Ina on Camino Ingles

Took myself in my car to Lannion train station in the middle of the afternoon. Left the car in the car park and went by train to Rennes - changed trains in Guingamp. Shortly before  9 pm   took a coach  destined for Bilbao and changed coach in Bordeaux   at 2:30 am . This was a coach which came from Paris to O Porto. It set me down in A Coruña half an hour ago. And I am now sitting in a local bus going to Ferrol where I will start walking tomorrow. Uneventful trip except that I tend to worry a lot when I do not have a lot of time between buses and the bus I am in runs late. However all has been going very well.  Once arrived in Spain this has been quite a memory trip. On my first camino 13 years ago when I walked all the way from home to the Cap de Finisterre via Santiago I followed the Camino del Norte which largely follows the coast and is intertwined with the route nacional and the autovia. So I recognised many places where I had walked, alone and also with m...

 

 Hola! I am preparing a new camino, the Inglès, 110 km starting from Ferrol on the north coast of Galicia. The reason for this walk is to try and find out why I had a problem with my left knee and with my left big toe when I walked with my daughter Andrea from Córdoba to Mérida in May. It is also a way to find out whether I can still do a camino alone, completely, not only the planning, but also the walking, the checking in to albergues/hostels/hotels, finding places to eat in the evening, etc, etc. In 2017 I walked the Camino de Torres from Salamanca - two weeks alone before I was joined by Andrea in Lamego.  Since then every year I have always walked my whole camino with at least one of my children. Although I always did the planning they are much better at  finding nice restaurants, organising taxis, etc. – especially Andrea who is very efficient, very fast, doing it all on her phone and I comfortably let her. So now I am slightly stressed. My pack is packed. I h...