ISG: for what it may be worth, I lived in Singapore (Holland Road) for nine years. I never wore a hat nor carried an umbrella during my time there. While the equatorial humidity can be oppressive, the sun and drier heat of Spain can be searing...
There's some more flavour from my part here :
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/an-unexpected-pilgrimage-2024-intermediary-in-my-home-to-home.87354/post-1277140
I have made my first steps towards getting back onto this, and I am setting out from Santiago this morning to hitch-hike back to where I can start the fifth and final stage of this Camino.
So in the broader sense, my Way back Home has begun...
Day 36
Mostly a rest day. I had hand washed my clothes, but then the Hospitaleros washing machined them for me, which is great for settling off this morning towards France.
Other than that, most of the day was just hanging about, except ...
It was fun !!
Good to see Bill and Jen again, meet Johnny Walker finally, see a couple of other pilgrims again, meet some new people and some that I only knew from online, and the film itself is lovely.
Capsule 100% spoiler-free "review" - - it...
Johnnie Walker has just posted a notice on Facebook about a free screening of Bill Bennett's new Camino film in Santiago on 23 July. The director will be present at the event.
Day 35
The best thing about the day is that my ankles are getting back to pretty much normal. Hooray !!
The Albergue I found is in the outskirts, about halfwayish towards Monte do Gozo, and this morning I was able to hike out here with my...
Sadly people still attempt it though. No idea how often someone has told me that route X is "not as good as the Camino Frances" because it does not have the same infrastructure or is too expensive or is too quiet or.... So many people seem to...
Quickly yes, but in any case I have a disability, so that I am eligible despite that.
If that had not been the case, well, none of this situation would have existed in the first place, because it is the disability that flared up about three days...
Well, I have my Compostela, I have a spot at the Pilgrims Lunch too (only big thing I had failed to do so far on my Home to Home Camino), and I have found a bed for tonight.
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