Wednesday, 30 July 2014
Sunday, 20 July 2014
50 DAYS TO GO
How observant have you been? Has anyone noticed that I
have 'lost' two days on my countdown?
I have been having lots of thoughts about when the Camino
begins. I have now come to the conclusion that the Camino has 3 stages. The
first stage is research and preparation. For me this preparation has been a LONG
time. I have wanted to walk the Camino
for as long as I can remember but I would say that my first stage started on 1
January 2013. It was then that I made a New Years resolution to walk the Camino
in September 2013 and so the preparation began.
In March 2013 David had a change of heart from "you
must be mad to want to walk 850km" to "I think I would like to walk
with you". This resulted in delaying my pilgrimage because David would
have to wait until September 2014 to be able to get away from work for two
months.
Back to my lost two days. We have been counting down the
days until the day we start walking i.e. 10 September. But now, because, in my mind, stage one of
the Camino is the preparation, my preparation must be completed by the time we
walk out of my front door to start the Camino.
On to stage two of the Camino. Stage two will be the
actual Camino journey, a journey which starts when we close the front door to
leave for the airport. Stage two then continues until we complete our actual
Camino. This may be in Santiago de Compostela or hopefully we will reach
Finisterre or Muxia. It is the point where we stop walking.
And then there is stage three. This is after the Camino.
People say the Camino changes you, that it is hard to get back to everyday
life. Stage 3 is learning to combine your Camino experience with everyday life.
Putting into action the results of your pilgrimage and maybe even planning your
next Camino :)
So for those of you who have not worked out my lost 2
days, my countdown of days is the remaining number of preparation days and
that will be completed on Monday 8 September when we close our front door
behind us and fly off to face our adventure.
Friday, 11 July 2014
60 DAYS TO GO
The Passport Saga
I have been quiet lately, the reason being, I was starting to worry that my Camino would not be happening! To cut a long story short, I applied to renew my passport on 5 May expecting it to take about two weeks and it finally arrived yesterday!
My preparation is going well although I am not getting in as much walking as I feel I should be doing. Hopefully I will be able to up my walks over the next few weeks.
My kit is coming together nicely and is weighing about 5.5kg including my hiking poles. I am very happy that I have managed to get to this weight - I wonder what I have forgotten.
I have been quiet lately, the reason being, I was starting to worry that my Camino would not be happening! To cut a long story short, I applied to renew my passport on 5 May expecting it to take about two weeks and it finally arrived yesterday!
My preparation is going well although I am not getting in as much walking as I feel I should be doing. Hopefully I will be able to up my walks over the next few weeks.
My kit is coming together nicely and is weighing about 5.5kg including my hiking poles. I am very happy that I have managed to get to this weight - I wonder what I have forgotten.
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