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    Via del la Plata in early Sept - who else will be there.

    We also walked to Salamanca in March, but are planning to walk from Salamanca from the start of September. We share your thoughts on temperature. Buen camino.
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    Namur - Vezelay (GR 654) without a tent?

    Vezelay to Saint Jean starting 25 August for 4 weeks , I hope we have allowed enough time !
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    Choices from Amsterdam

    Hi For the section after Troyes although a proper guide book was not available , at Riems we got a sheet of paper with the main information on it which was good enough, I think it is the basis of the guide book they are still working on. You might buy the guides online in advance, I bought the...
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    Choices from Amsterdam

    Hi FatmaG Sorry I have not replied sooner, away walking in Crete ! Yes we did Riems-Troyes-Vezelay, at Riems cathedral we went to the desk of : http://www.randonneurs-pelerins.com and bought threir guide to the alternative route RP51, this is waymarked some of the way but not hard to follow. We...
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    Choices from Amsterdam

    Well I have now done the next stage of my pilgrimage, Namur to Vézelay using mainly the Pelerin 51 booklet, it was wonderful, very hospitable but a little lacking in morning coffee stops !
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    Namur - Vezelay (GR 654) without a tent?

    Hi Jimbeans, I don't know what country you are from but I used a credencial from the English confraternity of St James when I was in Belgium and nobody minded, so perhaps you can get one from where you live before you start your pilgrimage, I hope all goes well. Alan
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    Namur - Vezelay (GR 654) without a tent?

    Hi , thanks for the reply Luka, I have postponed my trip so am now starting in Namur on the 6th June and hoping to get to Vézelay by the 6th July, I think I shall take a tent to keep the cost down. The Belgian association of St Jacques were great last year and we stayed with very helpful people...
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    Calling all Scotland-based Peregrinos!

    There is a CSJ open day in Glasgow this Saturday 17th March, details are on their website. Nice to meet up.
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    Calling all Scotland-based Peregrinos!

    Hello, I'm a Scottish based pilgrim and interested in your group. also the Confraternity of St James in England hold a meeting once a year in Scotland, that might be a good place to make contacts.
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    Namur - Vezelay (GR 654) without a tent?

    Just wondering how Namur - Vezelay went as I would like to do it next April, was accommodation okay or did you take the tent in the end ?
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    Choices from Amsterdam

    Hello Well I have just finished one month of pilgrimage, Pelgrimspad 1 & 2 and then Via Mosana, storms to start the month then hot sun to finish ! It was wonderful, we camped in Holland as accommodation near the route seems hard to find, but in Belgium some of the friends of St Jaques provide...
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    Choices from Amsterdam

    Thanks Luka, I have only just heard of the other route, Via Monastica, and I have only the guide books for Pelgrimspad 2 and Via Mosana, never mind , I leave tomorrow, buen camino to other pilgrims in the Nederlands, I hope to meet some op de weg.
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    The route from Maastricht

    Hello Does any one have a copy of the guide Via Mosana they could sell me as it seems to be out of print ? I head for Holland in just over a week so have left this a bit late ? Thanks Alan I have found one , what a relief, I like to have a book to hold as I walk !! Alan
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    Choices from Amsterdam

    Starting in Amsterdam on September 1st , a month on Pelgrimspad 1 & 2 down to Belgium, France and Spain next year if the knees hold out. I hope the weather is kind as I think we shall have to camp a lot ! Alan from Scotland
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    Class of 2011

    Hello, I'm Alan from Scotland and 2011 is the start year of my camino, but not the end, I've walked with a friend from our home town of Linlithgow to Newcastle in England. The next stage is a ferry to Amsterdam on Septembe 1st then a month on the Pelgrims pad down to Belgium, I think we shall...
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