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  1. BonitaHolland

    Prep year planning group

    It’s now time fir our monthly meeting again and we’re about to meet for our December theme of Food avd Drink. I’ve arranged a Spanish teacher to do a session on useful phrases and vocabulary. Any particular topics you think I should introduce please for our discussion?
  2. BonitaHolland

    Prep year planning group

    I’m afraid it’s a local u3a group in Brighton Sussex England
  3. BonitaHolland

    Prep year planning group

    I’ve often thought about this issue as each individual has their own unique needs and so we all need to look at how our individual needs impact on others including the need to go to bed early/late or get up early/late.
  4. BonitaHolland

    Prep year planning group

    It depends what you mean as each culture has different values…..
  5. BonitaHolland

    Prep year planning group

    Thank you for this suggestion
  6. BonitaHolland

    Prep year planning group

    The group won’t be going as a group it’s to prepare each individual for their own Camino.
  7. BonitaHolland

    Prep year planning group

    I’ve now arranged for the Beginners Spanish u3a group leader to give our group a talk on basic Camino related Spanish phrases. So a great idea thanks!
  8. BonitaHolland

    Prep year planning group

    This is a really good point I might add it into the food and water theme …. what goes in must come out.
  9. BonitaHolland

    Prep year planning group

    u3a is a global organisation (University of the 3rd age) and ‘prep year’ means a year to prepare. Thank you for asking about these two things.
  10. BonitaHolland

    Prep year planning group

    I’m facilitating a prep year planning group that meets monthly for a small group of u3a members who want to do the Camino one day possibly Sep/Oct 2022. We meet monthly and have had two meetings to date. Each month we tackle a different topic so far we’ve looked at 1. Footwear and rucksacks and...
  11. BonitaHolland

    What really is the pilgrim experience?

    There is no 'the pilgrim experience' I'm focussing on 'the' as a definitive article .... each person enjoys their experiences in their own way. I'm accepting of the expensive no scuff tribe who are equally acceptable as the woven flax body blanket folks. What's the issue here? It's about...
  12. BonitaHolland

    Hair

    I used the sea salt bright blue shampoo bar and kept it in the tin and just rubbed it on my head without taking it out (when it became concave I flipped it over) plus the jungle conditioner bar.
  13. BonitaHolland

    Hair

    It was the Jungle one but the assistant taught me how to use it- you stroke it down the length of your hair then comb it through and leave whilst you shower and stomp about on your clothes etc rinsing it off right at the end. Hope this helps.
  14. BonitaHolland

    Hair

    I'd like to share something about dealing with longish hair on the Camino.... I was advised well and took a Lush shampoo bar plus conditioner bar which were both fantastic (although my tip is take two conditioner bars for 4 weeks plus) as I'd never heard of these before I was pretty sceptical...
  15. BonitaHolland

    Opinion

    And to add a possible upgrade to that- scrub over clothing your armpits and nether regions to make sure the right parts of the clothing get a good scrub then take off and trample underfoot...
  16. BonitaHolland

    Your accommodation doesn't make you a pilgrim!

    It's not a 'whim' it's an active choice to serve ones own needs and personal comforts and is no different to the dietary needs individuals have (note that I didn't call them 'whims' as I'm not medically trained or judgemental). I've never believed in or supported an 'orthodoxy' and there is no...
  17. BonitaHolland

    Your accommodation doesn't make you a pilgrim!

    Surely 'negatively impacts'
  18. BonitaHolland

    Walking a Camino in bits and pieces

    I suppose my 'frame' was to walk every step carrying my pack from SJDPP to Santiago in one go with no time frame .....and I didn't manage that because of injury. I've been home 18 hours and have contacted the Podiatrist the Doctor and have located my softest slippers and am currently laying down...
  19. BonitaHolland

    Living on the Camino

    Yes I met three people in the last month who live on the Camino- one of them a guy from Liverpool teaches English in Pamplona then during the college holidays lives on the Camino as it's cheaper than living in Pamplona he's been doing this for over ten years. Another guy is walking back and...
  20. BonitaHolland

    Walking a Camino in bits and pieces

    I've just completed half my Camino although at the moment it feels like Leon was 'my Santiago' but who knows I might come back and do the second half..... my question is how does it feel to begin in the middle if you know what I mean? I met many many pilgrims doing the Camino in 'bits and...

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