Should I Walk My Camino Alone - Camino de Santiago Alone
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- It's a common Camino question and a common Camino fear.
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TIMESTAMPS (in case you want to skip) 👇
0:00 Intro
2:06 Pros (GROUP TOUR/PRE-PLANNED)
4:31 Cons (GROUP TOUR/PRE-PLANNED)
7:04 Cons (WALKING WITH SOMEONE)
9:39 Pros (WALKING WITH SOMEONE)
11:54 Cons (WALKING ALONE)
15:11 Pros (WALKING ALONE)
18:39 Keynotes
19:47 Outro
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It's a common Camino question....and fear. Does it worry you? Or if you walked alone, how was it for you?
I think the big difference between walking alone or in a group is the people you meet. A group is more insular and this excludes, or reduces, interaction with random strangers. Being part of a group you always have people to talk to and deal with, such as “what is Spanish for Paracetamol?” I spent a week in France with my wife and another English couple, he spoke superb French and handled EVERY interaction. I felt like a two year old and started behaving like one. I didn’t need someone to order me a coffee but in saying so I was just being stroppy.
So I walk alone but am never lonely. I have met so many interesting, unusual, etc. people along the way. Some you want to walk with for a while, enjoy a meal with, but you both know you can say goodbye without rancour.
Another good discussion, thanks.
Great perspective 🙂
When I originally conceived of doing the Camino several years ago, I always pictured doing it with a friend, but I quickly moved toward doing it alone. As an introvert, and also wanting to take in the Camino atmosphere and unexpected moments, I think I will have more than enough interaction with other people as I walk along and stay in the albergues. I do have some nervousness about just getting over to Europe and managing the planes and trains alone, but everyone seems to find their way to the start of their Camino.
I can understand, if you are not used to International travel, it can seem a bit of a challenge. Particularly on your own. I enjoy it. It's all part of the Adventure. And being on my own, it's OK if I screw up and miss a bus or something. I have no one else to worry about. Just do lots of research on Google, so you know how to handle each key part of the journey. Finding the airport bus for Paris was one I needed to work out. What level t was on, what sign to look for, where to buy a ticket etc etc. Again, I find the planning all part of the adventure and it reduces anxiety when you travel, as you know what to expect and what to look out for.
10:57 Meeting up with somebody you only know online "A recipe for disaster!" I think you describe this perfectly.. I am bookmarking this so I can easily refer people to it.
¡Buen Camino!
LOL. Surprising how many consider it!
Thank you 😊
You're welcome 😊
I’m the same way Rob, I’m more social when I’m alone than when I’m with my husband. I feel constrained at times when I’m with him.
Thank you for another great video! I can’t wait to walk my first Camino some day soon 🤞🏻
Which route will it be do you think? 🙂
I would love to do the Frances 😃
Good overview Rob. Listening while I start laying out my gear for upcoming Camino Frances. Leaving Sydney 1 August. Hope you start planning your next one soon.
Yes, planning is underway. The 'plan' has been in place for 3 years! It's more a question of training, weight loss, surgery..............and book flights!
If you walk alone on the Camino there's always people to help you or to talk to if needs be.
The Frances maybe but certainly not all Camino routes
Very true......
I was very fortunate to walk with a longtime friend who I hadn’t seen in 5 years... same height/stride length, age and general fitness levels (hers a bit better than mine). She had planned our trip and planned very short stages... best thing ever! We had great life discussions and caught up. But ours was 9 days, not 35!
That sounds like it was a great journey. 🙂 I guess a longer one has a far greater potential to derail ! 😉
I laughed out loud when you said some people started walking with “long life friends” and I knew what you were going to say next 😂
Yes, it was a bit sad really......
Walked the Camino Portuguese with a friend last year and will be walking the Camino Frances this month (July / August 2022) alone. It'll be interesting to feel the difference. And it will be HOT!
Sure will be hot! It will e interesting to see how you find walking alone. Do let us know. We might have to do an interview when you get back 🙂
Good video Rob. I think it can be very, very problematic to walk with friends or in a group. Solo does give the freedom to take on the challenge at your own leisure. Some days though it is actually nice to have someone grab that water bottle for you from your pack without having to take the bag off! Or even someone else booking the next night accomodation ( the admin side of the Camino can be utterly exhausting).
I got back Saturday from solo walk - Camino de Madrid to Sahagun then the Frances to Santiago- would not recommend quiet routes solo for a first timer that’s for sure. And contrary to what I had heard ,the Frances was not super busy. Extraordinary how many more albergues and pensions on the route since I was last there in 2015. Some towns like El Acebo are now huge and have have a dozen or so options to stay instead of 2 when there last time. Amazing.
Good to hear the Frances was not too busy. Maybe because of the heat? Yes, El Acebo has a lot of places to stay now. I've often wondered what that big new Albergue on the far side of town is like. Well not that new. Must be 8-9 years old now! We stayed in the Trout House last time through there. www.gronze.com/castilla-y-leon/leon/acebo-san-miguel#albergues
@@robscamino yes we thought that too - the place is enormous and has spas and steam rooms but the wrong side of town. It looked completely empty when I walked past. I can’t se it surviving.
I did notice the cost - the Madrid was super cheap being in rural ( very rural) areas . A cafe con leche €1.30 usually and on the Frances at least €2. Still some basic pensions for €30/€40 which I thought was reasonable on the Frances.
TIMESTAMPS (in case you want to skip) 👇
0:00 Intro
GROUP TOUR/PRE-PLANNED
2:06 Pros
4:31 Cons
WALKING WITH SOMEONE
7:04 Cons
9:39 Pros
WALKING ALONE
11:54 Cons
15:11 Pros
18:39 Keynotes
19:47 Outro
Great topic Rob. The joy is that it’s completely up to you as a pilgrim. There are times you want to meet people & laugh & sing and then there are other times you just want to walk in your own thoughts. It’s your Camino. Take care
Very true. And having that option and flexibility is so valuable. There are certainly times I just want to be a lone with my thoughts. Maybe for a day or two. Other times when some company is just what is needed.
I walked alone on the trail about 50% of the time, new randomly met about 20% and those same people I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday with, the one's you actively plan to meet up with in certain towns and alberges the other 30% of the time.
I left SJPDP alone, and didn't see anyone else outside the town until the route split, a young women, about 30, with sandles clapping away. I said hello, just hello and walked on. Grabbing breakfast day 2, I arrived the same time as a Danish guy, I let him order first and asked to sit with him, he said yeah, a young woman saw a big table with free space and asked to join us. We chatted for too long, as we left I realised it was the same woman as day one. Us three were together everyday until Santiago. Strange, almost like it's meant to be, first people I opened up to were the ones I spent most of my time with. All us three preferred to walk alone for the majority of the time, as walked at the same pace, liked same distances and had the same preferences in waking up time and always eating out.
Those 'chance' meetings make the Camino journey very special don't they? 🙂
I did the last 5km to town with many people of a tour group one day about two weeks in. They didn't know you could just turn up and get a bed, I had only booked the first night and none of the subsequent places. Also didn't know how I could carry my bag, it's easier than their day packs since I have a hip strap. I know personally that I would have less accomplishment felt as I look at a map with every town I slept in with a pin knowing that I walked from the first pin to the last with no transport every step was my own carrying exactly what's on my back stopping where I wanted to and when.
Great perspectives. And I suppose many people, like those you met, just go ahead and book a Camino 'tour' like a regular holiday. Not realising there are other ways to do it.....
Compromise isn't selfish.
Apart from that, people you can walk with are those who have the same K distance more or less daily, and similar hourly, and whom you are temperamentally compatible with.
I'd say though that it's a good idea to walk one alone, one in company, then any others according to taste.
Great point Julian. Try both ways!
Nobody walks the Camino alone. In the first 8 hours you will meet people that will be with you the rest of the journey.
Yes.........if you want to or not! 🙂 Not so much on the more remote routes of course...
@@robscamino I've had experience with the "not" group, but they were very friendly about it..lol
I always walk alone. Walks like Cape Wrath you will hardly meet a soul. On the Camino lots of people to engage with if you want to and regular coffee stops. Or you can find the space and walk your own Camino
Very true. Though getting harder on the popular routes.
@@robscamino Rob whilst walking the Camino Francis in the driving rain about 9 o’clock in the evening. I met a big Icelander ploughing on a great speed in the rain. As we shared pleasantries he stomped off again muttering this was not a proper walk but a wine and dine event!! Mind you at that time of night and in the weather, we had the trail to ourselves!!
@@johnhutchison2268 He obviously didn't do his research! I often call a Camino a food and wine tour 🙂
My husband will follow me with the car but during the day I will walk alone ...is it safe for a 67 y/o lady ? I speak Spanish.
Which route? The Frances? Yes, very safe. Great that you speak Spanish! You can chat with the locals.
If the Camino Frances, yes! I just got home and there were several ladies enroute who I believe were about that age or in their 70’s. Might be good to make friends early on and exchange numbers on WhatsApp so you have someone looking for you every few days. Spanish is extremely helpful...
@@robscamino Thank you Rob yes , I speak the languages (Spanish and Gallego) and my ancestors are all from Galicia , I was born in Argentina now I'm Australian since 1982.. I'll do the camino in memory of my parents and grandparents who walk miles, everywhere in their lives. I enjoy all your videos ..
@@jamlittlefield I have changed my plan and I will do the Camino Portuguese because all my relatives live close to Santiago and south of Santiago ..
@@rudymazar8666 Thanks, glad you like them
Camino should be walked ALONE!!
You are on a pilgrim journey!!!
my opinion😊
Certainly I find it more fulfilling on my own. I'm not sure there is a rule though that says Pilgrimages must be a lone journey. Or is there? 🙂
Indeed, if we look at the definition of Pilgrimage. "Often solitary" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrimage
I don't believe that one's pilgrimage is any less valid if walking with another or others. There's certainly argument to be made that many of the key takeaways I had would have been achieved if bot for every decision up to that point wasn't my own. Example, I tried to be as simple as possible only saying in the most basic accommodation, no intenet or listening to music on headphones the entire time. I totally appreciate the simplicity I put on myself but for none of those same reasons.
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