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  1. malingerer

    What inspires you for the physical aspect of the Way?

    I never felt special instead of ordinary but what did happen was the ordinary became special ! Samarkand.
  2. malingerer

    poems for seekers

    Nine Sleeps I whisper to myself and then the day of the op on my eye I hope for success and afterwards with due care and aftercare I can get a special Compostela " FIT TO FLY " and my heart will find my boots and onward go a-Camino. Walk soft stay safe and as ever Vaya con...
  3. malingerer

    poems for seekers

    KATHLEEN Now a named storm but once a song my mother sang when I was very small and very ill It is a song of exile when the heart is far from its shore and loud the waves crash as the gap widens But my song is as ever a bridge between this now and the days of childhood...
  4. malingerer

    Planning a “25 km or less” Camino on the Invierno

    Silly me ! I Thought that this would be an entire Camino of 25 Kms. As a rapidly deteriorating and disabled pilgie rapidly approaching 86 who thinks that 5km stages are just the job I was bitterly disappointed ! Ah well, Buen Camino to those who blithely toddle on ! Vaya con Dios Samarkand
  5. malingerer

    Via de la Plata - Recumbent...?

    A myriad of thankees :) Samarkand
  6. malingerer

    Via de la Plata - Recumbent...?

    I will be 86 in July , God willing, and using a wheeled walker because of severe balance problem. I have been mulling over whether I could go a Camino with an all terrain walker! I like the idea of the recumbent and wish you well. I am currently awaiting an eye op on 16 April but will keep an...
  7. malingerer

    Comment by 'malingerer' in media 'En route from Zamora to Montamarta - VdlP April 2023'

    Always another horizon :) Samarkand
  8. malingerer

    New Forum Topic... Portable Clothes Wringer?

    Just use two pilgies! One at either end of your garment! :) Samarkand.
  9. malingerer

    clothing for the Ingles

    Ye Gods! TRAIN RUNNERS? Are these not more fitting for legging it down the platform to catch that goddam tube? :) Samarkand.
  10. malingerer

    clothing for the Ingles

    Hmmm! gotta change the reading glasses. I thought clothing for the English would be variations of Morris Dancer gear! :) Samarkand
  11. malingerer

    The Camino Will Provide

    IF IF IF! If my eye operation and other bits of me rally for a last charge, and if I can beg , borrow or steal, the money for an all terrain rollator, this is the picture I will have on my hat: AND I will be singing : " GONNA BE THERE, UP AND OVER ! " Watch this space! SAMARKAND
  12. malingerer

    Food for thought for newbies (and Caminoholics/repeat offenders)

    Does anyone have thoughts on all terrain rollators? My " walking days " are over due to incurable balance problem, and I NEED TO FIND WAYS ROUND IT! Would-be comedians kindly leave your witticisms elsewhere! Samarkand.
  13. malingerer

    Olive rustling on the Mozarabe

    and there was me thinking the rustlers were hordes of hungry pilgies :) Samarkand
  14. malingerer

    poems for seekers

    YEARNING I saw an adventure in my soul the touch of which might make me whole until I walked on Camino and met the Seamstress who wove for me a Robe of Dreams that I may wear for ever for ever is in footsteps imprinted on The Way but yet remain unseen to eye but sparkle in...
  15. malingerer

    poems for seekers

    LEAP YEARS 29th February an odd looking date and four years till the next time! I shall be 90 God willing and I wonder what changes I will have seen. I do not dwell on this but let the child in me remember a small child holding it's mother's hand whilst wriggling it's toes in...
  16. malingerer

    poems for seekers

    GOING LEFT " By the left quick march " These were the orders of a yesteryear Now with an incurable balance problem left hand side I fall badly to the left No more marching or walking my beloved Camino but where there is a will? I have a rollator around which plots are...
  17. malingerer

    poems for seekers

    DATES TIMES NUMBERS AI What need of man to wind the clock or change the battery AI is here and of itself has been super ceded BI is casting its dark net to filter the sun and allow only IT'S signals to penetrate and control So what of living flesh mind spirit and empty...
  18. malingerer

    poems for seekers

    NOISES FROM A HOSPITAL BED Staff chattering Fridge humming Rain outside pattering T.V BUST :) Bloody great wall clock silent but ticking sotto voce to my heart beat I'm in the eye hospital with a serious condition a Tear in the right eye and Bleb both leaking needing...
  19. malingerer

    poems for seekers

    I'M STILL DANCING This, I said to myself at 85 pushing my walker along the pavement on a cold but clear winter morning dreaming of a journey yet to come shipboard in Alaskan waters circled by bergs and birds and seals hauling out and somewhere The Bear watching me as I felt...
  20. malingerer

    Any suggestions for a technical shirt with the performance of Merino but without the drawbacks?

    I still have and use my OMM ruck! I didn't know they made clothing As my walking days are over what I have will probably see me out :) Its back to proper tweed jackets and cords as befitting my great age. The hip flask will also have to be recommissioned. It can be fun getting old except...

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