Camino fever

[domigee]

Dangerous times! When I find myself hooked on the forum and Camino-related websites. Trying to help newbies, probably failing miserably but still trying! Reading about other people’s experiences and learning from them....

Also studying itineraries..... Old ones, new ones. So many caminos....So many possibilities....

Can I afford the time, the money? Is my body up to it? Is it ‘reasonable’, like :’will my family put up with it just one more time’?

Aargh....

Yep. I’m in Camino mood again!

Ultreia!

 

[Tincatinker]

You have the dis-ease; you know the cure...

Except there is no cure, thankfully

The Beloved reckons she can predict my next Camino about 4 weeks before I open the conversation with "aah, I was just thinking of..."

Buen camino!!

 

[Caligal]

Must be contagious I have it too!!

 

[domigee]

You have the dis-ease; you know the cure...

Except there is no cure, thankfully

The Beloved reckons she can predict my next Camino about 4 weeks before I open the conversation with "aah, I was just thinking of..."

Buen camino!!

I read ‘ you know the cure’ and I thought ‘what? What? Tell me!’
Tss
You are no help

 

[sugargypsy]

Is my body up to it? Is it ‘reasonable’,

Thanks.

It's good to know that a veteran still is asking the same question as a newbie - has the same insecurities .

 

[domigee]

Thanks.

It's good to know that a veteran still is asking the same question as a newbie - has the same insecurities .

Oh yes! Every time is a different time.

 

[FLEUR]

It's very contagious and keeps recurring!

Off again very soon.

 

[VNwalking]

Like malaria, the fever just keeps coming back.
And it's different each time, which is what makes the disease incurable.
Buen Camino, everyone!

 

[SabsP]

@domigee : happy preparations!!

And Buen Camino to everyone....

 

[FLEUR]

This disease can affect both the young and the old.

 

[FamPed]

I know that feeling! I look at maps and differt routes, planning, dreaming. I am in love with my backpack, boots, equipment all over again.. I am dreaming of CF, Jerusalem, C Inglés, Finisterre/Muxia, Piamonte or why not walk from home via Gdynia and the north of Polen to a city called Szczecin (to S:t James Cathedral) and southwest to Berlin and so on.. Health, time, family, money, courage..
Some day it will all fall in to place, but for now I will keep on walking at home. I don´t want to be cured from this diseas, when the urges and the fever gets to strong I get out for a walk with my Camino gear in my backpack, dreaming..

 

[Robo]

Dangerous times! When I find myself hooked on the forum and Camino-related websites. Trying to help newbies, probably failing miserably but still trying! Reading about other people’s experiences and learning from them....

Also studying itineraries..... Old ones, new ones. So many caminos....So many possibilities....

Can I afford the time, the money? Is my body up to it? Is it ‘reasonable’, like :’will my family put up with it just one more time’?

Aargh....

Yep. I’m in Camino mood again!

Ultreia!

You know it's incurable!

Just pick a date and start planning

 

[nidarosa]

My Beloved must also know the signs because he suggested I check the prices of flights first and then pick the dates accordingly ... which I did (under protest, obviously). Not only is this dis-ease chronic, it seems to be getting worse - we walked from Estella-Fisterra in Sept/Oct last year and the effect didn't last more than 6 months! I am leaving in a few days and still haven't finished packing and repacking, even though it will be my 11th time in Spain. I really envy @davebugg his always ready pack for emergency caminos ... I need to keep it light because my joints are getting a bit dodgy, so I keep an eye on the weather forecast as it creeps into my camino dates: Should I take the rain trousers or not? Pack only tights and skirts and no trousers? Drop the down jacket? And thus I shall dither until five minutes before I go.
Buen camino to all who are going and dreaming of going this year!

 

[domigee]

Should I take the rain trousers or not? Pack only tights and skirts and no trousers? Drop the down jacket? And thus I shall dither until five minutes before I go.

I was the same when packing for beginning of April! I ended up taking the down jacket too and I was VERY glad I did. Keep checking that weather forecast

 

[efdoucette]

So relatable.
When I'm on Camino I sometimes ask myself "Is this the last one?" to which I answer .. yeah probably .. it's an effort, gets harder every year, always get a blister, some loneliness as I miss my wife and family back home etc etc. all the negatives.
But I'm home for about a week and I'm on this forum again .. dreaming and planning. I've succumbed to the Camino life, it's who I am now, twice a year i go, it is such a big part of my life. And in reality, my family knows this and although they may not truly understand the "draw of the Camino", they support me and let me do me. To that I am thankful.
So, you can fight it if you want ...

 

[Pam Scott]

I find when I first finish a Camino I well that's the last but within weeks I'm planning my next one.!

 

[NorthernLight]

My Beloved must also know the signs because he suggested I check the prices of flights first and then pick the dates accordingly ... which I did (under protest, obviously). Not only is this dis-ease chronic, it seems to be getting worse - we walked from Estella-Fisterra in Sept/Oct last year and the effect didn't last more than 6 months! I am leaving in a few days and still haven't finished packing and repacking, even though it will be my 11th time in Spain. I really envy @davebugg his always ready pack for emergency caminos ... I need to keep it light because my joints are getting a bit dodgy, so I keep an eye on the weather forecast as it creeps into my camino dates: Should I take the rain trousers or not? Pack only tights and skirts and no trousers? Drop the down jacket? And thus I shall dither until five minutes before I go.
Buen camino to all who are going and dreaming of going this year!

All part of the addiction. I recommend drop the down jacket and go with a down vest and a merino wool top combo.

 

[nidarosa]

@NorthernLight Ah, but a down jacket I have, a down vest I have not, so it's all or nothing. It actually weighs less than my merino fleece so it might be a case of dithering between the two, in which case the down will probably win on pure snugglability.

 

[NorthernLight]

Well, we know what sales you'll be watching for between this pending and the next, don't we!

 

[Bob Chambers]

Having walked part of the Levant, Via de La Plata, and Sureste (Avila to Santiago) in 2013, I have the same pleasant fever, better called an obsession. For me there are several blocks to returning to Spain from Sydney in Oz. The air fares and for me at over 80, the cost of travel insurance, with some medical issues, which equals the air fare. My planning interrupted by some serious medical issues in previous years, hence the long delay in returning. Also, not many friends my age are now willing (or able?) to put up with me and the "joys" of a Camino. Planning and training to finally return in September, to walk the Primitivo - my air ticket sits on my desk. Too much time has elapsed between Caminos, so this time I'm sure my trip is heavily over planned.

 

[JohnMcM]

Ouch!

Just been bitten again.

Buen (returning) Camino

 

[domigee]

Having walked part of the Levant, Via de La Plata, and Sureste (Avila to Santiago) in 2013, I have the same pleasant fever, better called an obsession. For me there are several blocks to returning to Spain from Sydney in Oz. The air fares and for me at over 80, the cost of travel insurance, with some medical issues, which equals the air fare. My planning interrupted by some serious medical issues in previous years, hence the long delay in returning. Also, not many friends my age are now willing (or able?) to put up with me and the "joys" of a Camino. Planning and training to finally return in September, to walk the Primitivo - my air ticket sits on my desk. Too much time has elapsed between Caminos, so this time I'm sure my trip is heavily over planned.

I must admit, I am very (no, extremely) admirative from you people from ‘far away’ ....
I have lived in N-Z and... it is such a long journey to Europe
Enjoy your camino in September, including the ‘over planning’ (part of the fun isn’t it?).
Best wishes

 

[domigee]

You know it's incurable!

Just pick a date and start planning

I haven’t picked an exact date yet but... I have the approval of my other half (phew!) and I have planned
It’s only a short one, the end of the Chemin d’Arles (where I left off) and the Aragonés to Puente la Reina.
My problem will be ...stopping in Puente la Reina
Buen camino to all of you fellow sufferers

 

[Robo]

I haven’t picked an exact date yet but... I have the approval of my other half (phew!) and I have planned
It’s only a short one, the end of the Chemin d’Arles (where I left off) and the Aragonés to Puente la Reina.
My problem will be ...stopping in Puente la Reina
Buen camino to all of you fellow sufferers

That's a tough call........!

 

[Deleted member 67185]

I haven’t picked an exact date yet but... I have the approval of my other half (phew!) and I have planned
It’s only a short one, the end of the Chemin d’Arles (where I left off) and the Aragonés to Puente la Reina.
My problem will be ...stopping in Puente la Reina
Buen camino to all of you fellow sufferers

But Estella is just a short ways away from Puente La Reina....

 

[Robo]

But Estella is just a short ways away from Puente La Reina....

Absolutely! And then Los Arcos...........

 

[domigee]

You are so NOT helping!