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Thanks very much and Buen Camino to you. You will love it. 😊😊

Meseta is my favourite part of the Frances. It’s where I feel the most free for some reason and all my best life changing thoughts happen there 😊❤️

@@NickLivingLife exactly that...for the life of me i don't understand the "skipping the Meseta" 🙂

@nancycompagnie6500 I probably won’t ever do it in reverse again but if I ever only have time for a few weeks, I’ll just do Meseta 😊

They are beautiful people. They were only about 4 days behind me on Primitivo this year I think. 😊

@@NickLivingLife i was planning to meet them in Saint-Jean but i had a bad fall in Amiens (France) and ended up in the hospital for a couple of days, had to recover for a bit so i lost about 2 weeks. I did continue where i left of after that but Erica and Ricky already left SJPDP when i arrived there and they didn't stay on the Frances as you know. Anyway, we kept in touch and we ended up arriving in Santiago the exact same day 🙂

@nancycompagnie6500 Everything works out in the end. 😊😊❤️

So many haven’t heard of it. The man in the church has nobody showing up to claim one. Maybe he enjoys it better that way 🤔😊

So kind of you my friend 😊. Can’t wait to see where we accidentally meet up next 😂😂

That’s part of my backpack. There are some available that I know of for packs that don’t have it but from America. Garage Grown Gear .com will probably have them and they are either made by Gossamer Gear or ZPacks. 😊

@@NickLivingLife thank you, I will look for it!

Thanks so much 😊

That was the last mud of the Camino …just like the hills, there’s “definitely” no more coming from now on 😂😂. Hope you are well my friend. 😊😊

Welcome home Nancy and congrats. How was your’s this year? 😊😊❤️

@@NickLivingLife It was great, it was my first camino actually 🙂 months is a long time to be away from home but i had the time of my life.First one but not the last one for sure if i stay healthy 🙂

I’m so glad you had a lovely time 😊. I feel sure you’ll do it again. It’s hard not to go back again and again ❤️

There is a service from a place approximately next door to the pilgrim office in St Jean (down the hill direction on the same side) which will do the route into Spain, where there are then many more options. 😊

I use 3 apps at different times. I like Wise Pilgrim, Buen Camino and Camino Ninja. Any are fine on their own though as they all show a map of where you are compared to the route 😊

Thank you very much Dan 😊😊😊

Thanks mate. I’ll look to stay there when I do Primitivo again (which I absolutely will - I loved it ) 😊

I’d better keep it fresh in my mind. I’ve just had to cancel my Frances in September due to other less fun commitments 😩 I’ll have to get some British 🇬🇧 Ways done instead over the Summer. It’s about time I filmed some videos for my new channel so I suppose it gives me more chance to do that. 😀. Always a bright side to everything if I look hard enough. 😊x

It sounds as if there is a more important matter that needs addressing. One day, one step at a time😉 You have wonderful videos, Nick, with very meaningful lyrical songs. Thank you🥰❤️

Thanks for this. I’m always learning. I’ve never noticed them in any direction other than flat to the left ((or at the bottom in the case of metal ones in the floor) but I haven’t been looking 👀 like that. Really appreciate this advice 😊😊

Hey Wendy 😊❤️. I’m super happy 😃 xx

That’s a lovely message. Thank you Debbie 😊❤️. Which one are you thinking of next? x

@@NickLivingLife the Camino Frances

Me too. I miss it and feel the pull to go back 😊😊

@@NickLivingLife maybe we’ll bump into each other on a future trail.

@debbiewilliams9874 it’s very possible. I seem to bump into people all the time (especially in Santiago). Makes something amazing even better! 😊😊😊

Haha. I thought about how that looked once I’d already uploaded it. 😂😂.

Thank you too 😊😊❤️

Big hugs back Susan 😊😊❤️

Thank you very much 😊😊

Thanks Anne. Primitivo is great 👍 😊

It’s absolutely my pleasure. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I really appreciate it ❤️😊

Fantastic! You will LOVE it. Buen Camino! 😊😊😊

Thank you 😊😊😊

Thank you. Amazing place isn’t it 😊It’s definitely up there as one of my top Camino routes. I’ll also be doing it again. 😊😊

Hugs. 🤗 xxx

Thanks mate. Does it feel odd seeing it from a different perspective or does it just blend in with what you remember? 😊

@@NickLivingLife Good question, it's lovely to see a different side to the day, as we had moments during the days when we walked solo, then together. This way I get to see what you were up to when I was elsewhere 😂

@Caminohacks 😂😂😂😂

I’d have had no drone shots with wind like you had. I almost lost it a few days later when I took it higher than a ridge and straight into a wind current, it was a real battle trying to fly it back 😂 Would have been lovely to see some of the views you would have seen though. 😊😊

​@@NickLivingLife Ouch, yes, true! They are spectacular views when you can launch it though. The views we had there made up for those lost earlier in the Norte on some of the coastal paths under grey skies and constant drizzle. The same wet muddy paths too - my waterproof socks were suddenly useful!

I’ll definitely go back in a few years and see if I get luckier with the weather. Probably Norte too actually to see if it looks any better in the sunshine. ☀️😊

The middle 6 days of the 12 are all jaw droppingly beautiful. I’m so impressed with this route. 😊😊

@@NickLivingLife As you may know, I had to stop the Frances in June at León due to injury and plan to return mid September to complete it. It’s my first time on the Frances and I’m torn between completing the normal Frances route from León or taking the Salvador then Primitivo. In some way I think I should be taking the traditional Frances route, so I can say I completed it, but the Primitivo looks so beautiful/quiet that I think I need to follow my heart and detour onto it. Maybe I’ll do both, complete the Frances then bus it back to León to do the San Salvador/Primitivo 😂

@grahamwallace that’s a tough decision Graham. There are some fantastic places after Leon (not the first day after though) on the Frances. Salvador and Primitivo have ludicrously incredible landscapes though with Salvador being almost maximum solitude followed by Primitivo which surprised me in that there was a community and infrastructure almost like the Frances. If you have the time do both, it was an easy and comfy bus from Santiago to Oviedo from the bus station. 😊

@@NickLivingLife cheers Nick! I do have the time so might just do that.

Thanks mate. 😊😊

Some tough uphills Grace but certainly easier than Salvador and Vadinience. It’s all doable with a bit of training and taking it nice and easy 😊😊x

Perhaps after I finish the Camino Frances😊😍

@galtmann8482 I’ve just booked travel to arrive in St Jean to start walking around September 10th (ish). I don’t think I’ll have time to do the full Frances this time as I have also booked some time in Yosemite in October but it will be nice to walk some of my favourite parts again 😊

From Spain to California, wow! What made you consider Yosemite? Are you going with family or friends? I live west of Yosemite by the coast! Interesting!

@galtmann8482 I’ll be going with my friend. It’s been on both of our “bucket lists” for a long time. We spent a week in the Grand Canyon a few years ago and considered going back to Trans Catalina trail but Yosemite is calling us both for a short visit. We will obviously be tourists and do our usual South California and head up the PCH and visit San Francisco too if there is time. Only a short visit as I will have blown a lot of my travel budget for the year by then 😂

You are so very very welcome 🤗😊x

Tack Lotta 😊😊😊❤️❤️

Varsågod min vän ❤️🥰

@lottajensen7546 jag är halvvägs med att redigera nästa men blir trött nu så sjuk förhoppningsvis avsluta den imorgon eller övermorgon 😊

@@NickLivingLife wow, va bra du är på svenska. 👍😍

jag fuskar med google 😂😂

So true Anne. The it’s a smell I’d rather forget. I was being followed by flies in the afternoon trying to land on my shoes! 😂

😂😂😂

I really enjoyed editing this one. All the best my friend 😊😊

Hey mate 👋. They are useful. I’d barely remember where I was and in what order without making the videos 😂😂. You really should publish that book mate! 😊

I completely agree 👍. It’s most likely the one of the oldest official routes called a Camino de Santiago with Bishop Teodomirus announcing the discovery of the remains in around the year 800 but people were walking a pilgrimage across Spain a long long time before there was ever even a place called Santiago de Compostela. Even the routes keep changing with most of the yellow arrows being placed in the 1980s. Whichever route I take though I know it will be brimming with history, legends and a feeling that I might be walking in ancient footsteps 😊

​The arrows were painted in 1986 by Don Elias Valina. He was from the church in O Cebeiro. He went to study at the Fonseca college in Salamanca. He discovered the fact that the Frances was in danger of being forgotten. He took it on himself to kickstart the Camino route. He set off with his old car and gallons of yellow paint to mark the route. Along the way he managed to get support from local people who assisted him. The stone markers and shell signs were as a result of his efforts. Sadly he died in 1989 so didn't see the effects of his work. .​@NickLivingLife

A LOT of people owe him their gratitude for sure 😊😊

We really made friends and having Dan and David as part of lovely Camino family really made it special 😊

I am beginning to think I will experience a lot, physically and emotionally, when I begin my journey in September 😍🪷

Hopefully you will Grace. Even the hardships are part of the story in the end and all those moments are what makes it all so special. I’m excited for you 😊❤️

Thank you, Nick🥰

You’ll decide to do it next after the next few videos mate. It’s an awesome Camino. 😊

He’s unavailable to be full time as he also runs a blister clinic 😂😂

@@NickLivingLife ha ha, I've heard his clinic is looking for a new receptionist due to the increase in patients.

Might need several. People were dropping their socks and forming queue at the sight of him 😂

@@NickLivingLife ha ha

Haha. Top tips! 😂😂

I’m making the best I can out of being older for sure. In my mind I’m still 25 though 😂😂

I am older and I still want to be Nick. Giving it a shot. 👍

@Maryann110 😂😂😂

The middle 3 days are all like the first day of the Frances. Not more difficult but they are all in a row. Certainly worth training a bit for 😊

@@NickLivingLife Well, i've pre booked the whole trek and divided it into 17 stages. So I've got time. 🤣🤣

@PaladinBlades loads of time in 17 days. You can soak it all in. 😊😊

Thanks again 😊😊❤️