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I belong to several Facebook groups dedicated to the Camino de Santiago. From time to time people recommend various books, usually guides or memoirs. One day someone recommended a novel, the first by author Rachel Joyce called The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. She promised it captured many of the experiences of the Camino plus…
As it turns out, the first night was the only one where I had a strong enough signal to connect to the internet long enough to upload a blog post. Spotty service is a good word. It allowed for messaging via WhatsApp and Facebook so at least I was able to assure my family I…
Greetings from the Meseta! Today is my second day of walking. Yesterday I walked for three hours or so. I took my time since I never trained with my pack. That was foolish because the load got very heavy after a couple hours, but thankfully I’m not sore this morning.
I’m getting ready for my second camino. I’ll be leaving sometime this week. I’m not sure when because I’m waiting for the weather forecast to firm up. I don’t mind walking in a little rain, but thunderstorms are another matter!
People walk the Camino for a variety of reasons, but first and foremost it’s a Pilgrimage. When you walk with an open heart and an open mind you might be surprised by what you’ll experience.
The Camino Frances is over 700 kilometers long, broken into a number of stages. The stages typically end in a town large enough to contain plenty of beds to sleep in and one or two places to eat. The length of the suggested stage depends on the difficulty of the day’s walk, but it’s usually somewhere…
When I bought my backpack I turned to my husband Rick, the former Army guy, to help me get it fitted properly. His advice? ¨Pack light because you will learn to hate the load.¨ So I carefully planned my camino packing list.
There are many people who decide on a whim to drop everything and spend 6 weeks or so walking across Spain. I’m not one of them! I’ve been preparing for the Camino for almost a year; physically, mentally and spiritually. At this point I have to trust that my efforts have been sufficient, because I leave tomorrow.
Next week I’m leaving to hike a section of the Camino Francés, part of a network of pilgrimage routes that end in Santiago de Compostela and are collectively called The Camino de Santiago. The modern route of the Francés exists today thanks to the efforts of Don Elías Valiña Sampedro who in the 1980’s researched the ancient…
