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    Tradition…. When to start wearing your scallop shell?

    Indeed! I’ve had some good conversations in airport terminals with people who’ve had a shell on their pack. I wore mine with a ridiculous amount of pride and a silly grin from day one in the SJPP office 😀
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    People with Altra Lone Peak shoes

    I see that these shoes have a loyal and enthusiastic following! I’ve tried really hard with flat shoes (ie small heel to toe drop) and just can’t get them to work. My knees just hurt too much. I ended up having to pack the shoes out with insoles, which means that eventually my heel came loose...
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    The wild-west days of the camino

    A bit off-topic and shamelessly 'proud Dad' but my daughter's MA Social Anthropology thesis is a fun read... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313369202_Finding_My_Feet_An_Exploration_of_Walking_and_%27Becoming_Pilgrim%27_on_the_Camino_de_Santiago Not much in it about the 'wild west'...
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Helping cafes, bars, albergues and Camino businesses during COVID shutdown

    As the OP let me add to my original post... it looks like the answer to my question is “no, there isn’t a (simple) way of assisting albergues/cafes in financial distress”. I thank @gmag for their informative post. And apologies to @Rebekah Scott if I’ve accidentally caused her a financial...
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Helping cafes, bars, albergues and Camino businesses during COVID shutdown

    @SYates The Peaceable Projects (@Rebekah Scott ) web site makes it very easy to donate via PayPal. Which I have done... See https://www.peaceableprojects.org/waystohelp Pass it on...
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Helping cafes, bars, albergues and Camino businesses during COVID shutdown

    Excellent idea (and BTW her book 'A Furnace Full of God' is a splendid read...)
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Helping cafes, bars, albergues and Camino businesses during COVID shutdown

    Don't want to get diverted into a discussion of the merits or otherwise of capitalism! I just want to give some money to help the good people of the Camino... I'm unfamiliar with how albergues are organised eg municipal vs Catholic vs private etc. Would the Catholic church have some central...
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Helping cafes, bars, albergues and Camino businesses during COVID shutdown

    I fear that some of the albergues won’t make it. My daughter works in a successful cafe in Edinburgh. It’s uncertain if the cafe will survive the summer. And that’s in a major international city. On the meseta there’s nothing else going on. These people have bills and rents and mortgages. I want...
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Helping cafes, bars, albergues and Camino businesses during COVID shutdown

    The corona virus is going to be a financial disaster for all the albergues and cafes that would have housed us and fed us as we walked. Does anyone have any idea as to how we could help financially? I was thinking of things like ‘booking’ a room or a meal and paying for it. And, obviously, not...
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    Julian Assange

    Recently had five visits to the dentist to perform a particularly tricky root canal. The anaesthetic goes in, the chair goes back, my eyes close, my mouth opens, and.... Off I go to my happy place - walking the meseta. Works every time.
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    What was the biggest surprise of your Camino?

    Absolutely this. I went for a nice walk in some warm weather. I came home with something completely different. Something, that after 18 months of trying, I still cannot put into words.
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    I want to go back!

    I hear you....! I did the CF in June 2017. I was reasonably fit, living as I do in the Scottish hills with two large dogs who need long walks. So I went along for some exercise and a nice time. What I actually got completely, as they say around here, ‘did my head in’. I’m a rationalist hard...
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    Hiking Quotes - just for fun.

    People will tell you where they’ve gone They’ll tell you where to go But till you get there yourself you never really know Where some have found their paradise Others just come to harm Joni Mitchell, “Amelia”, a song I listened to many times on the meseta
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    Hiking Quotes - just for fun.

    It was then I knew I'd had enough, Burned my credit card for fuel Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand Neil Young ‘Thresher’
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    Hiking Quotes - just for fun.

    I can gather all the news I need from the weather report From the great Paul Simon, and very true on the Camino
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    Hiking Quotes - just for fun.

    Everywhere is walking distance, if you have the time... Stephen Wright, US Comedian
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    Meseta vs Karoo...

    Don’t miss the meseta! It was my favourite part.... I’m from the hills of Scotland and it was unlike anything I’d seen before. I loved it... https://iwouldwalk500miles.org/2017/06/10/day-11-hornillos-del-camino-to-castrojeriz/
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    My Packing List: What worked for me on my April-May 2018 Camino

    Incredible detail! Here are two contributions from my daughter and myself https://iwouldwalk500miles.org/2017/05/27/packing-jen/ https://iwouldwalk500miles.org/2017/05/27/packing-steve/
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    Camino Frances Blog with plenty of pictures

    https://iwouldwalk500miles.org
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    List your pilgrim blog URL Here - we want to read your story

    iwouldwalk500miles.org ... is my tale of walking the Camino Frances in the sweltering heat of June 2017. Here I am, one year on, and desperate to do it all again.

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