• For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here.
    (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)

Search 69,459 Camino Questions

Advanced search…

Search results for query: *

  1. Lydia Gillen

    The booking ahead problem: Is it a problem?

    Starting in 2007 I never booked, did not even know that one could unless you stayed in a posh hotel. In some way there was always stress, would I get a bed??? and young tall men kept passing me by. I think I must be the most passed-by pilgrim every to walk the Camino. Now I cannot carry my...
  2. Lydia Gillen

    A long (winding) road.

    On my 70 birthday, Thank you Margaret.
  3. Lydia Gillen

    What do you normally do - Carry backpack or use transport service?

    I do not like polls in which the tick does not tell the whole truth. There are "Lies, Damme lies and Statistics." I carried my rucksack throughout my 60's and most of my 70's. Now because of old age I am forced to use 'Rucksack transport.' I do not want to be counted among 'luggage...
  4. Lydia Gillen

    A Wholesome attitude to being on Camino ...

    This poem is so true and because of its truth it is beautiful. I will write it out so I can learn it off by heart. Thank you for sharing it.
  5. Lydia Gillen

    The culture has changed...sadly

    Remember all the posts about blisters!!!. It was like every pilgrim had his or her own remedy. Well for new pilgrims. I started the Camino in Roncesvalles in 2007 age 63 and I got blisters and treated them with needle and thread and betadine and compeed. In fact I threaded my needles at home...
  6. Lydia Gillen

    Look back to Camino 2005

    I started my first Camino in Roncesvalles 2007. I have been on the Camino practically every year since and have volunteered in the pilgrim office , the Cathedral and with Camino Companions I was afraid in 2007 to start in SJPP as I did not know any French!!!!! I only knew of albergues and...
  7. Lydia Gillen

    Brierley guide: Quick abbreviation assistance, please

    When you ask local people the way to Santiago they point West and say todo recto (all straight) and sometimes as you go around a slight bend you come to a fork in the road.!!! but just keep going West.
  8. Lydia Gillen

    Best U.S. $$$ Denominations

    Aren't we the lucky ones? able to talk about changing big money notes as we travel when so many in the world are scraping around to have a bit of food this evening.
  9. Lydia Gillen

    Overtaking étiquette.

    I often laugh as I claim to be 'the most past by pilgrim' on the Camino. I cannot go any faster than I can go, and year on year that is getting slower. However when I get into a rhythm, a bit like the pendulum of an old clock I don't like to have to stop , because I find it hard to get going...
  10. Lydia Gillen

    Better Organization needed for distributing Compostelas!

    Having been a volunteer in the pilgrim's office for the past 3 weeks I can empathise with the comments being made. A big part of the problem is, (I think) the design of the building. Last time I was a pilgrim |I remember we came in a gate around the corner into the back garden, and then up the...
  11. Lydia Gillen

    Lost & Found Lost-now-Found Credencial - Oct 2, 2021, Foncebadon

    Steph, Maybe you could text or email the place you stayed the first night and ask them to text or email you saying that you stayed there and that would be proof of your starting point. The days and the distance would bear out your starting point. Buen Camino. Lydia
  12. Lydia Gillen

    Compostelas for Dummies

    I was deeply touched to read Dave's story. It is kind of sad when pilgrims have not time to listen to others deep pain.
  13. Lydia Gillen

    Secular hike to spiritual pilgrimage???

    In these strange times of Covid, with strict lockdown and all our churches closed, I have experienced this Easter day the Resurrection of LOVE in my garden, and yet, still I yearn and yearn to walk to the Camino and experience that special togetherness once again.
  14. Lydia Gillen

    What's the one thing in your pack, that you absolutely CANNOT do without...and why?

    Margaret I also had a little electrical coil. I had purchased it in Rome when there in the holy year of 1975 as a gift for my mother and she used it every morning for her first cuppa up in her bedroom to save her having to go downstairs. After her death in 1991 it returned to me and I loved...
  15. Lydia Gillen

    I am leaving. Not Forum just yet, but Camino.

    David, I felt sad as I read your opening post. When I think back to my early days on the Forum, you and Methodist Pilgrim and Rebekah come to mind. Each of you with your own brand of wisdom and loving care for the rest of us. You will be missed. The Camino and the Forum were enriched...
  16. Lydia Gillen

    Survey from Grañón

    Granon is my favorite of all albergues. May God bless all who have given their time to be hospiladeros there.
  17. Lydia Gillen

    Family History Research

    Please how do I send a P.m. My specific question is My great grandfather died 14th July 1891 in Rainhill Liverpool . Our oral tradition is that he was in the army. Maybe a musician . the word Timekeeper is also used. Is there any way of knowing what regiment he was in. His name was Thomas...
  18. Lydia Gillen

    My ethical dilemma regarding a compostela

    Tim , the Jesuits have a saying., "All rules should be interpreted mildly." For us Irish who have been reared in a particular rigid form of morality it is a help to be gentle with ourselves, and have compassion on others who are still learning.
  19. Lydia Gillen

    Walking meditation

    Ferdinand, you have been blessed and you know it. thank you for sharing this experience with us all.
  20. Lydia Gillen

    Tomorrow is the Big Day!

    Scruffy, I hope you have had a wonderful St. James Day. Over the years I have really enjoyed your posts on the forum.

❓How to ask a question

How to post a new question on the Camino Forum.

Latest posts

This site is run by Ivar at

in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon
Official Camino Passport (Credential) | 2024 Camino Guides
Back
Top