Anyone close to Cea

[MTtoCamino]

I received this email today if anyone is close to Cea that can help please contact me asap

Keith,
I arrive in Santiago on the 22nd and for the next five days I will be staying much of the time in Xunta albergues, which are pretty much all that there is. Last night a man whose presence has threatened me before showed up late at the albergue in Cea. The hospitalera would not look into the threat, which is recorded at another albergue, but gave the man a free bed and food. There aré now 80 kilometers to Santiago that I anticipate meeting this man at every albergue. If we are alone at the albergue, I may walk out. I am looking for a paid room, when possible, as this man says he has no money. Please pray for me. I need spiritual support.

 

[Theatregal]

I would suggest that your friend not depend on a hospitalera taking care of this and report (her?) concern to the police and ask for their advice on how to proceed - especially if she is feeling threatened. At this time of year, there are probably not as many other pilgrims on the road or in the albergues for the support of safety in numbers.

 

[MTtoCamino]

I would suggest that your friend not depend on a hospitalera taking care of this and report (her?) concern to the police and ask for their advice on how to proceed - especially if she is feeling threatened. At this time of year, there are probably not as many other pilgrims on the road or in the albergues for the support of safety in numbers.

Yep already suggested that. Do to the time difference I doubt I will get a response for another 5-6 hours. She made it clear she wants prayer, yet I also want to verify she is safe. So I am taking this further than her request.

 

[Bala]

Yep already suggested that. Do to the time difference I doubt I will get a response for another 5-6 hours. She made it clear she wants prayer, yet I also want to verify she is safe. So I am taking this further than her request.

Prayers.

May all go well for her and may she find the security and safety she needs.

Please update if/when you are able.

 

[MTtoCamino]

Prayers.

May all go well for her and may she find the security and safety she needs.

Please update if/when you are able.

I will thank you

 

[pelerine]

How about taking a day's rest and staying behind as well as going to the police and prayers?

 

[jony jony]

Keith....pray for you friend by all means but i think she/he needs more than spiritual support .
If the situation was perceived as being a physical threat to her/his well being then the only way to negate this threat is to remove oneself from the situation by distance .
As pelerine has suggested , stay behind a day ,( although i suppose knowing this person will be somewhere in front is still uncomfortable ) or...catch a bus to maybe Lalin and continue walking from there .
Lalin is less than 1 hour away by bus , and there are 4 buses that leave Cea today 18/11/2017 according to this web site ..........http://www.monbus.es/es#seleccion .

Hope this is of some help
Regards.......John

 

[Jan_D]

How about taking a day's rest and staying behind as well as going to the police and prayers?

A similar thing happened to me a couple of years back during a winter camino, when it was occasionally just me and this one other creepy guy in the albergue. Perhaps I was being paranoid, but I started to feel as though he was following me, especially as one day I decided to skip a stage, and lo and behold he turned up that night, having walked over 40km. He seemed psychologically unstable, and I think he might have been homeless. I hardly slept a wink and my senses were on high alert, it was awful. The OP's friend talks about the guy as a "threatening presence" rather than actually physically threatening her (unless I am misreading this), so not sure the hospitaleros or police could really do anything. I ended up taking a rest day in hopes that he would move on, and it seemed to work. However it was very difficult shaking that primal uneasy feeling that had taken up residence in every cell of my body.

 

[MTtoCamino]

Thank you for your support, she has been contacted by 2 very nice ladies on this forum SYates & Faith. Both live in Santiago. Please continue to pray not only for my friend but all the pilgrims. I will take this thread down later today.

 

[MTtoCamino]

Moderator please turn this thread off.
Thank you

 

[Tincatinker]

Thread closed at OP's request. Let us all be thankful for this lovely community.