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    Pilgrimage is the art of ancient travel....

    Pilgrimage is the art of ancient travel. Pilgrimage harks back to forever, when human beings set out on journeys from which they might not return, journeys they knew would transform the rest of their lives – journeys that were worth every risk because, live or die, to deny the call was to close...
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    My Pilgrim's Heart

    Ah yes, nice point Rebekah :) You know what I reckon - anything that moves at the pace of the earth will carve eternity into your soul. Horses, yes; bicycles debatable. On a bicycle you have to concentrate on bicycling. On a horse, you get to just be, allowing the horse to take responsibility...
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    My Pilgrim's Heart

    When you are in a car, beautiful places are a moment; if you stop the car, they are a cluster of moments. When you walk, beautiful places are an eternity carved into the soul. From My Pilgrim’s Heart By Stephanie Dale www.voyagermoon.com.au
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    Considering the plunge!

    Hi Jason, FYI - many many people on the Camino are elderly. Many many people are unfit. The first day is your hardest and after that it's not a hard walk so much as one that requires endurance (of the spirit, which is its point and purpose). Endurance, yes, but not a high level of fitness. One...
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    First Camino - what type of hiking boot needed?

    Hey, you know what about boots? Personally I love my very light hi-techs - but my son - who walked from Canterbury to Jerusalem (7000 kms, 16 countries and therefore knows a thing or 10 about boots) in the end wanted only standard Gore-Tex runners. When we walked together for a while (from...
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    beginner questions

    Hi there! And thanks for the invitation and for making me laugh and for checking it all out! Interesting about the Correos in Santiago - they held my pack for nearly a month. Like everything, there is policy and there is reality - I will certainly update the book with this information...
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    beginner questions

    Hi there, I have written a very short book that answers a lot of your questions. It's called The 7 Secret Keys to Painless Pilgrimage - it's free and you can get it at http://www.voyagermoon.com.au It is easy to do El Camino with just about nothing on your back - after one week of carrying a...

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