Day 2: Renewal - Walking the Camino Frances in Winter

Walking the Camino Frances from Roncesvalles to Zubiri
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[@Carolsite]

I married in June 2023, at the age of 68! My husband and I both spent a lot of years healing our pasts and finding our way so when we met and started sharing we realized it was meant to be this way. We are very happy! (Been together 8 1/2 years). Don’t worry. You have God’s time to find her.

[@carolinemaclaughlin4816]

Great to hear a HELLO YOU again, followed by the wonderful Head Good, Mind Good, etc.. You are back in form and from the look of the scenery and weather you could be in the heart of Ireland. Enjoy the moment.

[@CharlieNYC]

I walked the Frances May-June of 2024. Before leaving I began watching a lot of Camino videos and yours impressed me so much that there were many mornings where cafe con leche wasn’t close, and I’d do one of your “all good” self check-ins to get me going. Now, post-Camino, it’s great to see these new posts and this new energy you’ve got going. Seems like the Camino is working its magic on you and deservedly so. Thank you for these videos and well done!

[@goldenrule6689]

Hello you. I love your honest, heartfelt videos, thank you! Can I suggest that you pray everyday for your future wife 🙏❤ God bless you

[@marynadononeill]

Good suggestion

[@goldenrule6689]

@ 🙏❤️

[@HH-hth]

Pray that she's having a good day and that she's ready to meet you when the time is right.

[@DartmoorPaul]

Hi Derek. Wonderful to watch this video today after I had my therapy session as I am at the point of letting go. “I’m done. I’m not bitter or angry, I’m just done”. I too am soon to embark on a long distance pilgrimage trail and for me it’s the journey and purpose, not the destination that I am going for. It’s doing something for me and hopefully healing along the way. Buen Camino, Derek you are an inspiration . 🙂

[@DerekCullenOutdoors]

@@DartmoorPaul love this and that this is your next step Paul 🙏

[@JasonHikes1]

Let’s become who we truly are!

[@TheRealMichelleElynHogan]

I always stop for donkeys. They all have an incomparable heart and love the attention.❤

[@MachasDaughter]

Thank you Derek for reminding us that we are multi faceted beings. We carry so much baggage and it would do us well to become minimalists to find our cores. This partner will come to you. She will be wise and see the good man in front of her. ❤

[@Bill-f5u]

Your on the way my friend

[@ceceliafutch6210]

Thank you for sharing your journey with us. I find them to be therapeutic and inspiring.

[@joeoneill3142]

I love how no matter where ye go ... the animals always say hello to ye ! .... great to see you back Derek 😁

[@anniedavis4569]

another riveting video and thought provoking as you always get me thinking Derek. You’re in the right place

[@marysorb6464]

Let Go Let God. God is first then family and friends. Safe Hiking. God Bless..... God's timing is perfect....

[@Jan.harvey]

Committing to letting go- you are a gem.

[@marylynch951]

Derek you look well Thank God May God continue protecting you ❤❤

[@karinheart]

Wise words...

[@StevenScheunert]

Watched your "Humbled" AT and now watching you "pilgrim" the Camino. I plan to hike the Frances in May of 2026 and then the AT in 2027. Thank you for sharing your adventures. Truly inspiring!

[@anghart8622]

Keep those eyes wide so many things to see and feel and learn

[@douglasjones3930]

I have said before that your videos are therapeutic. They are now even more so! Thank you!

[@pieterjoustra4959]

Derek, i hear you,,i feel you and i am with you ! Stay strong, Buen Camino

[@pandrew3146]

Thanks for sharing from your heart Derek. I wish you the absolute best on your journey, it is the biggest adventure u will ever take, it is a lifetime journey, ever changing, never truly becoming as it is never ending....the biggest mystery is the question who am I? endless blessings Derek

[@cumberlandquiltchic1]

Derek, I love hearing about what’s in your heart and mind and spirit. It makes me so happy for you. It encourages me and others. Thank you for sharing. Those donkies… 🫏🫏🥰

[@jimmycorrigan4009]

looking foward to your journey

[@joedyer1785]

Thanks

[@marynadononeill]

Stay on your path. God will lead you to her!

[@anxomillaraveiga9404]

great adventure magic

[@SirStopsAlot]

Safe Trails 👊

[@lisarobertson7011]

these videos are walking meditations - i am hooked and feeling so full of hope after watching them. All the best, Derek. You are on the right path.

[@aries2256]

"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation " Henry David Thoreau. The majority of men aren't blessed with wives, or children, accepting that emptiness is probably our greatest challenge. 🙏

[@aidanm4211]

My hand on your shoulder!

[@fettlerjohn3419]

👍🏼 ✨

[@yosemite_ham]

It looks so similar to Ireland ☘

[@rhondacrowl1]

Amen❤️

[@Maureen.walkdontrun]

I do enjoy your chats and videos. Thanks for sharing. What is the temperature, it doesn’t seem too cold? Being from NL we are used to cold damp hiking.

[@DerekCullenOutdoors]

It is cold!! I’m not sure of the temperature but snow forecast for today 🙏

[@alanlandy11]

If you read one chapter a day of the Gospel of John, you will complete it just before you arrive at cruz de ferro. In 2012 i asked God to reveal himself to me if he existed, at cruz de ferro. This happened during covid lockdown in 2020. God bless your journey.

[@GetWithThePilgrim]

Walking with you, Derek. This will soothe my soul until I can get back to The Way. Buen Camino, Peregrino!

[@JOHNHMATTHEWS1]

CAMINO DE SANTIAGO someday quimosabe! keep rolling on , dig AT bandana. My buddy Fr Steve Ryan tells me I must do it. He wrote a book on his travels, great reflection. Hope you are directed to Wife. Vaya con Dios hermano.

[@elmariekiessig161]

Do you find it hard to find an albergue to sleep in? Seeing that it is winter, I thought sone close because it is off season.

[@jamesbonner5989]

Must have been interesting trying to converse with several different languages.

[@jmcoelho7]

What is your planned daily mileage?

[@lenlenerd3054]

Any woman would be blessed to have u as a husband mate. But to give yourself the best possible chance of meeting someone, I feel u might have to settle down in one area long term. That means giving up your current lifestyle. Very difficult decision. Best of luck

[@cumberlandquiltchic1]

I lost my husband 12 years ago. I was in my mid 40. I moved to the smokies and bought a house and settled into downsizing and … here I am. Still a widow. I have everything and nobody to share it with. I’ve been settled down in one area long term. 🤷‍♀️ I’m going to be selling my home and take a year to travel and all the things Derek is speaking of. I pray I find someone. It’s out of my hands. I do know, it’s up to God. I’ve turned it over to him. The likelihood of finding someone and the life I want by remaining here, I feel, is slim. That’s not why I’m making this change. However, I do hope it’s a fringe benefit and I open up myself to find love again. Anyway, I saw this comment and thought I’d give my thoughts on the idea of having to be in one place. The one place thing can come after you find your soul mate. It can be before or after.

[@jq2639]

What dates did you walk?

[@DerekCullenOutdoors]

@@jq2639 im here now. the videos are real time and edited/posted the very same day that I record them.