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slower than my usual pace but the conversation holds me back he is on an interesting camino he started from his home in belgium he has been walking for 3 months and is camping along the way we chat a lot about hiking and hiking with kids he and his partner have lived some very interesting chapters in their lives having taken the kids out of school for various long adventures in the world after a few hours we hit the first town and i bid a buen camino to jan as i need to stop for some supplies this camino i am focussing a lot on how i fuel and the quality of said fuel i have in the past stopped in cafes along the way but this past year i have become quite conscious about my own health and nutrition once entering the midlife phase things change it fitness and nutrition become have non negotiable in feeling good and being able to do all the things i love recovery and energy need not only sleep but also good fuel i like to be able to feel strong and to bounce back in the morning once again i find myself attune to myself and choosing what i need and this feels good sometimes it is a challenge along a camino to walk on without feeling some sort of guilt not everyone understands that walking alone or off solo is not a reflection on them they are not mutually exclusive at various times i have been questioned about my need to walk on faster or alone silly what we get questioned about isn t it i would never question someone about their need to walk with someone as though it is weird we are all just different there is a harmony in accepting the differences in others rather than presuming there is a correct way don t you think how simpler it would be if we released others from our own expectations of how to be obviously i am not talking about crazy war mongers here or those who hurt people we should have expectations of people being decent and moral humans i ponder some of these thoughts while i treat myself to a picnic lunch on a bench seat after climbing up and out of pretty picturesque town i wonder about something else every time i walk people ask me who looks after the kids or how do you get away for weeks to walk do you think i asked jan this spoiler i didn t he has young kids he is not the first man i have met that is walking for months on end women though we are held to a different account even if the intention is not a judgement it is still always asked and why is it only asked of women no wonder we have to work so hard to learn to drop guilt as a response to our choices always we are expected to defend or answer to our choices if they are a bit different to what has been normalised for women bugger that there is an alternate walk today that is along the coast i decide to take this walk as the coastline here is just so wild and beautiful really wow breath this in kind of scenery as i am walking i see a pilgrim in the distance i snap some shots to share with him later when i catch up i recognised him as an irish pilgrim lets call him liam sometimes i rename people for privacy i had briefly chatted with him at a rest stop earlier he was also one of the internationals at la gloria the night before i always love chatting with irish hikers we lived in ireland for 6 months at one time and it was one of my favourite life experiences so many warm hearts as i catch up we begin to try to navigate the path together as it is somewhat hidden by brambles as it is not an actual trail there are no way markers at one point we climb back up the hill and attempt to walk along the railway line but both of us feel a bit nervous of this as it is an actual working rail line we again navigate a wired fence with our packs and climb back down to try to find the coastal path amongst the cows as we are walking we talk a lot liam tells me about his reasons for walking and i am humbled by this experience we never know someone until we talk to them i have walked enough caminos now to know that i can never prejudge someone or presume to know them by making up a story in my head about who they are the thing about caminos is that you never know who you will get to know walk with or meet over dinner age is never a limiting factor on a camino and i meet people from all over the world with such different life experiences and stories it feels rich today i realise that being interesting and staying interested is a real type of wealth in a world focussed on acquiring and collecting things this thing interesting is a currency that i want to focus on and collect at one point the path is not visible at all liam has shorts on so i volunteer to try what looks like a possible path that is muddy and bramble covered my legs won t get scratched in trying it one foot in and i sink second foot in and i am up to my ankles in mud wait or am i is it oh god it is it is a river of cow shit a literal river of shit and i am fecking ankle deep at this point we are both laughing so hard i think i will cry needless to say liam didn t follow me and i backtracked out well this a moment i will not forget after navigating the coastal path we meet up with some others that liam knows from previous days pilgrims from germany and canada we all walk into pendueles where i have pre booked a private room at another private albergue the pilgrims all decide to check in here as there is dorm style accommodation i did have ambitions of blogging this camino live but that idea has been thrown out the window i will walk this walk fully present and also use my evenings to unfold as they do if i was to commit to blogging each night i wouldn t be able to relax or eat sleep and do what is needed so a few journal notes and an instagram post each night will keep my thoughts secure until i return home to write up my camino experience up in full another day under my belt and my toes are happy i am walking with a kind of plastic toe wedge between my big and first toe i don t want to share a photo for your sake also i am using a toe cover in the places i got a blister last time there is no friction between my toes foot care is real and vital to a good experience we all have different rituals and while on this camino this is how i managed the hot spot where i have become prone to a blister i have since upgraded to toe socks no additional extra precautions required i wish i had know about toe socks earlier live and learn always something to learn highlight definitely just the feeling that since the last camino i have really embedded some of the lessons from the women i met into how i do things now this has been a gift of walking this camino in stages walk reflect live walk again a little wiser ho hum life with throw you shit the choice is how you react camino camino del norte camino family hiking pilgrimage sharing stories spain travel women who adventure camino del norte camino hiking uncategorized camino del norte day 15 comillas to serdio june 1 2026 frances 6 comments moving forward is the only way to go pa lante es pa llà date 9th june 2024 section comillas to serdio region cantabria distance 18 65 km average temp 25 degrees time on the trail 5 45 hours ascent 420m decent 334m staying serdio hosteria el corralucu rural guest house right on the camino way 55 for a double room with breakfast clean comfortable big rooms a bit of noise from the room upstairs but not crazy a small blink and you ll miss it town with a good cafe for dinner just a few minutes walk away called la gloria recommend yes instagram link to extra photos and daily caption today yes i am back on the camino almost a year later and back in comillas where i left off last time gosh my toes were so injured last time that i really wasn t sure if i would make it back no gel polish this time insert hand over face emoji here it was a first for me to have to stop to really just stop i wasn t even sure if i would want to come back but after writing up the last stage of my camino i felt the familiar call i am not finished here it s still unfinished business for me there is still some 400 odd kms to go so here i am ready to walk another 120 of them i arrived last night after walking to the station from my home training to the airport flying into bilbao alsa bus to santander and then onto comillas via a local bus at the bus stop in santander i noticed a lady that i had also seen on the plane we started chatting as you do when you look like you re here for the same thing the hiking pants backpack and poles are a giveaway her name was jenny and she was dutch and was also making her way to comillas where she too had left off last time so random she also has four kids and takes off from time to time to walk long walks funny don t you think a classic camino style coincidence and right from the get go this is going to be interesting i thought to myself for sure i am meant to be here we talked about where we were staying and she was planning the wing it type camino that is she will just land somewhere and find a place to stay i was doing it a bit different this time i had pre booked the first three nights and have planned continue doing this and to have my own room rather than share with people i don t know in this phase of my life i just need my sleep i also need a little more privacy to deal with being a woman in midlife who now needs hrt glasses and space when i have walked all day i was also very tentative about my toes could they still do this day in day out walking i had whole rituals prepared for this and 7 days of walking to find out of course it is a little more expensive this way but i planned to be organised with food supplies and i am here for a week not a month so it is manageable this camino i am very curious about what i like really like now and of what i think really think now i want to practice making decisions and having a point of view that is less bendy to that of others i want to remain flexible and spontaneous of course and open to new ideas and perspectives but i want to be able to choose the energy i give and the energy i take with more care like laurence from france who i wrote about in my last post she was so good at that all the strong women i met on the last stage of this camino were it was the theme naturally the camino being the camino it didn t give me much time before i had my first experience to test myself jenny was having trouble locking down a dorm room in comillas i could offer to share my pre booked double but deep down i just wanted to start on my own way there were other rooms available and she was not going to be stuck there was also the option of staying in santander and bussing into comillas early the next day always decisions when you walk a long walk like life still though even as i write this it doesn t sound very of the camino spirit however it felt like i need to to choose myself in this moment look she may well not have wanted to share with a stranger but still this showed me how hard it is to choose myself sometimes and to not overthink it i might still be overthinking it uuurgh after a delicious dinner a good night sleep in comillas and with a backpack loaded with fresh food and supplies for the day i was off off in the rain ha ha the rain in spain of course sun in summer is not a given in the north of spain there is a reason it is known as green spain you need rain for green it wasn t unpleasant i was giddily happy to be walking again and the rain was only in the morning there were the firsts the firsts of the normal things you expect on a camino del norte day the first café con leche the first ocean views and the first of the pilgrims or as i like to call them the camino characters and they happened all at once at my first stop at a beach cafe the coffee was so very welcome after 10kms of walking and just a bread roll and some fruit to start the day the ocean views as always had me grinning from ear to ear and the pilgrims well they were very interesting indeed an older couple who were oxford university professors you just never know who you will share a coffee with along a camino honestly i don t know where else i would randomly just have a coffee with a couple of professors let alone from oxford it was a grand start as the walk went on once again i was just enamoured by the overgrown every things the animals in the paddocks the constant of the ocean to my right and the rolling hills and farms to my left life is good dang i am glad to be back i happily walked solo today and cherished every single moment the milder weather made for a comfortable day of walking and as always it feels like the ultimate luxury to have this time and space to just walk it just feels like me being me note to self maybe this is a clue for me in narrowing down my ikigai i arrived in at sergio in the early afternoon and was so grateful my guest house was right on the camino way this makes everything so easy i was able to check in shower and rest before heading out to dinner there was only one cafe in the town la gloria it was just a few minutes away my feet are in excellent shape toes are fine and i happily strolled down in my best evening wear the socks and sandals this will be no surprise to those who know me this is my absolute favourite hiker chic attire the menu of the day menu del dia with the local favourite bean stew was perfect for the end of this long hiking day meal in the restaurant i got talking to ted and bobbie from the us and i heard a number of other accents around the cafe bobbie had walked this camino before and she was walking this time with husband while i only met the two professors along the way today this cafe stop in this tiny town showed me there are others around i do wonder who will the camino put in my path along this walk and what lessons are in store for me this time around no expectations i will just walk highlight all the firsts in that one spot on the beach coffee connection and the cantabrian sea ho hum imagine a place where things happen not because of an algorithm created to sell you something but because you re out living your life ikigai a japanese concept that translates to a reason for being or a reason to wake up in the morning it represents the intersection of purpose meaning and joy bringing value and fulfillment to your life camino camino del norte camino family hiking pilgrimage sharing stories spain travel women who adventure camino del norte camino hiking uncategorized not always sure where i am going but i am on the way may 31 2026 frances 9 comments ahh the camino though what a brilliant guide book it is to life every camino has always reminded me of what matters of who i am of what i need to be considering and it s challenged me to reflect deeply each long day along the ancient paths an opportunity for the camino to work it s magic by providing the moments experiences people and the possibilities needed for such introspection always i am reminded to meet myself exactly where i am in life and really is there any other place we should be hiking the camino del norte has been my...