An experience with our sons

It is good has a motive to do the Way of St James in family, it isn’t necessary a religious motive, although is good to know that the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, is a Christian event, marked by people that wish to find with Jesus friend, one of their apostles, and in this way hug him and present their respects. In the walk to this meeting full of joy, the pilgrim has time to meet with himself and with others that help and accompany him to beat the Way. There are times to think, to meet with the nature, the history, the culture, people of different destinations, in conclusion renovation moment in our life and point of arrival to turn to start. If you are decided to do the Way in family, you have enough motives to be pilgrims. For sure it will be a big experience and one of the best presents that you can do your sons.

How go over the Way with children

The true pilgrim admires, help and share the Way with others that such him travel for some motive to follow. One isn’t better pilgrim for do the Way with more weight in the bag, for go barefoot ore at and sleep only for the kindness. Who think these, are very far to be a true pilgrim. If someone bring your luggages by car or sleep in hostels instead of shelters, are elements of trial that bears no relation with be better or worst pilgrim. To be an old people, to be sick or go with children, and more if are little, are major responsibilities that any bag that you can see in the Way. To do the Way in family with children, to do necessary stretches of less than 20 kilometres and a speed of play with all, see all, enjoy all, to do stretches are more larges and need to program accommodation, meals, stops and entertainment for their.

The material is important to the success

It is important that parents like children select well the material that will be of vital importance to the success of the route that mean this physical effort. It is important enter in a portal of familiar hiking that offer us advices and routes to walk with children around Spain. Minimum hiking shoes, soft but with hard sole. Boots it isn’t necessary. But if you have boots used and comfortable, may be it isn’t necessary to buy others. Socks without sean. There are special socks to the sweat, anti-blister. An inversion in this clothe is very recommendable. Comfortable clothes. Polar or sweeter. Hat for the sun. Canteen. And to end water cape.

Supplementary material

Moreover previous, it is advice to bring some accessories that depends of the time and the old of children can be necessaries and useful: walking stick, aren’t necessaries but very useful to help us in the rest of hands and maintain a constant speed. To children it isn’t necessary, but they love to bring some complement of this type. A little bag to children comfortable and manageable. The best will be that each one bring their bag, to have the indispensable things: sweeter, other shocks, and the cape. Middle bag to adults, where moreover of indispensable, also useful to bring credentials, sun cream, camera, something to eat, other clothes… Other shoes like flip-flop. Swimsuit (in some stretches there are public pools). And insect repellent.