I say go for it. I bet Caminho de Santiago would be amazing, and foraging is the best! Personally, I'm more into getting to know places and staying a while than covering distance these days, so my trips are often some kind of hike in -> set up basecamp by a lake or something -> do daytrips and come back home. I am also just mindful of the wear and tear backpacking with lots of weight has on my body... when I had to walk those 60km back in the above story, my knees were sore for weeks.