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Time for more compostela type certificates?
Well said! Better still, just print them at home. Think of the carbon savings in trees saved, and at the Pilgrims Office. Volunteers will freed up to help at Donativos. In the interview, that triggered this thread, Antón Pombo said: "The most negative change is clear: overcrowding. We wanted...- Walkalong
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Time for more compostela type certificates?
I did not suggest that Spanish Camino pilgrims would not walk if it were not for collecting a Compostela. The obsession I'm referring to is the the number of threads in which the rules for collecting a Compostela are referenced or introduced as a caveat for completing a pilgrimage. There is...- Walkalong
- Post #17
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Time for more compostela type certificates?
Why is there an obsession with collecting Compostelas and certificates? Why do so many start in Sarria when they could start further away, like Pamplona or Roncesvalles? Would doing away with the computer printout be a step forward in the Camino spirit of Pilgrimage? People who really want one...- Walkalong
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SJPDP vs Sarria for Newby
Advice I gave a friend a few weeks ago was to: 1. Know why you are walking - which you seem to have done. 2. Start as far away from SdC as possible. 3. Let things unfold as they may. Starting in Sarria during tour bus season may be a good way to ruin a hard earned vacation. Have you considered...- Walkalong
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Camino Frances Social Dynamics
The social aspect is worthy of discussion, but comradery and groups are not unique to the Camino. Some groups are open, but many become insular and cliquish. It’s understandable how the insularity happens as the numbers increase after Leon, but I’ve seen it as early as Navarre. It was a joy...- Walkalong
- Post #47
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What makes a pilgrim?
Their time, their resources, their Albergue, their rules. We bring gratitude and humility. 'my Camino, my way', imho, has little to do with a "true" Camino experience, and even less to do with pilgrimage.- Walkalong
- Post #144
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Some thoughts on the uniqueness of pilgrimage.
I never really noticed people asking where we started until sometime after Burgos or Leon. Prior to Burgos it was: 'Where are you from?' and 'Where are your blisters?' The preponderance pulse and pedometers comparers started after Astorga and increased with proximity to SdC. In the end we...- Walkalong
- Post #17
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"Can pilgrimage be evangelistic?" - Church Times article
I’m sorry for your encounter with one of the rarely seen or heard rude Canadian. We Newfoundlander’s are often on the receiving end of such ignorance. My experience of meeting evangelicals on the CP was a little disturbing. I mean, you help someone with their blisters and the next day they...- Walkalong
- Post #14
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Combining multiple caminos
I met pilgrim who walked, with her fiance, from her home to Lourdes before finalizing wedding plans. In Lourdes she was inspired to continue her pilgrimage to Santiago. In Santiago she was inspired to continue to Fatima, while her partner returned to France. From Fatima she walked to Lisbon. I...- Walkalong
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