I walked the Camino in 2017 and 2022. I'm planning my third camino for this fall (2023). I'm 71 years old, so no time to waste! I will also use this opportunity to visit friends in Madrid and Avila.

Tomorrow I'm doing the Portuguese way🤟🤟

Man this is a great guide, very thoughtful and complete. I love your sense of humor, you genuinely make me laugh every few minutes. I would gladly watch you talk about any topic. Thankfully for us you choose something as wholesome and transformative as the Camino!

I’ll be leaving from Seattle WA to Iceland, then Paris, then SJDPDP to start. Will spend a couple days there acclimating to the time zone etc. Should be on the Camino by April 23, 2023. I’m retired sooo I’m going to take it slow and enjoy EVERYTHING. Even if it takes 60 days to get to the coast LOL. Hope to meet many pilgrims and hear their stories. Safe journeys my friends!

Thank you for your channel and insight. I started preparing for the Camino Frances in Feb' 2022, this morning I flew from the UK to Spain. I travel to St Jean Pied De Port tomorrow ready to start walking on Tuesday. I cant thank you enough for your advice and enthusiasm :)

Heló My name is HectorLadron and I m going to walk to Santiago as pilgrim , your videos are so inspirations and you share very good tips.

Thank you for amazing video! Starting my Portuguese Central Camino on Oct 1 🫣 Super excited!

From Tui to Santiago in September, followed your advise as a beginner thank you😊

Thank you so much. Doing the Camino on 12th July starting in Sirra and finishing in Santiago on 18th July.

We are from BC Canada

Hi Ricky , I am from Austria, and I am planning to start camino del norte from Irun in september. I watched many of your videos, and l got a lot of good and useful advice

I will be walking the French way during September 2024. TBH I'll be starting along the French way, but I'm confident my route will follow a different path than the one most travelled.

Again another great video. In it you ask us to share why we are walking the Camino. If you’re able too see the image at the side of the message that is Barney my dog, who was sadly run over in my care. So I’ll be walking to honour him and ask for his forgiveness also it’ll be a great adventure for us both as his spirit will step with me! I hope that the Portuguese Camino is fruitful for Erica and yourself.

Thank you for your tutorial. I love the wardrobe changes that's signifies the different weathers.

April 14 leaving US. I really hope to meet you guys as i have loved your content.

Going to start the French way at the beginning of September. My wife and I enjoying the time together.

Starting on 23 March in Baiona, Spain. Traveling the last 100 km on the coastal Portugues way. From Ponte Verda I shall go the spiritual route and look forward to meeting my beloved in Santiago de Compostela on Easter Day. Together we shall enjoy a bus tour to Finisterre and several cozy days at an Airbnb. My way has a spiritual discernment purpose. While I am hiking on my own, I am open to conversations with others along the way. See you along the way!

Excellent video. We leave on April 13th from Canada. Will get to SJPP on the 15th (hopefully our train will be running) and then start walking on the 17th.

I am from Dallas, Texas USA and going on the Camino Frances from Sarria to Santiago leaving September 28th of this year. We are a group of women from my church and we will spend five days mid-walk volunteering at the La Fuente de Peregrino. I have shared my preparation experience as it goes along with my husband and now we are considering doing the whole Camino Frances in a couple a years after he retires. Your videos have been very helpful and very entertaining. Thank you. (I hope our paths will cross some day!)

I'm walking April/May 2024 - Camino Frances - have watched many of your videos, thanks very much! I am from Sedgefield in South Africa.

Thanks for the info. I am doing my first Camino in July. Only 100km from Baamonde. Then to Finnestere. I plan to tape my feet to prevent blisters.

Starting from Ferrol July 8. I'm Tiger and will travel with my son-in-law, Patrick. Looking forward to adventure and being changed by the experience. We're from Texas.

Great information,thank you. I'm from Perth Australia and I'm starting my Camino in August.

Coming from Florida, USA , June 1, with my 19 year old son. So psyched! Starting just before O’ Cebreiro.

This is amazing, thanks so much! From Ireland, going to the Camino Portugese in November, looking forward to the adventure!

28:42 Thank you for your videos Ricky! My friend and I are starting our Camino from St. Jean on May 19th! We decided to pre book a hotel in every town so we can enjoy the walk without the “race for the bed”. We built in an extra day in 5 of the towns.

Excellent guide. Thank you for everything! All the content! I am taking your advice to heart. As preparation for next year, my husband and I have increased our daily trekking by 5 miles daily. I know I feel sore in the mornings. (My Achilles likes to pretend that it’s going to break off of my heel all the time, so it gets special treatment.) We haven’t added our backpacks, yet, except for a water reservoir pack I have been wearing. Once this is easier, we will increase the distance again. Thank you for making this video, and by extension, for making this journey something we feel confident about taking. What an adventure it will be! 💕

Popping in to say hi. I've been following you since I started preparing a year ago, and always a good video. Leaving the USA in a month now for the Frances.

I am from Colombia. I like hiking. I am excited and I dream of going to Spain. I would love to do the Camino del Norte.

We will be starting the Camino Portuguese at Porto on September 05, 2023.

9/26/23 English Way. Really enjoyed your video. Thanks!

I'll go from Dublin to Biarritz, than Baione and SJPP! Starting at 10/5/23!!

Great video Ricky!

I'm not doing the Camino yet. As of now, I'm the "2027 futuristic" pilgrim (based on your other vid, lol). Need to save up for it. But I enjoy watching your vids and have subscribed! As of now, I prefer to do the Portuguese route from Porto because I can do it in 2 weeks. In my occasional mountain hikes, I can do 35 km/ day, so I'm pretty confident that I can do ~25 km/ day and finish it in 2 weeks, due to time/ vacation constraints. It's also a less popular route, unlike the Frances which is very famous & commercial already. Cheers & buen camino!

Excellent Video! My daughter and I start on April 19 from Saint Jean pied de port

I begin my camino the 9 or 10 sept from ronsevalles. I'm very exited. Buen Camino

im just so happy to see your new video at the right time while i am preparing for my first ever camino. it is very exciting but my only fear is sleeping at the dormitories with a dozen of others😙( or in fact not being able to sleep at the dormitories because of all the expected "outcomes" of pilgrimage 😅) i am trying to find a partner to share a private accomodation so that it would be more affordable. Once i solve this issue, i will be right on my way! Hoping to come across to you finally 🤗

Starting Camino in Porto on 5 May from Namibia.

Excellent video; fun, informative and inspirational. Keep them coming 😊

Going May!! Starting at Sarria . This is helpful ! Thanks

Awesome video, maybe I should prepare all things to go for Camino. Hi from Indonesia

Thank you for ALL the info. Planning for September 2025 ✨✨✨

Saludos from NY. Very interesting video with helpful inf. I am doing the Camino Frances starting May 19 from St. Jhon Pied de Port , i am very excited.

Coeur d'Alene Idaho and my son and I will be walking the French route Sept to Oct this year. 💕

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Hi. I have been enjoying your posts. I start from Porto on April 29 Starting from the centre of Canada Looking forward to this.

From Quebec Canada , I am doing the Camino Portugues solo, May 21st ! ☺️

Thank you for this wonderful video! I havent decided which way to take and when will my journey be BUT I am preparing for it. Looking forward to my first Camino journey.😊

Very informative and entertaining! Portuguese camino in September 2023!

First class, full of info....and fun. Thank you and well done!

April 2024 Frances route to San Salvador to Primitivo to Muxia. big first Camino!

Great information as always and thank you for sharing your knowledge. My husband and I will start the Camino Frances on April 12th. Buen Camino!!

Let’s go!

Just go, let it unfold, take as little kit as you can. Wear running shoes and not boots. Walk your own Camino. Enjoy

Excellent video, I look forward to reading your guide book.

Thanks so much for the great video! I'll be starting the Camino Frances in St. Jean on May 21st, coming from Montana:)

Thank you! And thank you for being so darn funny.

Very informative. Thank you!🙏 PS: From Taipei. Taiwan originally

I've just done a part of Camino del Norte, the views are amazing!

Arriving in SJPP april 14- so ready!

As always you made a beautiful video!still 3 weeks for me and i'll be in sjpdp..then via de la plata..and at the end rota vicentina e cammino portoghese..4 months of Adventure

LOVE your videos, suggestions and stories - and humor. Sheridan from Central New York; starting the Camino Frances in early September 2023 (first Camino, not first time in Spain). Probably not doing the whole route (finish Spring 2024?). Hope to meet some of your along the journey. ;)

your videos are creative and greatly informative. thank you!

We're hiking the Frances in June, 2023.

Beautifully done my friends. x

I start in porto on 23rd of May 🥰🖐️

I love watching your videos. I'm planning to do the Camino in May, hopefully we ll meet on the Camino and I'd love to have coffee with a fellow youtube :) cheers.

Thanks for your wonderful videos. I’m off in 2 weeks to do my first Camino Frances. In trepidation and excitement ultrea x

It is better to use an ATM inside of a bank when it is open than to use a money exchange at the airport or train stations. Once you start walking, you will not find places to exchange money. An ATM will give you better rates too. Don't use the random ATMs that are on the street. Starting the Camino Frances in SJPDP on 15 April, so hope to run into you sometime over the following 47 days. (I am a slow walker and like to enjoy shorter days so that I have energy for sightseeing) It was so much fun meeting you last spring!

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French Way beginning in Pamplona! May 28th! 🕊️🤙🏼

We’re traveling the Norte in September and October this year!

Colorado USA!!! Start Sept 9 2023 Frances route. To end of earth

Thanks!

Great vid! Thanks!

Really nice video Ricky although I thought you were going to do a cooking show because of the way you were playing with that lemon.

Thank you, great video. I love that you had to do an extra 15km. The refusal to book means that's the risk we take. I had a day on my trip through England that I had started looking for a camping spot at 5ish and finally found one in the black of night at about 8:30. Not to be repeated but serves me right.

Thank you, excellent information. We love your (and your wife) sense of humor. 1 Sep to 22 Oct. Big question as the weather will get worse (rain) in October - rain pants? Yes or No?

Sorry, forgot to say, we are from Belle River, Ontario, Canada - training has begun - currently walking approx 30 km per week.

Thank u but I didn't understand why I should stamp twice if u can explain. I will start my camino in the first of June on the French way thank u

Btw, planning to do the French way if possible

You are the king of Camino. How can I buy you a cup of coffee?

Great content. Thank you for putting it together :)) Bringing some info about the SIM card: if you purchase a SIM card in EU, it will work in any EU country as it'd in the country you bought it

Hoping to walk my first Camino this Autumn. My reasons are multifarious... I am a 33 year old guy from London. After a beautiful but tragic relationship born in the Covid lockdown finally came to an end last year, and my ex finding someone new just a month ago, I have found myself feeling lost and consumed by doubt. This has combined with a large change in my professional life. I was a touring musician for 7-8 years (which was something that the lockdown killed, actually), but now, post Covid and post-her, I have found myself moving into voice acting. I filled the in between years with odd work such as horticulture, gardening and working in a record shop. The record shop in particular has been unfulfilling spiritually as it is an area surrounded by crackheads and drug dealers, people generally being unkind to themselves and to eachother. I find myself sick of my life here, sick of the city I've lived in for 13-14 years, tired of smoking weed, tired of not being healthy, tired tired tired. There have already been glimmers of hope. Voice acting is already making more money than music ever did for me, I am learning Spanish (my ex was Catalan and spoke several languages which inspired me). I am no longer smoking or drinking and am now planning to eventually move to Barcelona in the next year or so. The Camino de Santiago was recommended to me by a dear friend and fellow musician, who walked it after the breakup of a relationship that lasted for his entire 20s. It seems that the reflection afforded to those who walk the Camino, as well as the opportunities to meet and unmeet fellow travellers along the road is something of a metaphor for life. I hope that, as I reach this middle passage in life, that I may be afforded some of that reflection and may leave with a clearer understanding of myself in this new act.

I am starting in less than a month ❤

Which camino is best for doing fot the first time in october? primitive or portuguese? I have 13 days ! thank you so much for all the valuable videos and good vibes! un abrazo desde Chile 💛

Hi, thanks for this video. I'm starting my Camino this Sept. 2024, from St-Jean Pied de Port. All the guidebooks I have provide different information about weather conditions in Sept., which is a bit confusing. Any tips on packing for September? I actually have a lot of questions, but I'll start with the weather first. Thanks again...

do you have an email? you answered more questions than anything that I've seen! your great!

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I walked the Camino in 2015 at the age of 70 and I think you lose 90% of the experience by over-planning. Read one of the books ("Spanish Steps" for example) then go. Sod the packing list - use common sense and don't be afraid to admit and correct mistakes. Above all, do not rush the first week. Chances are you've done no training, take it very easy. The big advantage of being retired is that it doesn't matter if it takes y see more. Stop in every city in a cheap hotel for a day or two.or three months to do it. You'll see more and have a greater experience than the "fast guys" with return tickets booked!

Looking forward to my first camino some day, but i was wondering if there was any option to just camp along the way rather than stay some place. I'm an avid camper and have hiking tents as well as just a lightweight hammock i enjoy sleeping in under the stars. Is this an option?

I’m planning my trip in sept. It’ll be my first walk.. I’m so excited .. I’m still trying to decide which route to take, any advise ? My schedule is pretty open. Thxs!

Hi there, I'm planning my first Camino in juli this year, and I have only 3 weeks to handel with this. My plan is to take Camino del San Salvador the first week, and Primitivo the nexst to weeks. My condition is from bed to nothing. 😢 I am sure I will done this, I have tusind of reasons to do it, and I'm ready to do it. I climbed big mountains before I've got married 😅. Well My question is: I want to du this time by my self, but I have a very good friend wich wants to joyn my from Oviedo to Compostela. What you will sugest my? Thanks for your videos. I enjoyd every time. All the best. Marius

Firstly thank you for the informative video Question : Is camping possible on Camino de Santiago ? If so where can I camp?

I will be doing Camino del Norte in 2024. I am a solo woman, 64 years old. Is this route good for a solo woman?

Great video! Hi guys , hi Ricky, I m from Croatia and I'm starting my first Camino hopefully on 27th of July from St.Jean . Anyone wants to join me or hang out feel free to connect. Buen Camino :)

I begin Del Norte in Irun on May 3rd. Did you say you brought a guitar? I play classical guitar and I was thinking of bringing a six-string Ukulele. When I did the Frances last year I really missed not being able to play. What type of guitar did you bring?

Say no to forking lemons. See you at the Camino in August.

Starting my Camino from Porto in a month time and I have a question, is it doable in 6 days? It was a spur of the moment thing to decide and walk the camino and I'm more than waiting to get my ass kicked.

I did the Portuguese last year and am planning on doing the primitivo but I am so scared that I will arrive at a town completely exhausted just to learn that there are no vacancies …what do you do? Can I prebook everyday ? How do you prebook?