The Camino, 10 Years On

Thanks for being here, after all these years!
Keep in touch: / liindseh

[@MALopez1983]

I walked it in 2017. Ill walk it again in 2022. Thanks Lindsey.

[@bathedinridicule]

Wishing you a fantastic Camino!

[@jeffputnam3517]

Your packing list and gear video was instrumental in my successful completion of Camino Frances in 2016. Thanks 😊 🙏

[@bathedinridicule]

I'm so glad to hear. Thanks Jeff!

[@Brendalo1]

Ps at the 110 km to Santiago point take a bus to Porto Portugal finish your walk from that point walk directly to Muxia rent a car drive to the northern coast of Vivaro Spain for a great outdoor concert We saw.Frank Carter & the rattlesnakes !!! Wow Reserrection fest 🤘🤟

[@jimmesick866]

You were a huge part of my preparation and success on the Camino Norte in 2018. Welcome back. Your genuine passion still makes you more relevant than these modern KZbinrs. Look forward to your future adventures. Buen Camino!

[@bathedinridicule]

See, I still haven't done the Norte, so I guess at some point I'll have to go back. :) Thanks for the kind words Jim, I'm glad my videos were helpful for your journey back in the day!

[@itamarserjan1001]

Hey Lindsey im back! Tapas anyone!!! What a journey from my first walk 🥾with my son after his graduation from NC State, we ventured The Camino Frances and started at St. Jean de port in Sept. 2021 we reached halfway to Carrion de los Condes and stopped, headed back in Sept. 2022 to pick up where we stopped and finished the Frances. Then I Walked the Camino Portugal starting from Porto in March of 2023 . Then in May 2023 walked the El Camino Frances again starting from St. Jean and made it to Santiago in 28 days, hung out at the end of the world Fisterra... Now I'm planning now on walking in Feb 2024 El Camino de Norte ,to connect with el camino primitivo ,then to Fisterra on the coast🌊.... This has all happened because i happen to stumble on one of your videos many moons📆 ago. So thank you🙏 for being such an amazing part of my journey and showing me the world! Your biggest fan...... Buen Camino🤙

[@maggiebahlerrizzio6751]

You are still makin an impact MANY years later! I am preparing for my first Camino (in 2023) and was sent your link by someone who did it years ago. So your great advice and passion lives on and continues to help "newbies" like me, thank you!

[@TheBadGuy1974]

Why regret. The rest of this channels life starts today with this video. Keep posting.

[@markrussell3536]

I walked into Santiago on my 60th birthday in 2017 accompanied by my then 19 year old son. It was the best investment of time and money I ever made. Your videos were most helpful as I trained and prepared for that walk and the two Caminos that followed, for that I thank you. I've recommended your videos to a number of pilgrims in the making since then and they too derived benefit from them. I'm glad to see a new KZbin from you and to hear you're still actively walking as I'm relatively sure you'll agree that there's no better way to experience a place than to pass through on foot at 3-5 kmph. I understand how ones focus in travel can, indeed must evolve, but I would encourage you to keep the possibility of another pilgrimage in your back pocket for later in life when there will be even more to reflect upon as you embrace the suck and surrender yourself to the grind of day after day of walking towards your next goal. For me I'm continuing to train for another Camino or two and learning French for the month it ought to take me to cross France on the Via Francienega when it comes time to celebrate my Seventyth. Buen Camino no matter where you may roam, all who wander are indeed not lost!

[@pokerofaces]

Loved your videos. Helped me before my caminos. I haven't lost the buzz. Need to do the other routes. Keep posting whatever form your channel takes. I'll be here. Thanks

[@bathedinridicule]

Ohhhh I remember that buzz! I'm sure I'll get it back at some point. Thanks for the support John, it means a lot.

[@sonyarichmond6121]

A wonderfully honest recap video. You inspired and helped us set out and plan for the Camino Frances in 2016! In short order we pushed to do the GR65, Camino Portuguese and Norte. However we also came to feel - as you note about yourself - that the Camino was becoming overwhelmed, highly commercialized, and reserved. Each way comes to us at a certain time in our lives and while the Camino is beautiful and important it is not the end of the voyage. Glad to hear you are doing well and moving on. Like ourselves you are fortunate to be in a beautiful country...there is a ton to do here in Canada and in BC..... thanks for everything!

[@rometimed1382]

*wave* good to hear from you. I walked the Camino in 2015 (when I first watched your vids) and was booked to walk it again last year in 2020 but obviously could not go again. I definitely understand the perspective that you want to give people a sense of the Camino and how amazing it is but it's truly such an individual experience that it's tough because your experiences (broadly) will be so drastically different than everyone else's. I joke with everyone I know that I will die on the Camino one day but I truly feel that way. It's such a place of reflection and deep human insight that I can't even do it enough justice. Hope for more videos but if it's just this one then thanks for all those words of assistance and encouragement years ago

[@bathedinridicule]

Good to hear from you too. Sorry to hear about your 2020 plans--my dad also had a Camino interrupted. Thankfully, I'm sure this isn't the first pandemic the Camino has endured. I know it will be there waiting for you when it's time :) I also don't know the future of this channel (I've learned at this point that I shouldn't make any promises haha) but thank you for the lovely words and for being here.

[@tm7215]

Your videos were a great help for me when I was preparing for my first Camino, thank you. Don’t give up on the Camino just yet. You can’t recreate the past but my experience is that if you let each Camino be free from your expectations it will deliver a new horizon. April 2019 was my last and it wasn’t too crowded if you avoided the choke points. The Easter celebrations were a crazy cultural experience even in the smaller towns.

[@bathedinridicule]

Hey there! Yeah, I had wonderful experiences too, and each one quite different. Definitely not giving up on it, and certainly not because of crowds. I'm sure at some point over the coming decades I'll find myself back there... but it doesn't have intense pull that it used to have on me. Oh man, I can imagine with the Easter celebrations! I wandered through quite a number of random celebrations in small towns (usually for holidays/Saints days I had no previous awareness of). Was always such a fun surprise.

[@royrow8879]

So glad to see you post again. Your videos helped a great deal in planning and walking the Camino. Please let your content flow to reflect on your life today. Share honestly from your heart and life and many will follow and listen. Your voice has been missed

[@bathedinridicule]

Hi Roy, I'm so glad they were helpful for you. Thank you for the kind words of encouragement, they mean more than you know!

[@johnavery5384]

Everything has its time. I did my first Camino aged 66 and you helped me get comfortable with the idea that a fat old diabetic with a bad back might not die trying. Thanks for that and good luck with whatever happens next.

[@sueh8547]

It’s so good to see you again! I walked the camino in 2017 and I watched your videos over and over again before I left. Thank you for checking in on KZbin! We have missed you 💕

[@bathedinridicule]

Hi Sue. Thanks for the love and encouragement! 💛

[@christophermellor5837]

Wondered where you got to. Your videos were really great for when I was getting ready for my 1st camino. The camino was one of the best things I did. It really changed my life for the better.

[@bathedinridicule]

Same, Christopher, same! Glad I could be part of your Camino journey.

[@nowtacoma]

Turning 30 in two weeks. It's triggering a lot of contemplating, but a trip to Spain is very much not in the cards. Good on you for sending this into the world and capping it off. Feel free to start with adding new material if you like, but don't feel you have to remain same. Non of us are, and that's cool. Adventures will come again (larger ones than getting groceries that is....)

[@bathedinridicule]

Ooof it's a big one eh! Thanks very much. It's been a good few years of more local adventures for me, and with -gestures broadly- there's never been a better time to explore our own backyards. Happy early birthday, I hear it only gets better from here on out. ;)

[@cindyreid3788]

I walked the Camino in Nov/Dec 2019 as a 50th birthday present to myself. Your videos helped a lot with my preparation. It was definitely one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Good to hear from you and hope to see you here again in the future.

[@bathedinridicule]

Hi Cindy! Ooh, how did a early winter Camino treat you? I think that could appeal to me in the future, to beat the crowds. Thank you for the kind words, good to hear from you too.

[@cindyreid3788]

@@bathedinridicule A lot less people which I loved. A lot of places, including whole villages, were shut. We had unseasonably bad weather including snow. I won't lie, it was really tough. But it was worth it and life changing.

[@GarGri]

I enjoyed your videos when I was preparing for mine own Camino. I watched loads of different videos on a variety of topics but your enthusiasm and youth was a magical combination. Thanks for posting them.

[@thegreatwhitecloud]

I only walked once, before I discovered your content, but i also walked in 2011 and am 30 this year 😅 I’d love to walk again one day!

[@bathedinridicule]

Haha twinsies!! I'm sure the Camino will be there for you again (and me, and all of us) when the time is right. :)

[@fgalloway36]

Hi Lindsey! I walked the Camino Frances by myself in 2017, with my brother in 2018, and did mountain bikes with friends in 2019. Before my first one, I had read many books and watched many videos, but your videos helped the most. Thanks for all your efforts, it’s much appreciated. Still planning to walk the Portuguese route with my brother one day soon.

[@mariadunlop2606]

Lindsey your videos were instrumental for my Caminos: Frances 2018 and 2019. Portuguese 2019. I have recommended your KZbin videos to EVERYONE I’ve met, contemplating walking the Camino. Thank you for this update. Buen Camino for all of your future adventures.

[@shawndart7787]

This woman is the best person on youtube relating to the camino very genuine and interesting

[@paperandpavement]

What a beautifully honest video. Great to hear from you again i hope the passion of you making videos rekindles because your past videos have helped a lot of people. Hope the future brings more videos from you and this ch. Take care!

[@bathedinridicule]

Aww Ned, you're gonna make me cry!! Thanks you, really, for such kind words, so lovely to hear from you. Take care as well.

[@matthewhopkinson6131]

Hi, Lindsey. I walked the Camino Frances in spring 2014. I was going through some massive life changes and needed to get the hell out of dodge, and the idea ofthe Camino seemed to just come out of nowhere. I remember watching all of the videos you had posted at that point, and really liking them. They were practically useful (your comments about better gear notwithstanding - but hey, it's a pretty gentle trail that forgives a lot of error, and you can always level up in Burgos or Leon...) - but more importantly, it was your enthusiasm and passion that really spoke to me. It was so abundantly clear that you had completely fallen in love with that journey - and that definitely played a part in my decision to do it. Seven years have passed since then, and my Camino obsession has subsided a bit. It was a life-changing, defining moment and I loved everything about it (except for tendonitis and snoring). So much so that I did it again in Autumn 2017. It still had that magic, and I think it always will. But I totally respect your decision to not just churn out videos for the sake of it. It is a pretty special journey, and has a kind of holiness (for want of a better word) that can be a fragile thing. So thank you for the videos you made when you were feeling it your heart, and thank you for moving on when you felt it was time to do so! Who knows - maybe it will be there for you again sometime in the future. Personally, I don't think I'll be going back any time soon, but then again...I was always so much in awe of the joyous folks in their 70s I met along the way - it would be kind of cool to be one of them someday... Thanks again, and ultreia! xxx

[@elizabethowen7483]

Just found you for the very first time. Contemplating my first Camino in 2022. Thank you for your sincerity. It is most appreciated.

[@hefaron]

Nice to have you back. I watched a lot of your videos before my camino in 2018 and they did give me the right "camino feeling" that I needed to go with the information. There was no commercials or affiliation links or the begging for subscribers, it was just some nice things you thought would be useful for us, and most of it were. :)

[@bathedinridicule]

That's wonderful to hear. I don't think I could better summarize what I was hoping the videos have been for people, because that "Camino feeling" is exactly what I was looking for on youtube when I was trying to plan back in the day. If only we could bottle that feeling somehow...!

[@JohnVDenley]

Every time I think about the Camino I think about you! I still wash with solid soap bars, even at home. And next year I plan to finally start hosting walking retreats on the 100km section from Santiago to Finisterre. I had originally planned to start doing them in April 2020, but obviously that didn't happen! But all of this is thanks to your videos! So thank you!

[@Kremlin59]

Yes Yes yes. I love to tell everyone about the Camino. The Camino was a life changing event for me.

[@leonardofaria16]

Hi from East Vancouver! I walked the Camino in 2018 and your videos were very helpful! It great to see you posting again

[@bathedinridicule]

Oh heyyyyy neighbour! Glad they were helpful! 😊

[@laurapalmer7759]

Hey, I watched your previous videos before I went on my trip on the Camino. I started at Sarria and walked the rest of the way. I fell in love with it and just want to go back and do the whole thing. Your videos and tips definitely helped me be better prepared than others I was with. I hope I always have my passion and love for the Camino

[@bathedinridicule]

Hey Laura. I'm so glad they were helpful for you, and can definitely understand the Camino stealing a piece of your heart!

[@catherinewilliams7851]

Your videos were, and still are, very relevant. I watched your videos before my first Camino, at age 65. I saw an excited girl and wanted to find out what this “Way” was all about. Three Camino followed, and my first stint at being a hospitaliar ... yep, I’m hooked. Just wish I’d found it earlier! COVID has kept me home this year, but hope to be back on the walk for my 70th. You were a great help in my planning, and giving me the encouragement the age didn’t matter. Thanks ... take care

[@rowanmulvey8632]

I appreciate your knowledge, your experience, and your candid willingness to share.

[@ElCaminoFrancesBlog]

Hi Lindsay, thanks for your videos, they were really inspiring for me. I walked a few Caminos in the last few years too. Now I choose different paths and hikes and use the knowledge I gained in the last years. I also walk in Spain, but now I choose not too popular Camino routes for example the Via de la Plata. We evolve (we have to) but it is not a problem, just stay true to yourself all the time. Thanks again!

[@bathedinridicule]

Hey there! Very true, I'm sure we will see options other than the Frances expanding to meet the supply as well, and become more accessible for more people (for better or worse). Of course, I'm sure this is already happening, I'm 5 years out of the loop now haha! Thanks you for sharing your perspective. It's very true, evolution is not a bad thing even if it's a bit scary sometimes (for me at least!)

[@linnea5618]

Hi, so nice to hear from you again! I found your videos in 2018 before daring to leave for my Camino, thank you for that. Fun fact: It was you who introduced me to the idea of shampoo bars and I still use them today. I wish you all the best!

[@bathedinridicule]

Haha oh yay! I went off them for a few years but just bought my first one in ages and am back in love :P

[@darrylkerr5226]

I just wanted to say thanks Lindsey for all your tips and shared knowledge. Leading up to my Camino in April 2018, the excitement that I already had was further fueled by your videos. I know for a fact that without your assistance, this Aussie would not have been as well prepared. As it was I still didn't take all your advise and packed a few things "just in case" and very quickly realized that I should have listened. I off loaded a few bits at Pamplona post office to be posted back home lol. Thanks again.

[@josiemyers9515]

Thank you for your videos!! I did the Camino as a solo 19-year old girl in 2018 and your videos were a huge encouragement for me (and offered reassurance for my parents). I was a backpacker with all of the info in my head on gear used for the backcountry before I went, but your videos gave me a genuine, valuable insight into what I should expect with the Camino and how it was different than the backcountry camping I was used to. I would still be really interested in hearing what sorts of things you've branched out into, and I think other people who have found your insight helpful would be as well!

[@bathedinridicule]

Oh Josie this makes to me so happy to know it helped you as a solo young woman 😭 and your parents too haha that's great! That's so awesome that you got to grow up with that backcountry knowledge. The Camino was a gateway to wanting to get into the backcountry (it helped that I listened to "A Walk in the Woods" while walking my last Camino lol) and that's definitely where my interests mainly lie now.... always so much to learn. :)

[@billkrueger9305]

Lindsey! Apologies, I am just finding this now clearly a year after your posting...I followed all of your Camino posts and loved each one and wondered why you stopped. In the mean time I walked the Camino Frances in 216, the Portugese Coastal in 2018, the Via di Francesco to Assisi in 2019, and just finished another Frances in October of 2022. Your advice in so many ways accompanied me in all of these journeys. As you know returning to the Camino is....(long pause)....another Camino in and of itself. I see a guitar in the background and it makes me smile as it is another way to express many of the same feelings from the Camino. Ultreia in you own journey, and I hope to see you when we both return to the Way once more. Many blessings, and buen Camino!

[@hidavidwen]

This popped up...I remember seeing your videos as I was preparing for my first camino in 2019-they really helped and inspired me-thank you! I love the positivity in the camino community, and you've helped contribute to that. Perhaps see you back here some time...best of luck to your new adventures in life!

[@duchesshenderson4482]

Hi Lindsey! It’s nice to see you again! You were the first person that came up when We were researching our first Camino that we did in 2015. Your videos were extremely helpful. I wanted to do something monumental for my 50th birthday, and chose the Camino Frances. You’re still so young, I’m sure the Camino will call to you again. I will do the Camino Portuguese in 2022, so am looking forward to that. All the best to you - I totally care about what you have to say about your experiences and have always enjoyed your videos. Buen Camino! Xx

[@bathedinridicule]

Hey there! I'm so glad they were helpful for you back in the day. You're absolutely right, there are a lot of decades ahead, and the Camino has solidly lodged itself in my heart, and that will never change. Thank you for the kind thoughts... best of luck in 2022!

[@KarynWood33]

I’m doing the Portuguese in May as well. Starting from Porto. Buen Camino

[@duchesshenderson4482]

@@KarynWood33 Lucky you! That’s where I’m planning to start too, but I’ve decided to postpone until 2023 because of all the Covid stuff. Bom Camino!

[@BamaHiker]

Welcome back Certified Master Peregrina and missed fellow KZbinr! Congratulations on your marriage as noted by your name change. FYI I spent the weekend working on my return to the Camino in 2022 to walk again with my daughter Abigail. I was researching albergues and where to stay. We are walking the Frances route, but I want to have a different experience than in 2013 and walk to Muxia at the end. Fantastic to see you again! Great job with the editing. Buen KZbin!

[@bathedinridicule]

Hey you! Thanks so much for the support as always. No marriage here, I actually just changed my youtube name (to my middle name) for professional reasons. Love it, gotta say I'm a big fan of the father-daughter walking combo! How old is your daughter? I love love love the walk to Muxia. Best of luck when the time comes!

[@mvanertcg]

Lindsey, you were one of the people I looked to before my first two caminos. It didn't hurt that you also lived in the Lower Mainland. I really enjoyed your videos and was sorry when they stopped. A couple of years ago before this current pandemic I met your dad at one of the Vancouver Camion group meetings. I asked how you were doing and he said you're good but no longer involved in the camino I was sorry to hear that. Anyway, I wish you the best and thanks for the videos.

[@michaelyeas9294]

The Camino is awesome but there is definitely more stuff out there. Your videos definitely inspired me to walk the Camino. Thank you for that and maybe you'll post videos of other backpacking treks you may take.

[@bathedinridicule]

Definitely, the world is huge!! Thanks for the kind words Michael.

[@DBourne91]

Lindsey, I am glad I found our channel again and that you are thinking about posting again. I found you the first time I was planning to walk the camino. Now 3 years, and 1 pandemic later I am trying again to get to spain. I too feel uneasy about how popular the camino has become I have not other insights besides that. I would love to hear your take on the West Coast Trail. Your way of explaining or maybe its just your speach, it resonates with me. I am glad to hear you are well. Love from VI -David

[@togood4u1]

Hi Lindsey, so good to see you and to know that you are doing well. I would actually love to see your packing list, now that you have the inside scoop on gear!

[@bathedinridicule]

Hi Toura, thanks for being here!! Haha it would be a lot lighter and generally more expensive. I think that's part of the brilliance of my "early work" lol. I was working with some good low-budget accessible stuff, it was very non-elitist which I think matches the Camino quite well!

[@Nightworker7911]

How reassuring to hear a honest reflection outside the bubble of Camino. I think it clearly has been life changing for you and in reaching out you have helped so many more people than those you physically met along the way. There is so much more you could bring to this channel but perhaps you already realise you have moved on. Can I just ask you to continue to communicate about those outdoor pursuits that you are passionate about as you have a fresh and infectious communication style.

[@jaspantro]

Excelente video lleno de honestidad. No te preocupes, que dentro de 20-25 años volveras a hacer el Camino, y encontrarás recompensa en él. La paciencia es virtud de los peregrinos!!! Saludos desde España..... y nos vemos!

[@tylertibbetts207]

Lindsey, I had a 2020 Camino planned... need not say anymore! It was going to be my first! I binged on all your videos and felt completely connected with your channel! I am planning a 2022 Camino with my son who will be 14 then. So happy to see you again and please keep posting content. We live in Maine and any gear recommendations are much appreciated! Be well!!!

[@bellam2548]

Hello Lindsey, so nice to hear from you again. I have walked the Camino in 2017. I must say that your videos played a huge role in my preparations for the Camino and I thank you so, so much for that :-) My plan was to walk another Camino in 2020, but unfortunately due to Covid, it has been placed on hold. The plan is to walk the next year in 2022, however, I have this feeling that it will be a rat race next year as a lot of people will want to walk it then so just because of that might have to postpone again. In regards to your experiences, I was looking forward to hearing more about your experiences. Noticed that you did not talk too much about your last Camino, and I'm sure a lot of us would like to know more about it; good or bad, no judgment. The Camino I did was "mostly" positive. However, there were times when I had to move a bit quicker just to leave the negative "influencers" behind. In all, it was a wonderful experience, something I will never forget and I am looking forward to the next one. :-) I hope we can hear more about your other ventures!

[@bathedinridicule]

Hey Bella! Thank you for such a thoughtful comment! Yes, I'm sure 2022 will be an interesting year on the Camino, and chances are the landscape will be quite different post-COVID (how many allergies will be permanently lost, for example?) We'll just have to wait and see! Will you walk the Frances? Honestly, in regards to my 2016 Camino, it feels like the details have been lost to time almost haha! I didn't write or journal to look back on. I didn't meet many other English-speakers so was pretty lonely, and I was in an emotional storm cloud (I had actually just called off my own wedding). After the trip, I was busy and not in the mood to film, and promptly had to move on with life and now I don't feel like I could even really talk about the trip in any detail. I would also say mostly positive, but also I was a miserable mess for at least the first half but it wasn't the Camino's fault 😅 I hope that makes sense! Anyway, thanks for being here :)

[@leonieclancy7438]

Hi Lindsey so lovely to hear from you. Your clips were very much part of my Camino in 2019. I walked the Portuguese Coastal Shore Way sometimes on the beach with the Atlantic crashing to shore, and then the Spiritual Way on to Santiago de Compostela . Live changing sound so cliched but it was. I am more than twice your age and loving life thanks to the Camino. Now exploring Caminos at home in Australia. Bon Camino where ever you walk.

[@joejoe4341]

Always so beautiful and articulate. Thank you for sharing. It’s awesome seeing you again

[@bathedinridicule]

Aww thank you Joe!

[@muxia_camino]

t’s so good to see you again!

[@warpiglet75]

Hi Lindsey, your videos were so helpful to my sister and I when we walked our first camino in 2016. We are glad you’re doing well and would love for you to make more content!

[@elizabethlangridge7538]

I still recommend your videos to people and I watched all your videos before I did the Camino and found them helpful! Would love to see what else you are passionate about

[@frdf701]

Thank you Lindsey for sharing your experiences and information regarding El Camino. Everything was helpful and relevant 3 years ago when my wife and I did the Camino and will still be 3 years from now. But, as is the case with the Camino as well, life is a journey and you plan, experience, have good days and bad, make mistakes, learn from your experiences, and from others, and continue moving forward and growing. And everything in our life holds different importance at different phases in our life. That is all part of life. And as far as your channel, it isn't named The El Camino channel, it is your channel, and as such should reflect you, your interests and your passions, whatever they may be. Your followers, as opposed to just El Camino followers, will respect that. Buen Camino, or more appropriate now, "Live with Passion!"

[@bathedinridicule]

Thank you for taking the time to write out such a kind and thoughtful comment. I'm so glad the content was still relevant for you and your wife. Thank you for the wisdom and encouragement, amigo!

[@ralfhedin]

Really a new and informative perspective, when you talk about the changes on the camino the last ten years. Very interesting for me who is new to the idea of pilgrimage. /Ralf, Sweden

[@bathedinridicule]

Hey Ralf! Yes, that's true, that is surely worth its own video! I'll have to research what the Camino is like now, and also once travel is a-go again. It will be interesting to see.

[@alpo2smith]

Hi Lindsey. I fully understand your need to move to other things. I’ve completed a couple Camino routes and have decided to do a long distance cycling journey in the spring of 2024. While I absolutely loved the Camino journeys and all they have to offer is just such a busy experience now and that just too much for me. Turned 60 last month so it’s just time to find something else to do that keeps me physically active. Wish you well on your new experiences.

[@scottieglot]

I am seeing this video quite a few months after you posted it, but I am happy to have had your face pop up in my subscriptions. It's always nice to see real people from different times in my life popping up and checking in. Glad to see you are doing well! I hope you do continue to make content on this channel, even if it is not Camino-related! :D

[@itamarserjan1001]

Lindsey is back!!! My son and I are planning a camino trip in Sept. He is graduating from college in May and figured we hold out till Sept when the crowds get a little less. I've been watching your videos for years and it's you who has motivated me to do all this so Thank you. I say post that new video ref packing list god knows i need it. Missed you big time.

[@bathedinridicule]

Fingers crossed for you guys that you're able to go! I haven't been really plugged into how things are going with the pandemic on the Camino, I'm sure things will be very different in a lot of ways but the Camino has survived for centuries and surely will continue to do so! Buen camino to you and your son, thanks for the kind words.

[@MissbigredHeart]

Loved you Camino Content. I would be REALLY interested in your other outdoor adventures!

[@xxxloutdoors7399]

Still here. 8 yes later. Still haven’t done the Camino but I have hope. You’re older, more seasoned and there’s nothing wrong with that. But I would suggest very humbling not to lose the passion, and the sense of adventure that you had just a few years ago I know you helped countless people, including myself.

[@1988antigone]

Hi! I did my first camino in 2017 and your video has been a huge inspiration for me! Thanks!

[@jacquidunbar6779]

Just found you while researching for my 1st camino trip. Still not sure which route to take, but very excited for the journey. Blessings and Good luck to you.

[@wowzieee]

I m here, planning 2022 May or August, Frances trail. Me, two sisters 60+. I m most worried about not getting rooms, as we won t be as quick as them young ones. But I guess that's part of the adventure. We 're going to start training, in our new shoes with our pnew poles. Keep inspiring.

[@kimballwiggins3976]

I love all of your videos! You are amazing! An improved packing list? That we would like to see. You have put out fantastic content kiddo! God bless you and your family!

[@bathedinridicule]

Thank you so much!!

[@kimballwiggins3976]

@@bathedinridicule you ever get to Hungary let me know kiddo! I'd love to thank you in person for your killer videos!

[@andricmr]

I came across your Camino Portugues Tips Video, because I plan to walk it this summer (if the situation allows it) and ended up on this video. Like the way you think about your journey. I walked the Frances or walked the frances as well. I started in Austris. Anyway, I think that one will always be "my camino". All the ones following (I guess I'll walk them all) are just for me to get back in time and try to experience a lil bit of the magic. Maybe Im wrong and I'll really need to walk the camino again like I did 2019. Who knows :) Buen Camino

[@bouvierdan]

Hi Lindsey, In the summer of 2019, I walked parts of the Camino with my daughter as a college graduation gift. I saw a number of different videos on the Camino, but yours was far and away the most authentic. It became my go-to for preparation for the Camino. One of the best parts was that, I think my daughter was much more receptive to your videos than she would have been had her dad made a particular suggestion. :-) Really, you made a huge difference in our preparation for and our time on the Camino. Thank you!

[@bathedinridicule]

Hi Daniel, thank you for such kind words. It really means a lot to me to hear how my content helped you both. Big fan of the father-daughter Camino over here haha! Very glad that I could help get your daughter excited and prepared along with you. All the best!

[@maurerevans]

You were very helpful. Did mine 2017. Going again.

[@adoheron]

You sound remarkably comfortable with yourself. I so relate to your emotional processing of The Camino (I did 5). I have moved on to Ireland (Dingle Way) and Switzerland (Via Francigena). When Covid ends, I am going to the Kerry Peninsula and back to Switzerland ( + Germany + Austria + Leichenstein). I'm learning German and French to get out of my comfort zone and will use them in Europe the next time. And towards the end I'll return to Spain to keep my fluency. I came across your video because you are in my subscription list. Glad to see and hear you once again. Buen Camino!!

[@bathedinridicule]

Hey Larry, thanks for the reminder that there are always new walks to consider. Although these days, I love hiking in the backcountry and the mountains, getting to also traipse through small towns is such a great way to get a feel for a part of a country you wouldn't otherwise get to see, and those walks strike such a nice balance of that. Best of luck with all your future walks!

[@ChrisStrauber]

Thank you, Lindsey! I walked from Pamplona to Logroño in 2019, partly nudged by your advice that walking from anywhere to anywhere was a solid concept for a shorter Camino. I don't know if I'll go back after Covid, but your video is reminding me of the guy from New Zealand I met who said about the crowds "there's a lot of great walks in the world." Do what you like with this space, it won't change how special what you've already done here is.

[@bathedinridicule]

Pamplona to Logroño is a beautiful piece, excellent choice! Yes, I would love to find more beautiful experiences, similar to the Camino and otherwise. And I love planning and organizing for things so could certainly see content arising from that too :) Cheers!

[@MYKEDANGER]

Thanks so much for posting this! Ive watched a lot of your videos.

[@francescotorsello2086]

It was actually great to hear about your experiences in the camino and i tell you you actually inspired me to do 4 caminos. My camino desire have not turned off yet and Im just waiting for Spain to open to move to Spain and try it more closely. I will definitely continue doing them as often as I can. Thanks and good luck to you. Also. If you have any tips about doing the packing more practical please share it

[@bobotron801]

It was nice to hear from you again.

[@SneakyEnnv]

It is so nice to see you. ❤️

[@bathedinridicule]

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[@francefehr429]

I am glad to listen to your post, Lindsay. I think I may have watched some of your posts before May 2019 which is when my husband and I went to walk ( in France) from Le Puy-en-Velay to Roncesvalles. about 800k, 39 days. Fantastic experience... When I came back I was totally obsessed with the Camino so I wrote about it. If all goes well, I should publish my book in the fall. I want to title it On foot in France. It is nothing extraordinary as a story but I needed to write it. Anyway it is funny because recently I told my husband that you did not post anything for a long time and here you are. I am a local from the North Shore . I never met you but I enjoyed all your posts. I am keeping in shape , walking every day. We had a plan to walk from Porto to Fisterra in the fall 2020 and of course we had to cancelled our trip. I am still thinking we might do it. Actually my husband said not too long ago that we should start in Lisbon ... well, time will tell. I am not too old but not too young either but I think we can do it. I am still in touch with a few pilgrims we met in 2019 and this is cool. Life is different now that we are not traveling but I am sure we will get back to it some days. Take care and thanks for telling what happened to you since the last post here on KZbin. Stay safe !

[@bathedinridicule]

Hey there! What an excellent reminder that other walks are still out there for me to consider in the future. The walk from Le Puy always sounded so interesting to me, and I'm so glad you had such an inspiring experience... I can definitely relate to that obsession and need to create content about it! That's fantastic that you're walking every day. That love of walking never left me either after the Camino, and I'm often traipsing through the North Shore woods (I live over here now too!) Who knows, maybe one day we'll bump into each other, and if so, please say hi! :) Best of luck with the book and your future walks, all the best.

[@francefehr429]

@@bathedinridicule thanks Lindsey. Would be great to see you on the trail up to Lynn peak or Norvan falls. :-) I can't wait for warmer weather and spend more and more time outdoors. thanks again for telling us what happen to you after all those videos. I think the first one was about Lush soap. We did buy them for our Camino !!

[@brettgoodall5171]

Hey Lindsey, I loved your videos. I walked it in September/October 2016. GREAT trip. I understand you 100%. People around you in general don't care as much as we do. Understandable. But if you do travel somewhere else in the future, please let us join you once again. Take care.

[@raymundnigellabarquez4956]

Hello, i did it in 2018. I often came here to get inspiration and get ready for the trip. You were a big part of that memorable journey. Yes, that passion fizzled out for me as well as I have longed to see other places and do other activities but who knows maybe one day (like this jubilee year) i might just do it again and I’ll be going thru some of your past videos to prepare and who knows, maybe I’ll see you down that road. Buen camino from the Philippines!

[@bathedinridicule]

Hi Raymund, so glad to have been part of your journey! Yes, it seems the Camino likes to lodge itself into our hearts, and I'm sure someday I'll feel the call again. Thanks for being here :)

[@liveyourdreammedia]

Cool video's. I will be leaving towards Santiago next Sunday from the Belgium/Luxemburg border while being Dutch myself(wish me luck lol). But i think you just need to do whatever you feel like, and the people that like what you do wont leave you hanging ;) have a great day

[@hardnotlife93]

I would love to see content on whatever other adventures you find yourself embarking upon!

[@bathedinridicule]

Good to know! Thanks!

[@Beck823]

Oh I would LOVE to see a revised packing list!!!!!

[@Beck823]

OR…as more of an expert now, consider presenting some options for equipment choices that make sense today? Example - the ever-popular sarong vs backpacking towel debate? Turkish towel? Micro-fiber?

[@79other]

Thanks. I’d be interested in other places!

[@bathedinridicule]

Noted!!

[@kathrynformica4454]

Lindsey, Thank you for touching base....I was wondering. I enjoyed all you videos, particularly the one about doing a second camino. I did, and it was different and wonderful, and I needed the encouragement at the time. If reference to you doing a more professional video now that you work for an outfitter. Here is food for thought: the word amateur (obviously the opposite of professional) comes from the Latin root amar=to love. An amateur then, is someone who does something simply out of the love they have for it. That was obvious in all your videos, and I suspect the reason for their popularity. I don't think you could have done better! The purity, genuineness, encouragement and positivity that you demonstrated is not reproducible, in this girl's humble opinion. You will be missed!!! Buen camino....in the truest sense of the words.....

[@bathedinridicule]

Kathryn, what a thoughtful comment. Thank you so much for the words of encouragement. I'm glad that video about doing the Camino again landed with you! (I always thought it was underrated tbh 😅) It's very true, the video I tried to film (of a new packing list, with "better" gear) was missing that pure excitement and enthusiasm. Also it felt so similar to my job at the time that it killed the fun and I'm a terrible actor and definitely couldn't reproduce it myself on camera. But... something else might light that passion again, and if I can be organized enough to try and capture that on film... it'll be here! Buen camino to you as well Amiga 💛

[@chaddventures]

I care. Bear Hugs. I watched a lot of your videos when planning for my camino years ago and finally went in 2019. It was amazing and I can understand you wanting to do more at the time. I feel as if I need to go again at least one more time before I go further outside my comfort zones. I'm glad you are well! and look forward to seeing some more of your adventures in the future. Youre info is wonderful and i'm sure what you share in the future will be as well

[@bathedinridicule]

Hi Chad. I'm glad you can relate to that difficulty with leaving our comfort zones... it's hard! Thank you for the thoughts and encouragement!

[@chaddventures]

@@bathedinridicule Most Definitely! and it indeed is. Im ready for it though :) Of course! No problem ma'am! Just speaking the truth.

[@jackpaice]

Lindsey! So good to see and hear you. Gosh, this certainly hits home. I turned 32 this year and looking back ten years (which, coincidentally is around the time we first met online), it feels very strange and disconnect from who I am today... I hope you're doing well! Cheers from Alex and Lucia!

[@bathedinridicule]

Aleeeeeeeeeeex! Oh man it's been like 10 years!!!! since we were both little youtube babies 😭 It's still so amazing to me that we ever got to meet each other IRL... we can thank the frickin' Camino for that. Man I really dropped the ball on youtube! Are you seeing these frickin comments man, this is like the kindest more pure possible corner of the internet over here, it's making me cry. Why was I away for so long! Anyway. Great to hear from you, it's easy to forget this is how we ever even started talking way back in the day. Much love to you my friend.

[@jackpaice]

@@bathedinridicule I know! Even looking at your videos from a few years ago feels so distant! Well, you have a platform to talk about what you've done with your passion for the Camino, and what it's morphed into! That seems like the perfect evolution. We should zoom some day, and catch up. So much has happened since you met us in Porto!

[@bathedinridicule]

@@jackpaice Yes I would love that!

[@popalina21]

Hi Lindsey !! Missed you sooo much !!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@bathedinridicule]

Hi Alina!!

[@muxia_camino]

Great to hear from you againplease make some more camino video if you can , gracias

[@joerg64]

Great points. And I agree. Moreover, I think the Camino is great to get people into walking long distances. A great learning experience. With the self-empowerment of having made it to Santiago, many will do more walking in their own countries and elsewhere, incl thru-hikes with camping etc. I don't think you need to worry about your channel begin a Camino channel. If you decide to post videos about your other outdoor adventures, that would be seen as a "natural evolution" of a pilgrim's "development" and most folks will probably enjoy and appreciate them. Bringing the camino home and taking it to the next level. Not sure what the proper words are but I assume you know what I mean anyway.

[@bathedinridicule]

Hey Joerg!! Yes, that has honestly been my exact path and progression. It was a huuuge learning experience and a great opportunity for me to prove to myself that I can do hard things, and since then I've sought harder things and built on that knowledge/excitement base. And you're right, I'm sure that's a very common experience. The Camino is accessible, inspiring, and you're way fitter when you finish! 😅 Thank you for your words and for sharing your wisdom! It's a great reminder to me, to keep that perspective.

[@joerg64]

@@bathedinridicule Same for me. I'd certainly watch your videos about your more recent outdoor adventures. I am sure they will be great and informative, thus both fun and helpful. They will provide inspiration and advice to help me and many of your other subscribers to break out of our comfort zones as well and try new stuff. But, of course, no pressure! ;-)

[@Rachel-Fosters]

Hi! I watched your videos when I was hoping to walk the Camino before I turned 30. Alas, I am 34 and have not yet made it over there. I still hope to do it someday. That said, I definitely think you could expand your channel to include new adventures/information/advice. Then, I could add you to the channels through which I live vicariously. Haha! One such channel I frequent is Homemade Wanderlust. She may inspire you!

[@rvnola9795]

I’m STILL here!

[@maurerevans]

I would ask that you consider putting a last packing list since youve learned so much.

[@Joro81Bg]

Hats down Lindsey hats down .....

[@Brendalo1]

Hahahahahaaaaa hahahahahaaaaa hahahahaaaa ... bahahahahaha Your 30,. I'm 58 I'll get to the humor later... Your.videos were a God send 🙏 my first camino was based on movies, the romance not the sore feet reality came from you It so hard to find good information on the camino, some are grandising with a lot of personal reflection little value I talked my kids into going One daughter 30 now, watched the Movie "The Way" brought a two heavy pack, flop flops & a beach towel, I brought a chair .... With out you we would have not packed essential items, the chair we mailed forward with 30 pounds of extra equipment. The heart of my pack was what you told me to the bring,.it stayed with me until the end. My 26 year old daughter was 100% ready fit in shape, packing list 100% Four years later we walked Lisbon Portugal to Fatima, Tui to Santiago Muxia & Fisterra ×2 With my son then 15 Lisbon to Santiago not for the timid ! I thought I was the camino expert after the first hell no, we got stuck in 108 degrees in a desert area with no water ... God reached out, an off road motorcycle police brought me to town for water to bring back for my kids. Any way it was you, your videos help me prepare, I looked at the terrain the weather around you, the feeling of adult guides along the way, your comments & suggestions I went to a Rick Steve's workshop in Edmonds, Washington he could tale a lesson from you . The hardest part for most people is travel arrangements, and how easy it is to plan & execute. I went to cheapoair & the eurorail sites & booked one way passage for all found the smart rates. FYI a one way to Paris plane ride $410. usd that's cheap It can be done cheap but people need good guides thru the process So you can't quit .... The issue I found was many that take this walk are upper middle class, some "not all" arrogant snobs no judgrment, I think the working class needs to experience this journey, the ones like me destined to work & die never seeing the world outside, the wonderful people from all over the world. let this.group see our countries for what they really are ,.not rude but simple folks looking for direction Over the years I checked back on your site to see you slowly 🐌 going to the been there done that stage ... Let me help renew your interest God was on that walk, I'm a changed man because of that walk,.I could write a book on how many times he stepped in to help, when out o,f money, or lost, I'm not big on religion made by man, but I know God now, partly because of you. after reading Pillars of the Earth & World without end Tom Follett I look at the casting forms in the churches the chiseled marks and think back to a time when the true believer worked 6-7 days a week but still made it into these great buildings for hope. Jack a character in the second book has a son his wife walked the camino to find him a great read .... The laugh at the start, you have many chapters left in your life. Many you will return truste.that walk calls ... I would suggest a different walk next time and tips I can now pass to you first continue to guide people.on your channel with a now more mature prospective, research reasonable ways to travel there 1. Watch the euro vrs. the currency in your country like stock market buy low & save up. Research cheap flights / train one way with resources to help others connect the working folk, pay that off then do the same for the return. a couple of months later. Now the most important part walk by the diploma god & your feet know you walked the path. There are different stamps ones for the tourists one for the faith did you know that??? Bet not in each town find the father or the nuns of the town politely ask where they live most live close by the ⛪ church, knock or wait after the service ask for there stamp, most times its different then the tourist pilgrim stamp, each will be a camimo story I have many I can share. These stamps look like art Muxia is the true end of the camino not sanitago in town there is a little church with a marble pillar touched by millions of hands,.not the church on the water .... interesting that new church was struck by lightning on Christmas eve & burnt down wood roof gone shortly after being built, Christmas eve ... one & a billion chance You will return it will be later maybe like me when your.in your 50's but it's never over or done Enjoy your break But your channel needs you In these times people need to be guided by hope & faith, we need you back ... I don't know your taste in scholars , if you avoid current issue topics your country has a saint in Jordan Peterson listen to his lectures on life & happiness away from politics is where hes his best. especially his topics on God. He is known to turn atheists into believers There are many topics to cover Cool to take this knowledge to other trails but return here to spread the word, don't know there you are on God, like the camino give it twenty years maybe,your view will change I'm hoping.to go to Greece to walk a pilgrimage to mount athos, to visit hermit monks, sorry no woman allowed, in some parts of the island, also the hostile on Grand Saint Brenard Pass, between Italy & Switzerland is a bucket lister .... a good man I spoke with in Portugal valued monks as a higher calling the thought of someone giving up everything, avoid money, Living simply,.something we could all take a lesson from I would love to see a video on ultra light packing under 5 pounds. The walk would be a breeze, sending items to three different positions on the camino,.kind.of like the PACIFIC CREST TRAIL from Mexico to Canada they have drop mail in spots instead of heavy packs. Any way I wanted to thank you And I will pray you continue Imagine your a rock band, you write a great song, every town wants to hear it, you want to sing the new stuff they still want the old. Later when your star is past by another it becomes 😎 cool again to tell them you wrote it & sing a bar Your in the middle of that now ... now get making !!!! I can't stand watching these grandising no info camino walks

[@shaunminehan]

Intriguing that you walked the same route three times? ‘The Camino’ isn’t actually the Camino Frances.

[@blahblah8372]

are you still around? how are you?

[@TheLearningLounge]

Would love to know what your new and improved recommendations would be 🤔🤗

[@TheLearningLounge]

Happy almost birthday too🤗

[@catherinemccarthy2022]

I would love to see your latest packing video. Please 🙏😃🙏🤞

[@maurerevans]

That is what supposed to happen as you walk the way.