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  1. hal_cpt

    LIVE from the Camino LIVE from Via Francigena, June 2022

    Anna&Michael, What a lovely blog! I will be following your adventure eagerly on a route I would like to walk soon. I'm curious about where you stayed your first night out of Canterbury? The VF website puts an overnight stop at Shepherdswell but I don't see any sign of actual accommodation there...
  2. hal_cpt

    Pilgrim: A Scientist Walks To Santiago [Paid]

    Hi! Yes indeed - unfortunately the print costs are very high for the paper versions but the PDF and ebook versions are affordable: http://www.blurb.com/b/9319170-pilgrim
  3. hal_cpt

    GoFundMe?

    It's very speculative / tentative for now -- we're still looking about 3 years ahead. But since I write and photograph, something along the lines of a book of reflections or a calendar - some way to share the experience with people who made it possible. Video would possibly also be involved...
  4. hal_cpt

    GoFundMe?

    Gosh, this topic has inspired some heated discussion. I'm reading with interest because I'm planning a full VF for a couple of years' time, when I finish my PhD. This will probably be the only time before retirement when I can take that amount of time off -- and it comes at the end of a period...
  5. hal_cpt

    Why is there an a'postrophe?

    Randomly, my sister-in-law has one of those surnames that is apostrophised when it's from Ireland and not when it's from Scotland. She is Scots. People always get it wrong.
  6. hal_cpt

    Pilgrim: A Scientist Walks To Santiago 2019-03-05

    Feeling trapped and frustrated in work and life, the author set out to walk the Camino de Santiago - the ancient Christian pilgrimage to the shrine of St James in Spain. On the way, he explored what it means to be a person of faith, a scientist and to live a compassionate life. In this book of...
  7. hal_cpt

    Pilgrim: A Scientist Walks To Santiago [Paid]

    hal_cpt submitted a new resource: Pilgrim: A Scientist Walks To Santiago - Reflections on the Way from a scientist finding peace. Read more about this resource...
  8. hal_cpt

    Could you be a Hospitable Hermit?

    I would absolutely love to do this for a spell. I live in the Schengen area so that is not a problem. Possibly during my vacation next year or else while I write (part of) my PhD thesis the following year. In the former case I could manage a 3 or 4 week spell -- in the latter, things could be...
  9. hal_cpt

    Gudbrandsdalen July-Aug 2019

    How exciting -- I also live in The Netherlands and am planning to walk the same path at around the same time this summer - maybe we will bump into each other. (Also, it's a wonderful planning exercise - at least fantasising about escaping these grey and rainy days). Please keep us informed...
  10. hal_cpt

    Traveling with family and friends

    Good luck Sandi. For what it's worth I'm in more or less exactly the same situation. I walked my first Camino alone in 2013, and learned a lot about myself on the way (including, apparently, that I can be much more social among strangers than I had realised!) Next month I will be walking the...
  11. hal_cpt

    Snoring in albergue!

    I snore. And my worst ever night on the Camino was when I was sharing a room with a German dude who felt that the appropriate response was to shout furiously whenever it bothered him. I eventually left, exhausted and miserable, at about 6am, and spent much of the rest of the trip paranoid and...
  12. hal_cpt

    What is your most beautiful / favourite church on the CF?

    Both of my favourites have been mentioned, but they are -- for completely different but quite obvious reasons -- the cathedral in Leon, and the little old church in Rabanal, where I made confession before the final stretch. I was certainly very impressed by the cathedral in Burgos, but found it...
  13. hal_cpt

    Camino in September 2013

    Hi all, I will be walking in September and early October, and will hopefully bump into some of you :) I have flights booked to Spain, arriving on 1 Sept, but personal circumstances may delay my start for a few days, and depending how that pans out I might start in Pamplona or Burgos. Hope you...
  14. hal_cpt

    Class of 2013

    Fantastic! I'll turn 40 on the way (if all goes well of course) - hopefully when we Early-September-starters are getting quite close to SdC :-)
  15. hal_cpt

    Class of 2013

    Hi Chuck, I am planning to start on September 2, so could well bump into you on the way. Pilgrim documentation arrived from the Confraternity this week - so it seems like I've started in a way :)
  16. hal_cpt

    Others planning a Camino Frances Sept 2013

    It's great to hear about the boots and the book, Mary! Yesterday I received my pilgrim record and other documentation from the Confraternity here, with the first stamp in place. This, even more than booking the flights, makes it seem like the pilgrimage is 'real' -- and in fact already...
  17. hal_cpt

    Others planning a Camino Frances Sept 2013

    Hi fallow, Fantastic, well your old town says hi :) I'll be driving through your old neighbourhood on the way to Cape Point, where I'm planning "training" hikes on the 2-day circular trail there. Glad to hear that Aus has worked well for you too! In terms of planning, I've booked the main...
  18. hal_cpt

    Others planning a Camino Frances Sept 2013

    Hi fallow, Another Southern-hemispherite here, this one from Cape Town, SA. I will be arriving in Madrid at lunchtime on 1 Sep, so probably will make it to SJPdP the following day and start walking "properly" on the 3rd. Maybe we'll meet each other on the way.
  19. hal_cpt

    Class of 2013

    Hello all, I am Hal, from Cape Town, South Africa. I plan to walk the Camino Frances in September and early October 2013. I have been lurking here for some weeks but, since I booked my flights to Spain yesterday, this seemed like a good time to kind of 'commit' and introduce myself. The idea...

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