You said it best here:
"Because unbeknownst to me, everything I found on the Camino I started building at home."
"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for...
There is no “official” start to Camino. It begins where you begin. On the assumption that you are walking to Santiago and the old boy’s bones I’d suggest “go West” and buen Camino 😉
There is no right or wrong answer to this.
But you asked "what would you do"?
The simple answer is: I'm there to walk, so I would walk.
What's 3 km more when you're going to walk 800.
Buen Camino!
Not on the CF but worth a detour: las Pozas de Arnedillo, located at 60 km from Logroño.
https://thewholeworldornothing.com/arnedillo-hot-springs-in-spain/
On the Norte last year I ran into this. I waited for a few other pilgrims and we all carefully walked next to the cows. I had been charged by a yak earlier in the year and was very nervous.
It was a tough spot because you couldn't really find...
Sad, worrying.
In the UK there are literally thousands of cow attacks each year and some deaths - we have many footpaths that go over farmland - but people here still treat them as if they are just cute friendly animals - they aren't.
I was...
Great to be there - then. Wish really wish I was.
As it is, I am sitting in a hospital, in Washington DC, next to my wife. I have been her 24 x 7 caregiver since last April - 2023.
She has been here for one week. I took a hotel near by so I...
We are all different, but here is my take:
I've done a lot of walking and would never risk my feet. If my shoe-insole-sock combination weren't in reasonably good order, I would take a bus or taxi to somewhere to fix the problem. After all I want...
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