I'm a friend of St James

[Al the optimist]

OK I freely admit it - I am an addict. I got back on the 12th and have already booked a flight for the 27th of August.

 

[Monk Moses]

OK I freely admit it - I am an addict. I got back on the 12th and have already booked a flight for the 27th of August.

Where will you walk this time Al? Hope to see you along the way!

 

[wayfarer]

OK I freely admit it - I am an addict. I got back on the 12th and have already booked a flight for the 27th of August.

Good on you.
Buen Camino.

 

[Al the optimist]

Where will you walk this time Al? Hope to see you along the way!

Sorry I see you will be in SJPdp in September. I am walking from Leon to SDC only to finish the Frances I started in May. (I left at Leon to walk the San Salvador then).

 

[scruffy1]

Shalom Al-Greetings from Jerusalem!

Thankfully Ex-Empire but somewhat proficient in the British tradition, a small quote before you go:

There's no discouragement
Shall make him once relent
His first avowed intent
To be a pilgrim.
John Bunyan

Bunyan was a man who would not have dreamed of going on pilgrimage himself-a Puritan who was often quite upset concerning what he perceived as Papist fallacies do remember that Pilgrim's Progress was written during his time incarcerated in Bedford jail. Pilgrimage makes for funny bedfellows for sure!

 

[OzAnnie]

OK I freely admit it - I am an addict. I got back on the 12th and have already booked a flight for the 27th of August.

Al
You must be retired to have the time but go for it. While you walk you live and while you live you grow.

But I seem to recall you have a fair lady in Spain! Meeting friends would be a drawcard also?

Buen Camino
Annie

 

[Al the optimist]

I retired some years ago but this year (in Burgos) I celebrated being officially a "Senior Citizen" as at the moment the official retirement age for men is still only 65 in the UK.

 

[crackmrmac]

"OK I freely admit it - I am an addict. I got back on the 12th and have already booked a flight for the 27th of August."

Ha, ha. I suffer a bit of that myself especially if I bag a cheap flight.
Buen Camino!

 

[koilife]

I retired some years ago but this year (in Burgos) I celebrated being officially a "Senior Citizen" as at the moment the official retirement age for men is still only 65 in the UK.

Happy belated birthday! (And, in your avatar pic, you don't look a day past 65).

 

[Al the optimist]

Avatar taken about 3 years ago! I'm afraid I look even younger now!

 

[Al the optimist]

"OK I freely admit it - I am an addict. I got back on the 12th and have already booked a flight for the 27th of August."
Ha, ha. I suffer a bit of that myself especially if I bag a cheap flight.
Buen Camino!

I sometimes think I ought to block the Ryanair and Easyjet sites. They are my equivalent of Imelda Marcos's shoes!

 

[wayfarer]

Belated Happy Birthday Allan. Hope you had a great one.

 

[Al the optimist]

Thanks Pat. I did. I walked into Burgos that day arriving about 1. Spent some time with people I had met along the way. Explored the Tapas bars in the evening!

 

[Tia Valeria]

Al:- if you get Camino withdrawal symptoms before the end of August try St James Lancaut - near Offas Dyke just north of Chepstow

 

[OTH86]

Avatar taken about 3 years ago! I'm afraid I look even younger now!

Well of course! Walking and pilgrimage is good for you!! Soon enough you'll appear to be about 45 or 50 - if you don't already - in real life!!
Buen Camino!!
Terry