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Camino Frances Elevation Map

Camino Frances elevation map. Starting on the left at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France, the high peak is the path on which we cross over the Pyrenees Mountains into Spain. All those little peaks.. I promise you, don’t seem like little ups and downs when you’re huffing and puffing along.
And this is the path we walk on the Camino Frances. After 5-6 weeks of walking all day, and always walking west, the left arm and side of the face takes a beating in the sun!
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Map of my 2019 Camino

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This was my 2019 camino. You can see the gap around Leon (where I took the train because I was going too slow to finish before my flight home) and then the gaps going into Santiago.. where I was walking/not walking with pneumonia. I kept my phone on all the time and was connected to google so John could track and see where I was. Hopefully, I’m going back in Sept 2021 and will start over.. this time with no gaps 😉 The dots follow me on my walk.
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Scotland’s Great Trails

Exploring Scotland’s Great Trails. Looking at three that connect, south to north: Clyde Walkway, West Highland Way, Great Glen Way. Total 344 km/ 215 miles. I’d go slow with a rest day between each trail, so would probably be about 23 days.
At least one region along the Camino Frances in Spain is closed until May. That means all those with spring plans will show up in the fall when I had planned. I’m thinking it will be an accommodation nightmare, so I’m looking at 2021 alternatives.
The map is taken from a Scotland Great Trails map.

https://www.scotlandsgreattrails.com/?fbclid=IwAR1mBJRNFCPsRzOmMn2RSeyfOPBQKL9o5lex0Hxq0fQ6DmIPcMteiYT5Kds

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Long Distance U.S. Trails

A big part of walking the Camino is planning and anticipating. For me, it is much more difficult to stay on the trail with significant miles without a goal. I’ve begun focus on America’s Long Trails. I don’t anticipate an entire trail, but some sections would be fun and challenging.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-distance_trails_in_the_United_States?fbclid=IwAR3c_4je9avJiCKgFbovUgL8e0nq4ljSu5iYG0Qs2M-bHKZiuwO78c_Hsxg

Click the link above to see the entire list.

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Erie Canal Path

We considered walking the Canal Path from Buffalo to Syracuse, but it’s still COVID time. It was fun planning for it and learning more about the path.

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Buffalo to Syracuse on the Erie Canal Path

https://www.ptny.org/cycle-the-erie-canal/trail-map

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This is the path the mules used to pull the barges. Here are the mules working on this path in 1907.
Erie Canalway Trail. Riverwalk (Niawanda Park) Tonawanda, NY (which is Buffalo)
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October 10 Triacastela to Sarria – hills

Ok. Tomorrow, October 11, I arrive in Sarria. This is significant for a number of reasons.

 (1) Many (most?) start their Camino in Sarria because if you are walking, this 100 kilometers to Santiago is the minimum distance needed to obtain a Compostela in Santiago.

 (2) The path will become much busier. Those who have been walking for weeks have a quietness about them. Sharing and caring, but less “chatty.” We are not as giddy as we were as we crawled up that mountain in the Pyrenees our first days. And we know each other.

 (3) We need to be mindful of our attitude. We need to take a moment and recall our own questions and trepidation’s those first days and take the time to answer and calm as we were helped by those in their 2nd, 3rd, 4-7th caminos did for us.