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  1. Bill Ronan

    Help - possibly need new shoes

    My Teva sandals were a life (feet) saver on both Camino's.
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    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 4.0.

    I remember taking the detour to Santa Maria de Eunate, and wondering if I had gone wrong (it seemed much further away than I had anticipated). I am glad that I did get to see this beautiful church (set up for a wedding the next day). Sadly I did not get a stamp...a rather grumpy man said I had...
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    Botafumiero May 2020?

    Apologies if this has been shared elsewhere (I hadn't seen it before). Not sure of the current use and sighting of the botefumeiro as the Cathedral undergoes work. I found the witnessing of this one of the most emotional parts of my Camino. I hope it brings back memories, give a little bit of...
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    Camino Frances Video: 33 Days in 16 Minutes | September 2019

    Thank you for this inspirational video. I loved how you conveyed the true sense of togetherness and friendship that epitomises the Camino.
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    A collection of Camino videos

    David, huge thanks for this beautiful gift. Wonderful memories being stirred and precious friends remembered.
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    If you had only one word ...

    Contemplative.
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    Wordless meaningful encounters on the camino

    Purky, thank you - for when a picture paints a thousand words, and raises a million memories we are again taken to places we hold closest to our hearts.
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    Peregrino Torture Tower

    Take a look at this lovely story of the Camino (The Camino Frances) day 22. At 12.50 in this video the illustrious Peregrino Torture Tower makes its appearance...and at 12.59 the wise inscription aptly says "I very much dislike the designer of this bridge". “Life is really simple, but men...
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    A fine example worth emulating

    A balanced, informative and helpful post. As previously said, such posts as @davebugg give moderators an easier life. And, maybe teaches us how the unique experience of the Camino is as unique as everyone who walks its many paths.
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    Peregrino Torture Tower

    I read on NewLife 2015's post on April 14 2016 that it is called The Fichier Bridge Portomarin Spain For me it was a beautiful arrival to Portomarin, but I guess for those with a respect for heights it represents about 300 metres of tension.
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    Peregrino Torture Tower

    Having done the Cathedral rooftop tour (and highly recommend it) the route up was clear (in comparison to Sacre Couer) and recent tower climb in Brugge. I saw the bridge as one of the beautiful idiosyncrasies of the Camino, and as detailed in responses, it is one of many we enjoyed.
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    A growing concern.

    Andy, I've just spoken to Marjorie from number 74, she was very abrupt saying 'not another conversation about the Camino, isn't it enough the BBC are covering it?' I told her of my adventures and said I had used a 50 litre ruck-sack, Marjorie said apparently you Camino people really do believe...
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    Staying at Orisson - An Irish Analogy

    The beauty of this post (and many others) is that there is a choice on this first day. For people considering undertaking the beautiful (and uniquely personal) experience of the Camino, the daunting distance over the Pyrenees, and the comments of incline and decline may stop some. But with...
  14. Bill Ronan

    Comment by 'Bill Ronan' in media 'Camino de Santiago; animated Google Earth map of the Camino Frances, The French Way - YouTube'

    @ivar this is brilliant. Tingling from the memories this brings back.
  15. Bill Ronan

    Non-RC pilgrims and mass

    Hope this helps this interesting debate... The Catholic religion is the religion of the Catholic Church—i.e., that group of churches in communion with the pope. If a group isn’t in communion with the pope, it isn’t part of the Catholic Church. Within the Catholic Church there are a number of...
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