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  1. Phil Smith

    Urgent question - is the botafumeiro currently operating?

    It's well worth doing!
  2. Phil Smith

    Urgent question - is the botafumeiro currently operating?

    We attended Mass on Friday 2 and Sunday 4 June where the Botafumeiro was used. This was the same weekend as the enthronement of the new archbishop...which probably helped. I hope you have a great walk into Santiago tomorrow Buen Camino
  3. Phil Smith

    Just arrived in Ferrol

    Buen Camino "Sprinto"... looking forward to our own Inglés, with The St. James' Way from Reading to Southampton over three weekends; followed by A Coruña to Santiago de Compostela, at the end of May 😁
  4. Phil Smith

    Viana

    I haven't stopped overnight in Logroño, but Viana was beautiful. Also, the resting place of Cesare Borgia...what a piece of history! Lovely town. Might depend if you prefer big city or compact town.
  5. Phil Smith

    Best Toe Sock Liners for Hiking: Comparing Injini Coolmax and Nuwool Liners with Smartwool Merino Socks

    Have used the Injini Coolmax for about the last 5 years, both on Camino and walking in UK. Never had a blister since using them. I do also use Gehwol, which comes highly recommended. Buen Camino
  6. Phil Smith

    Camino from A Coruña, starting "somewhere else" - have you done it?

    Delighted to read this. I'm looking to do the St. James' Way from Reading to Southampton and then walking the Inglés from A Coruña in 2023 (hopefully). Was a little concerned as to whether it would qualify as I'm going with someone who has not yet walked a Camino and would want the Compostela...
  7. Phil Smith

    Belorado to maybe Sarria: itinerary ideas?

    Regarding the place in Hornillos - this thread has some info. https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/all-the-ways-that-the-movie-%E2%80%9Cthe-way%E2%80%9D-was-spot-on.55605/reply?quote=623125
  8. Phil Smith

    The queues in Santiago

    I imagine the parable of the workers in the vineyard (Matthew 20:1–16) is apposite here?
  9. Phil Smith

    CF May 2021

    We had to postpone our Eastertide last leg of the Frances last year from Sarria. We'd spent the last four years completing sections from SJPP. There is a real hunger to complete our pilgrimage, however, the safety of those who live in the Camino has to be the priority. We rebooked for...
  10. Phil Smith

    Fun With a Poncho. . . multitasking

  11. Phil Smith

    Courage in the Darkness

    Not sure if this is the right place for this, but felt it responded to the theme of courage and solidarity...
  12. Phil Smith

    Minor Glitch Hopefully - Asking for Prayers

    Prayers and thoughts are with you for Monday ... and beyond. Will remember you at Mass later today. Loved the "Knitted knockers" video - so empowering!
  13. Phil Smith

    Our superpower!!

    Saw this and thought it would serve the purpose of explaining why all this walking we love to do is so important! https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jul/28/its-a-superpower-how-walking-makes-us-healthier-happier-and-brainier
  14. Phil Smith

    Veterans... who walked first?

    I'm only a part-time, and only recently walking the Camino. However, I was hooked in the late 90s when my mum bought me Paulo Coelho's The Pilgrimage. Lately, though, I have been looking for more descriptive than fictional accounts. I found this fascinating book in Barter Books in Alnwick...
  15. Phil Smith

    Anyone have a favourite British Pilgrimage?

    My son and I completed the Peak Pilgrimage this summer. A nice little walk (took us 3 days) through some beautiful Derbyshire countryside. Booklet available with stamps in each church along the way, finishing in the village of Eyam; known as the village that succumbed to the plague. Details...
  16. Phil Smith

    Camino Frances 2019 PostScript 2: CAMINO COLLOCATION

    Camino morning - a bright blue sky, cold nip in the air, but with a promise of warmth in the sun later.
  17. Phil Smith

    Five years in the making

    Hello Chris ... when you get to Leon, make sure you pop into the Four Lions Brewery; you won't regret it!
  18. Phil Smith

    Help Albergue Santa Cruz in Sahagun

    Stayed here in April 2018. Just the sort of place and welcome that oozes Camino spirit. I hope my small donation, alongside the many already done, and the ones to come, will keep Father Daniel and co in business.
  19. Phil Smith

    The Camino does NOT start in StJpdP - discuss

    The first time I became aware of the Camino was from reading Paulo Coelho's book, " The Pilgrimage", in about 1998. It had a profound impact on me, particularly in my faith journey. It became an ambition to follow The Road, just as Coelho's character had. He started from...
  20. Phil Smith

    Keen sandals and orthotic insoles

    Regarding keeping insoles in place in sandals - I bought some double sided sticky squares from a stationery shop - keeps them in place good and proper! However, my sandals always seem to break at same point. Would be interested to hear opinions on the most robust sandals that one can actually...

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