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[QUOTE="Kathy F., post: 1251387, member: 23038"] I just read the news article that you sourced for your post. I am much relieved that I am not the only one distressed by the numbers of people who travel the CF, as pilgrims, with suitcases. Travel the CF! It is a wonderful journey! If you drive, take a bus tour, etc. enjoy the journey! However, this announcement finds the words I could not find: ". . . protect the essence of the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage road that requires effort, temperance, and sacrifice to be carried out in the traditional way . . . want to protect as much as possible from the tourist contagion of the pilgrimage and the trivialization of the Jacobean tradition.. . . the proliferation of the transport of suitcases and backpacks is becoming more and more shocking." As I slowly (!) edge up in years, I know I will yearn to walk, yet will find it more and more challenging. I am glad to know that, if needed, alternative support may be available. However, I also know I will not be afraid that, somehow, I will not be "able to make it" under my own power. If it means doing 5 km a day, so be it. I hope that, the older I get, the lighter my pack will become. I have faith that, somehow, as always, the Camino will provide for poor, plodding pilgrims like me who slowly advance along this path laid out 1,000 years ago. I will become part of that tradition. HUZZAH! OK now. Let the criticisms begin!!!! [/QUOTE]
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