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This was my husband. So many thanks to all of my fellow pilgrims who stopped to help and to pray and to translate for me.
He was doing what he loved.
Thank you for the news article link.
I am 68 and walked solo Porto to Santiago. I got so much wrong, but so much right too. I had trained - somewhat.
I began 27 March in run up to Easter and walked into terrible weather on Coastal route. Poncho ripped in the 40 kms wind day one...
While it seems scary, it’s the same as sleeping in the bottom bunk space wise. So ask yourself, how often do you fall out of bed usually?!?! My guess is never, so the fact that you are elevated five feet up does not increase that risk. It’s...
This thread made me chuckle at my memory of being at the Pilgrim Mass and returning from receiving Communion only to find our pew was miraculously repopulated during our absence... :)
All the graffiti. Make a cairn of stones, tuck a wildflower or even a note on paper into a sign or meaningful place, but for heaven's sake, where do people get off permanently defacing markers/signs/walkways/trees/what have you with spray paint...
I stayed in Cuatro Cantones in May 2012. I recall it was at the far end of town and I internally grumbled that the people who I was walking with didn't want to stop at the first available place. (It was a very hot day and my shins were killing...
Some people don't understand why people walk the same route again. Some people don't understand why people won't. If hear a great song, I don't say "That was a great song. I never want to hear it again. There are too many other great songs out...
To take some zero days next time (hopefully this year). On my 2012 Frances, I so felt the (self-imposed) pressure of the calendar to "finish on time" to get to the next thing. I've been enjoying the "Jay Wanders Out" videos on YouTube, and his...
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