An unusual Camino by rowing boat and on foot

[Bradypus]

A group will be making an unusual Camino journey around the Arousa estuary by rowing boat and then walking to Santiago. Promoting awareness of breast cancer and rare childhood diseases.

El Camino de Santiago a remo a favor del cáncer de mama y las enfermedades raras

Las asociaciones alicantinas Rema Vida, Lola busca nueva imagen y los Amigos del Camino de Santiago realizan una ruta de concienciación por la ría de Arousa y el río Ulla esta Semana Santa

www.informacion.es

 

[mattythedog]

A group will be making an unusual Camino journey around the Arousa estuary by rowing boat and then walking to Santiago. Promoting awareness of breast cancer and rare childhood diseases.

El Camino de Santiago a remo a favor del cáncer de mama y las enfermedades raras

Las asociaciones alicantinas Rema Vida, Lola busca nueva imagen y los Amigos del Camino de Santiago realizan una ruta de concienciación por la ría de Arousa y el río Ulla esta Semana Santa

www.informacion.es

Off the Rowed. It will be a big Hitt.

 

[bks]

A group will be making an unusual Camino journey around the Arousa estuary by rowing boat and then walking to Santiago. Promoting awareness of breast cancer and rare childhood diseases.

El Camino de Santiago a remo a favor del cáncer de mama y las enfermedades raras

Las asociaciones alicantinas Rema Vida, Lola busca nueva imagen y los Amigos del Camino de Santiago realizan una ruta de concienciación por la ría de Arousa y el río Ulla esta Semana Santa

www.informacion.es

Great, however, is promoting awareness of particular causes what the Camino is about? What do we promote next? Doesn't this make it a little too commercial (i.e. your selling something)?

 

[dick bird]

Great, however, is promoting awareness of particular causes what the Camino is about? What do we promote next? Doesn't this make it a little too commercial (i.e. your selling something)?

There is nothing to take exception to in this post. Nobody is selling anything, least of all Bradypus. The post is publicizing a fund-raising (for charity) activity based on the camino. This is nothing novel. The camino has been used in this way many times by many individuals and organisations and many, including me, would argue this is a worthier motive than many of the reasons given for walking the camino. As for what the camino is all about, I shall say nothing about that on this post and humbly request other forum members not to either.

 

[David Tallan]

Great, however, is promoting awareness of particular causes what the Camino is about? What do we promote next? Doesn't this make it a little too commercial (i.e. your selling something)?

There is quite a history of doing a Camino for charity. One of the first modern Camino memoirs, A Hug for the Apostle by Laurie Dennett (one of the Camino luminaries honoured by a huge mural portrait on a building along the Camino) tells of how she walked to raise awareness and funding for MS. It seems a lot less commercial then the medieval history of walking to Santiago on behalf of someone else for a fee.

I wouldn't worry so much about it.