Here I am in the full kit with my huge raincoat, which covers me and my 11 kilo pac (inlcudes 2 small front pacs), my Pacer poles, and my little woolen cap on (this means it is very cold! and wet!).
Que lindo!
El Camino in the Pyrenees:
On the first night I stayed at the refuge at Hountos and on the second night at Orisson, both still in France. This is what the weather looked like on the morning of my first serious day of walking as I stepped out from the refuge at Orisson on the 10th of June:
It was a difficult day, so hard that I decided that if I got to Roncesvalles that day without collapsing, or freezing, I would be able to do the Camino. And it was oh! so beautiful!!!:
Fortunately, I walked with three lovely German girls: Cecilia, Monica and Gerte, and Herman, who were very strong and brave, and willed me to keep going. I so wish I had taken their photos; and in the end I did get to Roncesvalles, on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees....
And today is June the 9th, and I am still on the Camino, but in Leon, where I am waiting for my glasses to be repaired! I hope to get to Santiago at the latest by the 25th of June....how? I don´t know yet.... according to my book, it is 326.1 km away :-) Some people can walk 25 to 30 km a day easily, but it is a little harder for me....my old ankle gets very sore and swollen after about 18 km, and needs ibuprofen, a rest and a lot of coaxing to get it going the next day!
Until the next blog which may be quite a while away.... it depends on whether the small towns have fast enough internet and more than one computer you see.
Love to all,
Clarisa Peregrina
3 comments:
Clarisa, you are my hero!! First the smoking, then the weight, then the injury - nothing stopped you from making your dream come true!!
After this you must know that there is NOTHING you can't achieve: nothing that you can't tackle: nothing can ever be too hard.
Big pilgrim hug girl.
Sil
It is 2 weeks since you last posted Clarisa - hopefully everything is OK and you are very close to Santiago by now i would imagine. Hope you have had a wonderful camino and look forward to reading all about it here on your blog. cheers, Jane
Clarissa,
Enjoyed reading your blog. Just catching up after returning from the Portugues, can sympathise with you about the weather. Santiago can't be far away now. Well done. Rose Louise
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