I found I needed much much less than what I thought. But I had to have the basics. , weather protection, and things so I could be clean and sleep comfortably at night. Things to clean my body and my clothing each day. Simple first aid , some compede, leukotape, Tylenol and anti diarrhea med. you do not want to have that issue and have to wait until you find a pharmacy to get meds. An energy bar if needed and water bottle. That was in my pack. I also needed my trekking poles. And some recovery sandals ( very light ones ) for evenings. I have a tiny camera that clips to the bill of my hat and my phone.

Curious, same ankle?

Thanks Peter! Really good info. It helps a lot! Hope your ankle is mending well.

Get well soon!

I've been backpacking over 40 years and have found hiking poles are a life saver going down hill!

Great Tips Peter. Thanks for sharing. Much appreciated 👍

Hey Peter, how is your ankle coming along?

Sorry to hear and wishing you a speedy recovery! Many thanks for sharing your experiences 🙏😀👍

Ouch 😢

So sorry to hear. Praying for a quick recovery!

Heal up soon!

Great video and training tips! I walk almost daily 5 to 16k and plan to start Frances SJDP 😊in beginning of june!

Hello Peter. I really love your videos and I saw in some forums that ypu are quite an expert on the Camino. I'm doing the camino from Prague and I'm encontrting a bit of a trouble to find information about the stamps among other things. Not sure if you could help me with any websites or knowledge or wisdom that you can share with me. Thank you

Gracias por compartir, hacer rutas siempre nos enriquece y el ejercicio es fundamental para nuestra salud.Un saludo desde España.👍👍👍👏👏👏

Also, a small problem with YT. I click on "like" and it changes back to unliked.

Beautiful walk! It makes me miss Europe. What do you use for route planning?

Excellent video, luckily I have a Husky, so not going out isn't an option, now to start increasing the distance.

It looks a lovely place to be temporarily geographically displaced 😅

What an amazing project! You inspire me! Great video and photos. I hit the bell icon so I don't miss any of your progress. (btw, I am that, young, OldDog7 from the Camino site.) Stay safe! Have fun, and build memories.

Seguro que lo consigues, con actitud positiva y mucho entusiasmo conseguirás todo lo que te propongas.Buen Camino.Un saludo desde España.🍀👍👍👍

There is absolutely no need to train for walking a Camino. I am 75 years old and will be flying into Seville next month to walk the Plata/Sanabres. I frequently come across people half my age giving up because of lack of motivation. I walked my first Camino in 2007 beginning in Poitiers. Last year I walked the Frances for the 4th time followed immediately by walking the Ingles. The Plata/Sanabres will be my 11th Camino. Start off your Camino slow and steady. After about four days or so you will realise you are already finding it easier. Another couple of days you will have your Camino legs and you will be polishing of the kms no problem. Just make sure you have good shoes that are a full size bigger than usual. Get your pack weight down below 8ks. A good rule of thumb is if you can walk one mile under twenty minutes you are good to go. Just enjoy it. Buen Camino.

I just wanted to say you are quickly becoming one of my favorite camino channels on KZfaq, keep up the great work!

Thank you for your video. It was difficult to catch all the valuable info due to interference of wind on your mic and thick accent.

Thank you for posting these! Our family of 4 wil be walking the Primitivo this summer, and plan to walk the Verde as well. Your videos are a great resource! Buen Camino!

Many thanks for this. Perhaps as a useful add on - worth mentioning the weight of the back pack it's self. For top end (40 litre) Dynema Composit Material (DCM) (aka Cuben fibre), think in terms of 750g or less, often frameless or with foam stiffened back panel and seriously big bucks. A well designed light materials 35 litre with stiffened back panel with good features😅 weighs in at about 1000g. Go for an 'Air Zone' style with ventilated back trampoline and the same 35 litre weight jumps to about 1,500g. Step towards traditional (army style) back packs - may be robust but weigh in at 2000g plus. There's also traditional top loading back packs vs less weather resistant / more accessible front panel unzip models. For me - carrying comfort is paramount, and the torso adjustable stiffened back panel Rab Aeon 35 litre ticks all the boxes you mention at 1050g - a likely winner - but not carry on compatible - it will have to go in the hold...

You definitely forgot the most used by Spanish, French or Italians that walk the Camino: Decathlon packs. Also Ferrino or Altus. In general, Osprey is used by those that come from outside Europe. Deuter by Germans, Swiss, and Northern European walkers. All are great brands. Although Decathlon packs are the least expensive of all I have mentioned and they get the job done just as well on the Camino de Santiago.

Gracias por compartir este vídeo, la información clara y concisa siempre es de gran ayuda.Buen Camino para todos los peregrinos.👏👏👏🍀

You must train?

Thanks for your wonderful videos, Peter. So much inspiration and knowledge. Greetings from Norway :-)

Gracias por compartir este vídeo,llegar a la Plaza del Obradoiro nos produce una sensación indescriptible, todo el esfuerzo que hemos hecho tiene su recompensa al llegar a Santiago.Buen Camino a todos los peregrinos.👍👍👍🍀

I love that you start off with the quantitative km being a 1/2 marathon. People can generally wrap their head around that.

When you have a Wise card it gives you the option in the app to load more than one currency. So you choose the currency or currencies that you require, and then put funds into those 'accounts '. It's all done in the app on your phone.

It was a good video. Thanks. You mentioned loading up the Wyze card with various currencies. Could you develop that point little bit more? I work with Wyze in US dollars and you have used it everywhere. With them calculating the exchange.

Hey Expat, great videos! We've enjoyed watching them, especially the last two Verde videos. The two perigrinos that we shared the Verde with also missed that turn off the asphalt road. The green arrow on the black asphalt can be difficult to see. It appears to us that someone had gone through and reapplied the green paint to the arrows in places. Some of those arrows were more obvious in your video than when we walked it. Also, appreciate the shout out! :) ~ telelama

trained for 2019 went ok. didnt train for 2021 tore up my knee and it never recovered. training for sure to go this summer

Wonderful

Some very good insight! I've been thinking for years about walking the pilgrim route from Oslo to Trondheim, here in Norway. You've inspired me to at least start a bit of training!

It’s Italian and is spelled cammino and pronounced as it is spelled, which means with a long m sound - camm-ino. But cammino means I walk (as opposed to eg run). Camminare is to walk. Fare una passeggiata is to do a walk, or take a hike.

Looks like brussels to me too, we pick and eat the young leaves as it's too hot and wet for the sprouts to develop properly.

Day 6? You know you're on a Camino when you're asked what day it is and you reply "April" 😅.

Oh those views! Looks like a great alberge too.

Love that feeling of getting to the top and being rewarded with the view.

Hi, what week in July 2023 did you get into Lugo? I am heading from the first week of the Norte to Oviedo and doing Primativo from 20 May 2024,. I did the Norte in 2022 so know the fun of the rocks along the way. (Yep another Aussie who went after coved LOL btw there were a lot of us lol)

This is a very nicely done video with a relaxing presentation style. You make several good points. Thanks for doing this.

Good to see that you are enjoying the antipodes of New Zealand. You are wandering through the Northern hemisphere version of.. Christchurch 😉

Why did you decide to do such a long stage today? I was exhausted just watching you 😅

Great little museum!

So pleased that I found your Camino Ingles series, I'm heading over at Easter (from Australia) and these are a great resource! My first Camino was the Frances but I only have a short break this year so the Ingles is a perfect length. Thanks for your efforts posting these.

Nice job mate! We've been enjoying your videos. We walked roughly a month before your Primitivo, so it's interesting to see some changes. For example, all the flowers that were just buds on a green branch when we walked by. ~ telelama

Thanks for the calm, reassuring overview! One thing that I have found useful, aside from walking, is strength training. The rest of your body needs toughening up to protect against strains and sprains. A couple or three days/wk of core, arms, back exercises, some squats and lunges will not be wasted. Also, try to make a habit of warming up and cooling down before and after your days hike. Chase Mountains is a really good YT channel for training!