Panic setting in

Three days to go and as usual, panic is setting in. Last minute packing issues, the normal home maintenance emergency ( koi pond filter is leaking) and don't won't to leave Barb with the prospect of  50 dead koi to deal with, and the overall concern of whether I'm in good enough condition to pull this off. My first week on these caminos is always " what the heck have I got myself into...again". For me, the first week or so has always been the toughest. This year I'm doing the Camino del Norte, about 530 miles across the northern coast of Spain. I will probably have to take a shortcut to pull this off in about 29 days of walking. It should normally take about 35 days. This means that I will probably only walk about 500 miles, which has actually always been my target. Will leave Tampa at 2:45 PM on August 30th and arrive in Irun, Spain, the starting point, at 9:43 PM  August 31st.