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  1. timr

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Ignaciano Autumn 2023

    These days, for various reasons, it takes me a lot of logistical planning at home to head off to walk, but I am happy to say everything has finally aligned and after looking at a lot of possibilities I have chosen the Camino Ignaciano. I tend to favour quieter routes and it does seem on the main...
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    Candasnos - information on accommodation options?

    I can see that this subforum gets very little traffic, and yet there is some very usefu information here as well. I am hoping to walk from Loyola to Manresa starting at the end of the month. I think the extraordinary weather will still allow the early stages over the mountains. I am looking...
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    A solo American lady on the VF: Guardian article

    This is from tomorrow's weekend Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/sep/08/i-walked-1000-miles-alone-through-europe-and-learned-that-fear-is-the-price-of-freedom
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    An article about the spiritual side of the pilgrimage

    I am not sure which sub-forum is best for this. A thoughtful article on the spiritual and Christian side of the pilgrimage. https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/09/01/pilgrims-christ-way-camino-santiago-compostela-245987
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    Festival of El Colacho in Castrillo de Murcia

    This is a little bit off piste, but only about 6km from Hontanas, (after Burgos along the CF). I think if I happened to be near on the right day I might make the diversion. The date changes each year, as it is on the Sunday after Corpus Christi, which is the Thursday after Trinity Sunday...
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    Giro d'Italia stage over Gran San Bernardo cancelled 2023

    The Giro d'Italia had been scheduled to include a stage over the Gran San Bernardo this year. It was dependent on being able to open the pass - ie the 'old road' - quite a lot earlier than scheduled. They were continuing to prepare it over the past couple of weeks but it seemed less likely to be...
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    Formatting not available when posting?

    Is it just me? Sunday 30 April. 9pm. All the formatting options and emojis and links etc are greyed out on the input pane (ie where I am writing this). Windows with Chrome. No change after rebooting.
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    A Collection of Pilgrim Routes in England and Wales

    www.pilgrimways.org.uk/ This website (which is still a work in progress) lists many relatively short pilgrim routes distributed around the Roman Catholic Dioceses of England and Wales each connected to a local shrine and or saint. (The Dioceses of England and Wales constitute a single...
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    Jamón Ibérico - worrying news

    This story is in the Guardian today. The change in climate is affecting the availability of acorns and hence the production of jamón ibérico bellota. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/30/spains-prized-jamon-iberico-under-threat-from-climate-crisis
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    Tips for Crossing the Great St Bernard Pass in Winter

    This post is from Gaëtan Tornay on the Viefrancigene.org website. It is authoritative information for those who wish to cross the Great St Bernard Pass during the long winter months.
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    UK - The Old Way - Southampton to Canterbury

    This walk has been mentioned in the forums before. It is a 'feeder' route to Canterbury from Southampton, with the possibility of then picking up the Via Francigena, but of course it can also be walked in its own right. There is an (attractive) account of walking a part of it in the Guardian...
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    The Crossway by Guy Stagg on BBC Radio

    Guy Stagg's book, The Crossway, was published in June 2018. I read it as I was walking the VF myself, having set out on April 1st. He walks from London to Jerusalem. It is not (in any way) a guide to how to do this. It is a personal account of his own inner journey as much as of his outer...
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    The Po River

    We have heard over the past few weeks about the suspension of Danilo's ferry to cross from Corte San Andrea to his own back garden on the way to Piacenza, on the VF. For so many people it is one of the highlights of the trip. This is due to low water levels in the Po, the longest river in Italy...
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    Visiting the Unique Cathedral of the Moorland on the Camino de Santiago

    I am not sure where to post this - it doesn't fall into an obvious category. [Mods feel free to re-assign.] [Mod note: Done] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/12/hopes-cathedral-of-the-moorland-could-save-spanish-village-with-single-resident It is the same story as many villages on the...
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    Diversity among walkers

    I am finding it hard to find the right place to post this, but I think it would be of interest to some people. It has wider implications I think than just in UK, and I would think is relevant to the Camino. I hope it is not in any way contentious but I am sure the mods will keep an eye out if...
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    Novel: Pilgrims by Matthew Kneale

    This book is listed on Amazon uk for release on 4th June. Pilgrims, by Matthew Kneale. I have no connection with the author, and am not promoting it ;). I'm just passing on the information on something possibly to look forward to. 1289. A rich farmer fears he'll go to hell for cheating his...
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    All Walks of Life - TV programme Update

    This is a TV series on RTE the national broadcaster in Ireland. I mentioned it before and some people were naturally a bit cautious about "celebrity pilgrim shows". I will recommend it again, having seen the first two programmes. I was able to watch in UK with no difficulty on a computer. The...
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    Irish TV programme with Mary McAleese: All Walks of Life

    Mary McAleese, formerly a distinguished lawyer, then the President of Ireland, and now a theologian has been walking the pilgrim routes of Ireland and there is an upcoming RTE TV series about her walks. She walked to Santiago de Compostela when she was still president in 2009. This note is...
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  19. timr

    My ethical dilemma regarding a compostela

    Can anyone help me? I have been walking on the Camino de Invierno starting from Ponferrada last Tuesday. Ponferrada is 263km from SdC via the Invierno. I have collected two sellos each day. I have used nothing except my feet for locomotion. I passed "a" (I don't think it was "the") 100km...
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    LIVE from the Camino Camino de Invierno October 2019

    Day 0 London to Ponferrada I haven't really got the time free for this pilgrimage but let that not stop me! It's ten years since I first walked from Lourdes to Santiago. I think this is my 12th or 13th time on the Camino path. Strangely it is almost 2 years since I've been in Spain, as last...

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