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A couple of my Camino friends have posted Facebook links to this song by Sean Hampton today. Those of us who spent Covid lockdowns here in the UK are probably very familiar with the strange phenomenon of the sudden popularity of sea shanties at...
My right hip was replaced in 2020, when I was 60—anterior approach to the surgery. I had complications with a fractured heel bone after that delayed my full recovery, but I walked the Camino Frances, with backpack, in 2022, with absolutely no...
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Wouldn’t change a thing. I walked on sacred ground, walked by millions of feet for well over a thousand years. I am but a humbled visitor to that historic path.
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You can always start in SJPP and time your “skip” as you go. When I walked the Frances in 2022, I had a commitment back home that gave me a deadline, but my body had other ideas. With sore, swollen feet, I took a taxi from Belorado to Burgos and...
Because there are benefits to stretching yourself? Nothing to do with 'penitance' or 'suffering,' but just a way to develop a bit of resilience. ('God forbid someone should be the slightest bit uncomfortable or bored,' seems a pretty unhelpful...
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