sillydoll
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2002 CF: 2004 from Paris: 2006 VF: 2007 CF: 2009 Aragones, Ingles, Finisterre: 2011 X 2 on CF: 2013 'Caracoles': 2014 CF and Ingles 'Caracoles":2015 Logrono-Burgos (Hospitalero San Anton): 2016 La Douay to Aosta/San Gimignano to Rome:
Wow! Can't believe that I joined this forum 11 years ago this month!
It started off as a Santiago forum but quickly morphed into a Camino forum and took off like a bush fire!
The first website I was able to access for info on the Camino in the 1990's was Friends of the Road to Santiago ( www.oocities.org/friends_usa_santiago/ ) The website is out of date but interesting to read as it shows the limited information that was available 20 years ago. This site was the precursor for the Gocamino forum based in the American Pilgrims on the Camino website.
Ultreia! was a closed forum and the SaintJames @ Yahoo group was based in the Brazilian website http://www.caminhodesantiago.com -
Santiagobis was started in Oct 2000 and became one of the busiest but most strictly moderated forums on the Internet.
In 2002 Piers Nicholson started Santiago-Compostela forum which had some of the best photographs of the Camino. It also featured Sylvia's top Tips - based on FAQ and answers on the forum.
http://www.santiago-compostela.net/tt02.html
Since Facebook expanded from 2006 onwards, many Camino linked organisations have groups and pages some with thousands of members and millions of posts. But, I still see people being referred from those groups to this Forum for specific info on the different routes and resources.
Most of the other forums have practically died but I'm sure this Forum will continue for many years to come.
It started off as a Santiago forum but quickly morphed into a Camino forum and took off like a bush fire!
The first website I was able to access for info on the Camino in the 1990's was Friends of the Road to Santiago ( www.oocities.org/friends_usa_santiago/ ) The website is out of date but interesting to read as it shows the limited information that was available 20 years ago. This site was the precursor for the Gocamino forum based in the American Pilgrims on the Camino website.
Ultreia! was a closed forum and the SaintJames @ Yahoo group was based in the Brazilian website http://www.caminhodesantiago.com -
Santiagobis was started in Oct 2000 and became one of the busiest but most strictly moderated forums on the Internet.
In 2002 Piers Nicholson started Santiago-Compostela forum which had some of the best photographs of the Camino. It also featured Sylvia's top Tips - based on FAQ and answers on the forum.
http://www.santiago-compostela.net/tt02.html
Since Facebook expanded from 2006 onwards, many Camino linked organisations have groups and pages some with thousands of members and millions of posts. But, I still see people being referred from those groups to this Forum for specific info on the different routes and resources.
Most of the other forums have practically died but I'm sure this Forum will continue for many years to come.