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Being newly retired, I had excitedly planned and walked my first Camino Frances in April/May 2015. Thinking I was "once and done" I soon realized after returning home that I wanted to do another Camino and sweet talked hubby into letting me go again. So that winter I began the planning to walk the Norte/Primitivo in spring 2016, which kept my winter doldrums at bay. The following spring 2017 I walked the Frances route again. Hubby met up to walk the last week, but it is definately not "his thing".... your mind wanders back to the camino
My walks this year have been a bit hit and miss...
I was honestly starting to question if perhaps I should stop walking... but it's December and the fire is on and its damp and cold outside and I'm on my spreadsheet working out distances and timescales for October on the Norte and looking at the weights of various t-shirts... And my mind keeps drifting off to maybe the Levante in 2019... I guess I'll start looking for another pair of shoes.
- I planned 2 weeks on the CF in spring but a heavy cold forced me to stop a week early
- I planned to walk the Camino Baztan in August but a last minute audition forced a change of plans
- I planned to walk the Rota Vicentina in October but fell, cut my leg badly, it became infected and I had to stop on day 5
- but... I had an unexpected 2 weeks on the camino Portuguese in November... unbelievably I fell again, sprained my ankle, had more blister and shoe problems but I did manage to finish and I had an amazing few days before flying home.
How about you?
Your planning stages sound much like my own...I'm on number four!December tends to be quiet on the forum, for obvious reasons. However, the camino is never far from my mind. I have done the early methodical planning part (and have most of my equipment ready), now I am resting up until I allow myself to buy a ticket in January, and then I will be into panic/excitement mode trying to get training and other things done before early April when I depart.
I love that opening: ‘I seem to...’I seem to have booked a flight to Madrid mid-March for 10 days or so on the Frances. And the Camino de Madrid is calling to me for the autumn....
... until I allow myself to buy a ticket in January
Collapsible walking polesYou know its December when...
- .... (fill in the blanks) ....
I was ready to "downsize" my walks next year and limit them to canal walks in France and Spain. Then I read The Great Westward Walk and realized I still have many miles left in these feet. So, like you, I'm plotting my next adventure in 2018 on the Norte in May and June and then perhaps the Invierno in 2019. Ultreya... your mind wanders back to the camino
My walks this year have been a bit hit and miss...
I was honestly starting to question if perhaps I should stop walking... but it's December and the fire is on and its damp and cold outside and I'm on my spreadsheet working out distances and timescales for October on the Norte and looking at the weights of various t-shirts... And my mind keeps drifting off to maybe the Levante in 2019... I guess I'll start looking for another pair of shoes.
- I planned 2 weeks on the CF in spring but a heavy cold forced me to stop a week early
- I planned to walk the Camino Baztan in August but a last minute audition forced a change of plans
- I planned to walk the Rota Vicentina in October but fell, cut my leg badly, it became infected and I had to stop on day 5
- but... I had an unexpected 2 weeks on the camino Portuguese in November... unbelievably I fell again, sprained my ankle, had more blister and shoe problems but I did manage to finish and I had an amazing few days before flying home.
How about you?
That must be difficult. Today I was remarking on how miserably chilly it seems here in the Vancouver area, on a foggy day at 2C and 93% humidity. Not cold enough to impress anyone, but it is hard to stay warm outside!only some sort of daylight from 10 to 12... We have winter with snow for 7 months
You know it’s December when you’re spending the weekend at the beach with good friends (and we dragged all the kids up the hill in the heat...and I wondered how we ever walked in Spain when it was over 30 degrees because today’s 25 seemed hot and our walk only lasted two hours!)
Do you seriously have cicadas already? They are a late summer thing for us, not an “it’s only just summer” thing!Cicadas serenade the evenings, test cricket is on the radio, the sky shimmers with heat, and the air is filled with the smell of mangoes and sun-screen....
- yes, they are chirping outside my window as I type. Not in the loud chorus we get later, when the sound can be deafening.Do you seriously have cicadas already?
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