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  1. BrianForbesColgate

    Luggage Transport - Why?

    With all the veterans here of multiple Caminos, whether pilgrimages or journeys, it may simply be that pilgrims are inevitably aging and with that come restrictions as our bodies remind us that we are no longer 24 ... not even in our wildest dreams. 😊
  2. BrianForbesColgate

    That silly 10% rule

    I will ask my niece who just walked PCT, South to North, last Spring.
  3. BrianForbesColgate

    Real Pilgrims

    Just a thought ... What makes one a "Real Pilgrim" for walking from StJPdP to Santiago? Why StJPdP? Shouldn't one have to walk all the way to Fisterra then Muxía to collect a shell from the ocean and all 4 pieces of paper? ;)
  4. BrianForbesColgate

    Real Pilgrims

    Interesting that similar tones of discussions take place among some soldiers who have served "outside the wire" in Afghanistan and seen their brothers and sisters killed in action or blown to bits by IEDs, while another soldier who "only" serves in rear echelon and may have had to run for cover...
  5. BrianForbesColgate

    You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

    Here in Canada, pants are trousers.
  6. BrianForbesColgate

    Happy Birthday Ivar!

    Every blessing on your birthday, Ivar, and always ... :)
  7. BrianForbesColgate

    I just got a "like" from Falcon

    After that, how could I NOT go back and Like Falcon269’s original post as well? :D Unfortunately, I then read all of that topic ... so sad in so many ways. :(
  8. BrianForbesColgate

    Unplugging

    I have read similar thoughts here many times and I always wonder about such a plan. When I read about the pilgrim who died in the Pyrenees last Spring, I wondered if his emergency phone was thus packed. It reminds me of people who buy those fancy seat-belt cutting tools to allow them to cut...
  9. BrianForbesColgate

    Some of my favorite Camino de Santiago Videos

    Thanks so much, Ivar ... I had seen all but the second, very effective, text one ... Brian
  10. BrianForbesColgate

    Credentials (donativo)

    Re: Free Credentials Yes, in this day and age it's an interesting idea to issue credentials in a digital form for local printing. I thought I had understood from a post somewhere here in the forum that all credentials and issuers had to be approved by the Cathedral office? No? It is...
  11. BrianForbesColgate

    Those we leave behind

    The shortcoming of SPOT is that it is only one-way. If an emergency happens at home, you are not always available. This new toy from Delorme gives 2-way communications via satellite. We got one for my step-son who often goes canoeing in Northern Ontario, far from any landline or mobile...
  12. BrianForbesColgate

    The question of money

    I find that MasterCard or VISA or their equivalents can be handier at times than a debit card, although perhaps that's what you all mean when you refer to ATM use. You can pre-pay them before you go and have access to your cash whenever you need it, without worrying about having a great bill...
  13. BrianForbesColgate

    Need GPS Suggestions

    Thanks renegade pilgrim :) I am not currently a GPS user, but my early-to-mid 20s bairns both use theirs all the time - for both geocaching and travel in general. I've seen them in action on a cross-provinc trip during which we were forced onto a long detour, at the end of which the GPS got...

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