Camino, that moment is not too scary anymore: I have found peace. I'll continue walking as long as I can.
Ultreya!
Arriving in Madrid (ticket bought) April 16th, starting out from Pamplona April 18th is my plan.Maybe we’ll run into each other? I will arrive Paris 16 Apr, then fly to Biarritz, bus to Bayonne and overnite; then train to SJPP to stay at Beilari and start CF morning of 18 Apr. Buen Camino
The new Start Trek Picard!I wish I could remember the tv show that I recently heard this quote from. The character suddenly got fed up with not taking action: "I haven't been living. What I've been doing is waiting around to die".
Michael, thank you so much for your beautiful words. I am just going to be stepping foot in Spain on my first Camino this April, and am inspired and blessed by your words. Thank you.I am in my mid sixties. A few years ago my distance walking came to an abrupt end when my knee bones became much too familiar with one another and chose to exert high degrees of pain due to arthritis. Still have not had knee replacement, but I am sure that will come in the near future.
Though I miss the peace of being on a Way or trail, my path is has always been before me. It is true that I can have moments of self-pity, but they pass quickly. The call of the Camino has yet to stop and in moments of quiet solitude, I clearly hear the call to pilgrimage.
Tears flow more easily now, but they are sweet and full of gratitude for the experiences of the past and the humble willingness to follow on; to not give up and find both peace and joy in what each day brings.
Our Caminos have not ended simply because we are not on the Way; our Caminos have never stopped unless we consciously choose for them to end.
For me, I've not been able to walk very much for many, many months due to a very painfully twisted back which is never going to recover, plus my left foot which was operated on, unsuccessfully by a surgeon who should have done a better job...ie..he has caused more damage and these rwo issues, make walking without heavy duty medication, very painful...walking any real distances. I have been right to the bottom of that "deep black hole, where my mind thinks thoughts of ending my life" and have had to fight very hard at times to claw my way back up, but, over time, have gradually come to terms with things as they are now. Running my own facebook group, Australian Pilgrims on the Camino and taking part in 2018 in the ducumentary, Camino Skies, has also helped tremendously. Now, I am contemplating a two week walk in September this year in Portugal. I will have turned73 by then and will have plenty of time and no deadlines to keep.Another member posted this:
I cannot imagine me not returning annually for another Camino, but:
So, when do you have to stop your Caminos, and how do you deal with it?
OK, then you’ll be 2-3 days ahead of me. Buen Camino.Arriving in Madrid (ticket bought) April 16th, starting out from Pamplona April 18th is my plan.
You have a very good reason to get walking. I wish you all the best, and may you have many good thoughtful findings on your Way.
About four years ago I set off to walk the Camino Frances alone carrying my stuff aged 65years. A one way ticket so I could take as long as it takes. After five weeks of joyous walking I developed really painful Achilles tendinitis and realised I had to stop or be left with serious long term damage. I sat down along the Way listening to the birds and accepted I had to stop. But at the same time I promised myself I would come back the following year to where I stopped and continue. The Casa Rural was so kind when I got there. Putting ice on my foot and sorting a taxi the next day to get to my next stop and a taxi the next day to León and homeward. When I came back the following year (with a lighter bag!) I returned to the same Casa Rural and was greeted with big warm hugs! The next day I set off and walked for a further four weeks to Santiago. Lots of lessons learned. Wonderful experiences! That’s the wonder of the Camino. You are never far from anywhere but you can feel like you are in the middle of nowhere. Buen Camino my friend.Another member posted this:
I cannot imagine me not returning annually for another Camino, but:
So, when do you have to stop your Caminos, and how do you deal with it?
For me, I've not been able to walk very much for many, many months due to a very painfully twisted back which is never going to recover, plus my left foot which was operated on, unsuccessfully by a surgeon who should have done a better job...ie..he has caused more damage and these rwo issues, make walking without heavy duty medication, very painful...walking any real distances. I have been right to the bottom of that "deep black hole, where my mind thinks thoughts of ending my life" and have had to fight very hard at times to claw my way back up, but, over time, have gradually come to terms with things as they are now. Running my own facebook group, Australian Pilgrims on the Camino and taking part in 2018 in the ducumentary, Camino Skies, has also helped tremendously. Now, I am contemplating a two week walk in September this year in Portugal. I will have turned73 by then and will have plenty of time and no deadlines to keep.
Ultreya!I hope to walk for a seven to ten days this year in Italy to do the St Francis Way.But I wish to see and walk into Assisi (I walked into Rome on last year’s Francigena. This may well be my last pilgrimage who knows I was born in 1941.But it seems as long as I am fortunate and blessed . I shall treat each one as if it were my last with something that I learned on my first one , with gratitude and hope !
Most certainly will do.I am 76 and planning to leave Pamplona on April 15th and so may see you alexwalker. Look for a white beard and a kilt moving on to Leon.
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