Lurking and Walking

[Marcia Pelletiere]

Hi,
My name is Marcia, and I've been reading the postings for a few weeks as I
haven't had time to sit and write an introductory message till today. I've
enjoyed the postings (and the archives) very much.

I'm going on the Camino on August 23rd (seems so soon now!) with 2 friends,
returning Oct. 1st. I'm 47, and they are 62 and 65. We three are in various
states of fitness, from fairly fit to overweight, each with our own troubles
of foot and knee and so on, but we are hopeful that we can make the trip
with 37 days of walking from St. Jean Pied de Port to Compostela, with an
average of 15 miles a day, and packs no more than about 15 pounds.

I'd welcome any emails on or off list to address the one issue I've been
mulling over. Should we find we need to go slower, we can't extend the time
allotted for the trip, so we'd need to probably take a bus to cut out a
portion of the camino. I think I remember someone saying that there was one
industrial part that was the least hospitible to walking. Would anyone be
able to share ideas about which section would be best to leave out if one
had to make that choice? I'm happy to get emails via the list or off list,
whichever people prefer. Thanks in advance for any suggestions, and for all
the wonderful postings.
Marcia