As someone over 80, last Camino last Fall, and plotting for another, even with wonky knees and ever slower Kms per hour, I am constantly inspired by your determination, grit and wonderful writing abilities.
Please keep posting.
8:15 AM and there's already a short queue at the Pilgrim Office. And some people thinking that leaning their hiking poles against the wall is a place in the queue for two people. At least the French guy who wandered off for a coffee or something...
Day 34 - - Santiago de Compostela
Legs still feel a bit like death, so this was definitely, if not the right choice, at least the unavoidable consequence.
I have my little Mahou Verde ritual on the Cathedral squares at Burgos and Santiago, and...
I guess it comes down to the intent of the individual walking it.
The Camino itself is really just a collection of connected paths that are used to walk to Santiago.
Walking from Berlin there are numerous routes I can take, many of which are...
I am changing my mind. I don't need a full rest day with an afternoon and evening in an Albergue, and so there is no point staying in Arzúa ; but I still can't walk. Even tomorrow is iffy.
My only reasonable option is just face my need to take a...
I had the exact same impression in France this year, from people on the Arles and Piémont Ways, as well as a few from the Le Puy route who had deviated via Lourdes.
To be fair, most who were intending to finish at SJPP or Pamplona or so on...
I just walked this last month. Definitely an older crowd (I am 45), esp to Conques. Most of the people I met were older than me. Apparently if you walk in the summer there are more younger people when school is out of session.
I think a bigger...
At the SJPDP pilgrims' office we only register pilgrims. People who come just to ask for information are not recorded in our statistics.
I'm in charge of statistics
Definitely getting better.
I could probably force these legs to do a short 10K or something today, but there is clearly too much risk of recreating the injury.
If I were anywhere else on the Camino I wouldn't even be thinking about getting...
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