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Well David I am not sure for certain if any one knows whether it is true or not - but of all the numerous derivations I have seen - I much prefer this one !
I walked on and off with a pilgrim friend I first met in St.Jean and we talked about why we were walking to Santiago and I explained how I had found God late in life. The friend had no religious faith and was not sure why the camino called. Anyway we did not talk about it again until later in...
There is a wonderful part in the film “Walking the Camino” where a young man demonstrates the noises made by those pilgrims who snore and he demonstrates it with a great joy. Snoring is “part and parcel” of the journey. You cannot have all the benefits of the wonderful conversations, pilgrim...
I am a christian and a camino pilgrim. I am new to my religious faith – it found me late in life and I took that faith with me on my first camino earlier this year. Also exactly 10 years before the start of my camino, I had a health issue and was told I needed to change certain aspects of my...
If it helps I have used Google to translate the complete document and you can download a copy from here:
http://davidjury.co.uk/download/pastoral-letter-of-the-bishops-of-the-way-of-saint-james
Preparation including training are so important to help you on the way. I am 74 and have recently returned from my first camino an absolutely wonderful journey from St Jean to Santiago and then on to Finisterre - with a number of detours I walked close to 600 miles with 10kg on my back.
If you...
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