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  1. Al the optimist

    Camino Dating

    In 2013 near the end of my first Frances I met a spanish lady and we dated for 9 months. Now just friends. She lives near Madrid so I see occasionally when I walk.
  2. Al the optimist

    The year ahead

    Happy New Year to all following the Gregorian Calendar! (Maybe I find the concept of March 25th a better one?) Anyway, good luck with your planning and walking. Hope I get to join in at some point. May your year be filled with joy, health and happiness.
  3. Al the optimist

    A merry Christmas to all fellow travellers.

    May you and yours all be safe, healthy and happy.
  4. Al the optimist

    Curiosity about age: white/ Grey hair?

    Having met you I cannot understand how since you didn't have white hair until your late 30s they can have known you for 20 years! ;-)
  5. Al the optimist

    How Far Have You Walked in Total on Caminos?

    10,000 hours! ouch! I have done a little over 5,000k in the last 6 years so I guess I have only managed a 1,000 hours or so. I imagine we are looking for someone with a lot more Camino years in them. Someone who was a veteran Caminoist before Ivar even started this forum.
  6. Al the optimist

    funniest things seen abandoned on camino

    Bedbugs. I abandoned them in Fisterra and went home. Another time in SDC and went home.
  7. Al the optimist

    Fun threads

    Just noticed this has had no posts since 2014 so the newcomers will not have had the benefit of some of these self deprecations.
  8. Al the optimist

    How old is the Camino?

    I came across this and wondered if we have got it all wrong: -
  9. Al the optimist

    Free camping with tent, is it possible? Also a question about nudist beaches

    There are nudist beaches at Sopelana near to Bilbao. A metro ride from center.
  10. Al the optimist

    A forum without Moderators?

    la..ugh
  11. Al the optimist

    A forum without Moderators?

    I wonder if I might comment on the Moderators? There are times when we on the forum have communication problems and a little intolerance and testiness follows. Over the years this seems to be a bit like the Camino - it comes in waves! For a while all is peaceful harmonious and then at another...
  12. Al the optimist

    Walking for someone else

    Years ago I walked with 2 credentials. On one I had written that it was on behalf of my still born grandson. I explained each time and always got a sello on it as well as my own. I presented mine at the office and had it endorsed as above "Vicarie pro". The sello and the compostella were much...
  13. Al the optimist

    Why no avatar?

    That's nice. Thank you. Made my day mate.
  14. Al the optimist

    Why no avatar?

    Overawed by your personality obviously
  15. Al the optimist

    Why no avatar?

    Surely not better?;)
  16. Al the optimist

    Why no avatar?

    Mine is purely to encourage those forum members streaming past me to recognise me in their rear view mirrors.
  17. Al the optimist

    A challenge

    I can foresee some funny postings after these two examples. Well done both.
  18. Al the optimist

    A challenge

    LOL
  19. Al the optimist

    Do you think I can make my own embellished Credential?

    I have created and used hand made ones a number of times without problem. Last year I utilised the pages from the official credential in one of the Camino notebooks i had bought from Ivar. It was a long journey and it was filled with many stamps, comments from people along the way. I had to...
  20. Al the optimist

    A challenge

    I know that some of our stalwarts are more than able to turn a cute phrase or two. Able to create lovely little stories. I came across this today. So a challenge to you (you know who you are). Who can come up with a rewrite of the below in Camino terms? Up for the challenge, maybe on a wet and...

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