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It definitely can happen to anyone, and does more often than we realize on the Camino. This thread with 20 posts shows many stories of aborted Caminos. I have often read threads of ankle, foot, knee and hip injuries sending people home early...
I also have a couple of Camino related stories to share, having made eight trips to Europe (of many) for the sole purpose of walking various Caminos.
In 2019 on the Fisherman's Trail in Portugal, I tripped over a mostly embedded rock and was...
All great stories and examples of great healthcare resources. I was in the waiting room of an orthopedic clinic in Colorado a month or so ago. My wife was seeing a specialist about some skiing related knee discomfort. I listened to an extended...
I just wanted to add some information that may be of interest to what I originally wrote above. We left on our journey on March 12th and were to return home on April 23rd. Most of our trip had nothing to do with walking a path. When we were to...
@Charles Ross , I feel for your partner and yourself. It’s rough. I’m currently in hospital with exactly the same issue. Two days ago I was walking the Jakobsweg (Camino) here in Germany, with just one and a half days to go. Trod on a concealed...
I'm so sorry that this happened. I also had a Camino ending injury in Portugal in 2022 - right after I came out of isolation from Covid! I was all alone when I broke my wrist when I slipped and fell on a jetty (it was the afternoon, and I had...
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It was in 990AD that Pope John XV announced that Ziggy was to be appointed the 27th Archbishop of Canterbury. So, over 1000 years ago, and there had been 26 Archbishops already....Blimey.
Ziggy had been educated at Glastonbury Abbey...
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