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I returned from my last Camino in early July and as usual I find myself yearning for more.
Last weekend I was in Worcester, UK and decided to have a look around the cathedral. A pretty amazing place I have to say. I went into the crypt where there was an exhibition. Lo and behold the first...
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We are a group of 7 walking the Camino Frances. We have 3 radios to keep contact with each other as we go. We got caught in a terrible storm this afternoon (16 June) and took shelter at which point we realised one of the radios was missing. It is about 5in long and on a carabiner. It is a...
Does anyone else feel that they may have opened up an inner channel post-Camino? Or maybe before. I, like many others, felt it calling me to do it. References randomly popping up over the years until finally the opportunity as good as smacked me in the face.
I have walked three Caminos and will...
Here I am on a chilly February day, supposedly getting on with 'work' and once again the Camino walks through my mind. Maybe because I know I am going out again this year but possibly also because I marvel at the way it gently changes me every time.
I was just thinking how easy it is to judge...
I'm joining a group aiming to walk Leon to Santiago in June. Everyone is taking carry-on luggage so I can't take my poles. I already own two sets because I bought a pair in Decathlon Porto for exactly the same reason on my first Camino. I don't really want to buy another set. But what are the...
The Camino is on my mind. Not quite sure whether I'm reflecting on past ones or planning a new one. Maybe both. Anyway I'm sitting here nibbling turron and wavering between reading Ivar's Most Read Topics Yesterday on the Camino Forum and reading my new book on someone's pilgrimage. So it looks...
One of my favourite things about the Camino is its sense of humour. I was on the Camino Frances heading towards Boadilla de Camino. The past two days had been fairly horrendous with the lack of beds resulting in 30k days. And here I was in yet another 30-35k day situation. I was feeling very...
On arriving in Santiago at the end of my Camino I bumped into a Pilgrim I had met a few days earlier. We had an interesting conversation where he asked me whether I considered my decision to walk the Camino Frances to be a selfish act. He made the point that in choosing to walk for six weeks...
I'm trying to phone the albergue at Granon but nobody answers. Is it open? I have phoned several times yesterday and today. I really would like to stay there and experience the mass etc. Does anyone know if it is still closed?
I am about to head out on the Camino Frances. Two weeks ago my elderly mother started to deteriorate rapidly.I have agonised over whether to continue with my plans. I am one of six siblings and we are all pulling together on this. But I will go in the knowledge that she may pass. And I know that...
I just wanted to say thank you to you all for such wonderful advice so freely given here. I am about to start my Camino on Monday. It has been calling me for a few years- popping up unexpectedly in shop window displays, magazine articles, tv programmes. As if to keep nudging me and saying ' Hey...
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