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Hi Alma! Thank you for watching and adding your helpful comment! I just finished walking the Via Podiensis and am now a reformed believer in gaiters. It easily rained half of the total of 35 days. The rain and mud that I had to walk through was impressive. From now on, I’ll be walking with over the shoe gaiters. So grateful I had waterproof boots! Bon Chemin!

Hi ShazWag! I do hope you will walk. It will make an impression on you that will last a lifetime. Here are the steps that I took: 1. Google Camino de Santiago and look at the many routes. Then, pick “The French way.” 😉 (I really do believe that it’s the best first Camino). 2. Order a guide book. This will help you determine the length of each day and where you hope to sleep each night. 3. Decide how long you can walk. If you can devote about 6 weeks, you can walk from Saint John Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela. If you don’t have that much time to walk, decide how much time you do have and calculate your entry point. At a minimum, you will want to join the Camino in Sarria, 10 walking days to Santiago. 4. Plan on starting with fewer miles in your first days and plan a rest day every 5 to 7 days. 5. Decide what time of year you want to walk. I recommend end of August through mid-October for the entire French Way. The weather was great! 6. Make reservations for a room or a bed for all of the night up to and including your first rest day. Make reservations up to and including your second rest day on your first rest day. Then, repeat this process across your Camino. Or, you can book your Camino through a travel company. Just typing Camino de Santiago into Google is going to result in advertisements for several such companies. 7. Start watching CZcams videos on shoes, backpacks, packing, etc. 8. Arrive at your entry point and start walking 😃🥾🇪🇸 Buen Camino!

Hooray, Suzanna!!! Bon Chemin! 😃🥾🇫🇷 Thank you for watching and offering such kind words. Mid-September should be just lovely! I expect the weather in September to be predictably nice. I hope you will let me know how it goes for you.

Hi Rita! Thank you for joining me!!! Your support is greatly appreciated 💕 Bon Chemin! 🥾

Hi Baby! I would absolutely do the Camino Frances again! I would be happy to do it tomorrow!!! I don’t know that anything can top it or compare to it for the full “Camino experience.” Thank you for watching and supporting my walking channel 😃💕🥾. Buen Camino!

Hi Margaret! I am very glad that I walked The Camino Frances first. That was the walk that set my heart on fire. The Camino and the Chemin are very different. It’s fun and interesting to do both. Thank you for watching and supporting what I am doing with my little channel. God willing, I’ll keep walking! Buen Camino!

@@kbhothothot Thanks again for replying. Im afraid I have another question for you....I love the way you have presented your videos and 'slide show'. Not being particularly IT savvy, was that putting photos onto a slide show then uploading the slide show to your channel? I dont intend having a public channel, most likely only for my family and close friends, but would love to do it in a similar way as yours.

Hi Margaret! Thank you for your kind review of my little videos. I am currently using iMovie to make the videos. This app makes it super easy to drop videos and photographs from my iPhone photos app into a video that contains both. Then I add the music. That’s it! Bon Chemin!

Hi Lauren! You just gave me the biggest, warmest smile! Thank you for watching and offering your kind words🙏 I do hope you let me know your thoughts on Hadrian’s Wall. I am hoping to get there and The West Highland Trail next year. I also hope you walk the Camino through Spain. It is indeed special! Buen Camino!

Hi Jamie! Thank you for your support! Your friends will find the Via Podiensis much too easy, after the AT! Bon Chemin!

Bonjour Ana! Merci beaucoup! 🙏💕🥾 Bon Chemin!

Hi Diane! Thank you!!! I’m grateful for your support 🙏. With lots of love, Bon Chemin!!!

Hi Margaret! Thank you very much!!! I appreciate you walking with me! Bon Chemin! 🙏💕🥾🇫🇷

Hi Nene! Thank you for your support!!! It means a lot to me 🙏💕 Bon Chemin! 🥾🇫🇷

Hi Margaret! There are no easy days on Chemin! Janet’s pack looks bigger than it is because her pack cover is bigger than her pack. Bon Chemin! 💕🥾😊

Hi Lola!!! Thank you for watching and commenting! Bon Chemin (and, You are my Sunshine!) 🙏❤️🥾🇫🇷🥐🍷

Bon Chemin! 🙏😊💕🇫🇷🥾

Hi Margaret! Thank you for your kind well wishes! It was my favorite day! 😃 Bon Chemin!

Hi Karen! Brilliant suggestion! Thank you for watching and contributing! Buen Camino!

Hi Tami! Thank you for watching and your well wishes! I am over the food poisoning and feeling better than ever. Today was great 😃 Bon Chemin!

Hi Kathryn! Today, Day 30, was better than good. It was my favorite day, yet 😃 Thank you for your kind words. I’m back on trail and fit as a fiddle! Bon Chemin!

Hi Kelton! Thank you for watching! Today, Day 30, was amazing 😃 Bon Chemin!

Thank you, Rita! Spent the entire day in bed. Tomorrow really needs to be better! Bon Chemin!

Hi Rita! They are very different! Bon Chemin! 🙏💕😊🥾🇫🇷

Hi Rita! Thank you for walking by my side! I appreciate your company 🙏💕😊 Bon Chemin!

Hi Rita! Every one of them is stunning! Thank you for watching 🙏 Bon Chemin!

Hi Baby! Thank you 🙏 Bon Chemin! 💕🥾🇫🇷

Thank you, Denise! Bon Chemin 💕🥾🙏

Hi Baby! Thank you! 🙏💕😊

Hi Baby! It’s about to get warm. It’s been high sixties to low seventies. Forecast calls for temperatures in the eighties this week, with more rain over the coming weekend. Slog ahead! Thank you for watching! Bon Chemin!

Hi Baby! I feel very safe on my own on Camino and Chemin. The local people really do watch out for you. I haven’t had a moment of concern. Thank you for your very good question 🙏 Bon Chemin!

Hi Little Sita! Getting to watch that dog work was one of my favorite moments! Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏 Bon Chemin!

Hi Rita! The differences are really big! I am putting my thoughts together now for a video all about that. I like them both, but I find “The Camino experience” much easier to get ahold of in Spain. I would d this again. I really wish I were walking all the way to Santiago, after I reach SJPDP. I would definitely change that! I would walk 12 weeks and go from Le Puy to Santiago. 100%. It’s going to be hard to leave without doing that. It’s going to feel incomplete for me.

Thank you, Baby 🙏💕 Bon Chemin!

Hi Twigs! Cute little fella! Surprised you don’t see the resemblance 😉 Bon Chemin!

Thank you, Baby! Bon Chemin 🙏💕😊

Hi Baby! This is a great question that I actually have very strong feelings about! Your feet are everything on Chemin and Camino!!! I wear REI silk sock liners (not the polyester ones) and Darn Tough merino wool socks. I think this is an unbeatable combination. After 20 days, I have only experienced one blister. And, that’s on a toe that insists on hiding under another toe. That one little piggy 🐷 is always going to be a problem. Bon Chemin!

Oh! Shoes: I am wearing Keens mid-level boots this year. I chose them because of their wide toe-box and cool heel grip on the inside back of the boot. My left foot has been happily cruising in these since the first day. My right foot developed plantar fasciitis after a week. I don’t think it’s the boot. I think my prescription orthotic inserts need to be updated. A 500 mile walk will ultimately change the shape of your feet. I should have gotten new orthotics after completing the French Way in ‘22. Love my Keens 💕🥾😎 Bon Chemin!

@@kbhothothot 🤣😂😘…great, thank you!!

And, much appreciated! Thank you, Baby! Bon Chemin!

Hi Margaret! I would love to know the answer to that question!!! Today, the issue is getting to the edge of town (big city) vs getting to my Gîte/alberge, etc. The bigger the city, the farther the walk. Bon Chemin!

Hi Rita! The phone booth made me cry, but I made a “call.” Bon Chemin!

Hi Sheena! Thank you for watching! Bon Chemin!

Hi Rita! The one that licked my kneecap clean really made me laugh! Bon Chemin!

Hi Rita! My friend Cris had wet socks the entire way! She is very clever! 😂 Bon Chemin!

Hi Margaret! The phone booth made me cry, but I made a “call” to talk to my mom and dad. ❤️ I do not have rest days built into my schedule. This was a big mistake! I now have plantar fasciitis and am limping across France like Quasimodo! I have just completed 15 km and still have 13 to go for today. I have decided to get off the muddy trail and walk on the road. I think this may be easier. Bon Chemin!

How beautiful ❤️ be careful I have suffered with PF on and off for 30+ years. Bob and Brad US physios on utube give good advice on stretching. I found them very helpful. Take care

@@kbhothothot please, take care of yourself 💜

Hi K57939! The app: Via Podiensis. Bon Chemin!

The phone booth made me cry, but gave me an opportunity to call my mom and dad ❤️

@@kbhothothot ❤

Hi Baby! I love watching the dogs work! They are so smart! Bon Chemin!

Hi Denise! The sheep were great! And the shepherdess had firm control of them! It’s a bit lonely out here. Thanks for reaching out ❤️

Hi K57939! Thank you for watching! I really laughed while one of the sheep licked my kneecap clean😂 Bon Chemin!

Hi Keith! Thank you for saying “hello”! I miss my friends 🥲 Today, I am halfway and feeling like I still have a long way to go. I said goodbye to everyone that I met on the trail last night. I only know one fellow from Japan who is going all the way to Saint Jean Pied de Port. There will be far fewer people on the trail going forward….

Hi Margaret! Thank you for watching and your kind comment! 💕 Bon Chemin!

Hi Rita! It’s really pretty! I stop inside all of the churches along The Way, to feel the centuries of joy, hope, and grief that way expressed inside each one of them. Bon Chemin!

Hi Rita! Thank you for watching and I do believe you are correct! The temperatures have been cooler than I expected, but I believe it starts warming up next week. Bon Chemin!

@@kbhothothot Kathy thank you for sharing this amazing chemin!