Camino de Santiago Frances | 2023 HUGE Camino Day 2 | Espinal to Villava

[@nitindiwanji]

Best vidio of camminio

[@NickLivingLife]

Thank you very much 😊😊

[@youcangofar]

Hi Nick I find your video's meditative, simply perfect❤🕯️☮️

[@NickLivingLife]

This makes me happy Helen 😊😊. I’m glad you like them.

[@caminotellers]

super! big hugs

[@NickLivingLife]

Big hugs back lovely people. x

[@hjahansouz]

New subscriber! Love your videos and music! Thank you,

[@NickLivingLife]

Thanks so much for subscribing. Anything I can help with or if there is anything you think would make a nice video that would be of interest, feel free to just ask 😊😊

[@mikedevere]

Feel for you! 🙈

[@NickLivingLife]

👍👍😊

[@anneokane7172]

Thanks Nick, another great informative video. Buen Camino.

[@NickLivingLife]

Thanks again Anne 😊😊

[@SimonBurnCreative]

Wonderful Nick, super advice about not staying in the guidebook towns 👍

[@NickLivingLife]

Thanks again Simon. 😊

[@ianto8823]

Keep these vids coming! I'm currently sat at my desk and it's overcast in Cardiff but these vids take me back to Camino 🙂

[@NickLivingLife]

It’s probably even wetter here mate. It’s been torrential all day other than about 15 minutes 😂

[@donnapartow]

Love it!

[@NickLivingLife]

Thanks Donna 😊❤️

[@hilarymac3706]

Gorgeous weather and scenery!

[@NickLivingLife]

Thank Hilary. I’ve been really lucky. It changes tomorrow though. Looks like my first 8 days on the Norte are rain 🌧️ and thunderstorms ⛈️. Weather can change its mind though. 😊

[@hilarymac3706]

@@NickLivingLife absolutely fingers crossed for you. I’m looking forward to watching you on the Norte as I haven’t done that one yet

[@VagabondTurtle]

Seems like I'm first 😊

[@NickLivingLife]

Hahaha. Thanks for breaking the seal mate. 😂😂

[@darrenhoughton1333]

Excellent informative video, I look forward to getting out there next year! 👍

[@NickLivingLife]

Thanks very much Darren 😊

[@badbrad2424]

Hi Nick, finished my first Camino this past January - absolutely love your view from just a few days ago! Keep it up, we’re all living through your videos. Buen camino!

[@NickLivingLife]

That’s really kind of you. Congratulations on your first Camino. Do you have the itch to do another one yet? 😊

[@nancycompagnie6500]

great tip, Nick to stay in the "smaller" towns/villages...buen camino 🍀

[@NickLivingLife]

I’m honestly thinking of making a new guidebook with different end of stages but then I’d need to find somewhere else to stay again 😂

[@nancycompagnie6500]

@@NickLivingLife I was goin' to say "sign me up" but you might be on to something about keeping quiet 😄

[@NickLivingLife]

🤣😊

[@Caminohacks]

Good to see you''re on the way. You're so close to 1k subs too!!!! That must put a spring in your step

[@NickLivingLife]

Hey mate. I was hoping to stay in the same Albergue as you in Olague, but carried on past to Lantz in the end. My turn for rain from tomorrow apparently. 8 days worth 😊

[@Caminohacks]

@@NickLivingLife I hope the albergue in Lantz was nice? Oh gosh, 8 days of it! Time to crack out the poncho and waterproof trousers, mate. Hope it goes well for you tomorrow, are you heading off the Baztan?

[@mikehicks55]

I'm sure taking the road less traveled will lead to greater personal growth and adventure (watch out for the bears though!)

[@timdettmann4067]

I will be watching your vlogs daily. To me I like that they are short. Also I am assuming that you are saying that if you search for a place to sleep in a smaller town that finding one will be more successful.

[@NickLivingLife]

Hi Tim. I try to keep them all between 5 and 10 minutes (we all have other things to do 😂). Absolutely with the smaller towns. On the start of the Frances, the only places that are fully booked are the towns that guide books call end of stage (Ronsesvalles, Zubiri, Pamplona sometimes, Puenta La Reina etc. Between each of these are 4 or 5 towns that have places to stay most of the time. This also has a bonus that you are walking a few hours ahead or a few hours behind the mob of people, so coffee shops are empty, nothing interrupting you being one with nature etc 😊

[@NickLivingLife]

As an example, if you test to see if you can book something for a random day next week in Zubiri on booking dot com it might be tricky, but try the same thing for Larrasoana or Urdaniz etc it’s much easier. 😊

[@michaelpola4519]

Are your new shoes zero drop? If so how do you find this? Thxs. Great videos.

[@NickLivingLife]

I’m finding them very comfortable and it’s like I have been wearing mittens on my feet for years and now I am wearing gloves. Ideally, walking in zero drop in advance would be an advantage but I need to do double the advertised mileage limit in these so didn’t want to reduce their lifespan 😊

[@NickLivingLife]

P.S Thanks for watching Michael 😊

[@nicolesmith7954]

What kind of drone are you using?

[@NickLivingLife]

Hi Nicole, it's a DJI mini 3 pro. I've now listed all my kit in the video descriptions :)

[@jayjay-ei1tc]

Music is brutal

[@NickLivingLife]

@@jayjay-ei1tc sorry it’s not to your taste 😊. Hoping you have a wonderful Camino 😊

[@KathrynHale-z1k]

How do you find the non-guidebook towns? Do you just happen upon them on the Camino? Thanks.

[@NickLivingLife]

Absolutely. It’s like the Camino goes through a hundred cities, towns and villages with accommodation but the guide books only mention about 30 of them. Between almost all of the guidebook towns are 1-4 options that people just walk straight through. 😊

[@KathrynHale-z1k]

@@NickLivingLife Thank you so much. I couldn't get accommodation at Orisson or Bordo, and at some of the other places listed in the guidebooks so I was a little worried. I begin Sept 5th.

[@NickLivingLife]

Day 1 is different as there are no other options on the Napoleon route between St Jean and Ronvesvalles other than those 2. Those are right at the start though (it takes me about 45 minutes to get to Orisson, probably still only a few hours for most people who haven’t trained). I would advise lots of training then if you can. Wear your pack and walk as much as you can every day and include some hills when you feel fit enough. With even a medium amount of training, it’s not too bad. Make sure to keep your pack light too- you need a lot less than you think. 😊

[@KathrynHale-z1k]

@@NickLivingLife Thanks for all the nice tips. I have been training for months, doing multiple miles, mostly in hilly forests. I will be pulling a hiking cart and will keep it light. 45 minutes to Orisson seems fast. Maybe, because of my training, the Camino won't be as daunting as I think it will be.

[@NickLivingLife]

I was almost jogging it as I had planned to walk on way past Roncesvalles, as I was doing St Jean to Pamplona in 2 days rather than the standard 3 or 4. That’s great that you are training hard…it means you will enjoy the first week a lot more than people who don’t train. 😊😊👏🏻

[@estellagutierrez4615]

I'm scared of those steps that cross a stream any other way to cross...

[@NickLivingLife]

Not that I know of other than walking / driving through the stream. They do feel closer together though than it looks on the video. Only short steps. 😊