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  1. Sheffield James

    A present for special people

    How about a Christmas tree decoration with the name of your town/region/country, or inscribed with a personal message? This way you’ll be remembered at a family time each year when, probably, you can’t be there in person.
  2. Sheffield James

    My 6th year forum anniversary

    Likewise, Rache(a)l.
  3. Sheffield James

    My 6th year forum anniversary

    Today is 6-years to the day since I joined this wonderful forum. It has been among the best decisions I’ve ever made + so I’d like to record my gratitude to Ivar, the moderators and all forum members for providing such a wealth of advice, support, wisdom, humour and a sense of belonging. Abrazos!!!
  4. Sheffield James

    Cairns/stacking stones.

    A retired bomb disposal officer told me that in certain countries a pile of stacked stones can be an indicator of nearby roadside mines/IEDs. Not an issue for Spanish camino routes, I completely accept, but it offers another quite stark example of the practical importance some of these...
  5. Sheffield James

    Pilgrims hosting Pilgrims

    I’m on my way!
  6. Sheffield James

    Pilgrims hosting Pilgrims

    I stayed with a number of pilgrim host families while walking the via francigena through northern France. They provided me with some of my best memories of the pilgrimage and they certainly helped me find a comfortable place to sleep in areas where commercial lodgings were hard to find. A...
  7. Sheffield James

    Graffiti on the Camino- this is how I handled it

    I wouldn’t think of this ‘art’ as ‘graffiti’, which I’d normally reserve for tags, scribbles and crude drawings. Maybe it’s like the definition of ‘weeds’, which I understand to be context-specific.
  8. Sheffield James

    Trying to use this website

    I access this site using a smartphone + it works perfectly well for me (Safari browser). Regretfully, I am technically inept and so cannot contribute to the diagnosis or solutions to this frustrating phenomenon. Good luck!
  9. Sheffield James

    Unwelcome traces from pilgrim rituals

    What an amazing place that is! I had the opportunity to visit it a few years ago and I was left speechless at the time.
  10. Sheffield James

    A partial solution to litter problems

    I came across this news story yesterday and I thought it worth sharing. http://news.sky.com/story/french-theme-park-uses-crows-to-pick-up-litter-and-cigarettes-11469984
  11. Sheffield James

    LIVE from the Camino Snowed in at San Juan de la Pena!

    Hi Vacajoe, thank-you for posting 'live from the camino'. I am on the verge of booking a camino trip from Lourdes to SdC, and I plan to walk the CA as part of the route. I have to say that I am surprised by how little (recent) information has been posted on the CdS forum about this camino, so it...
  12. Sheffield James

    Courtesy to pilgrims for whom English is not their first language.

    On my first camino I walked frequently with an American, a South African and a Dane. We lunched this particular day in Burgos and one conversation topic was how well each of us spoke the English language. Without hesitation, each of the other three voted me as the worst English speaker in the...
  13. Sheffield James

    WHY would you do a winter camino?

    That’s the ‘blessed’ story I’ve read on this forum. None bletter!
  14. Sheffield James

    Do you have blue eyes? Meet your pilgrim cousins

    Count me in as a club member! David, I guess it falls to you to be our inaugural "eye-hand" coordinator!!
  15. Sheffield James

    The future of Camino Hospitality

    Thank-you Rebekah + responders for providing me with a topic ideal for meditative thought as I walk the early stages of the Camino de Santiago de Levante. There's no evidence of Disney that I can see here in Castille-La Mancha province, just wonderful landscapes and some very hospitable people...
  16. Sheffield James

    Camino nonsense, jokes and funnies.

    Luxury!!! Your description reminds me of Monty Python's hilarious "4 Yorkshire men"" sketch. I'm sure it's on You Tube if you care to check it out.
  17. Sheffield James

    Camino nonsense, jokes and funnies.

    I walked the VdlP last year and stayed in a municipal albergue with three single beds and one double bed. It filled quickly, but then a Spanish woman arrived in search of a bed. To resolve the problem, I offered to sleep in the double bed with a 71-year old Czech guy I'd been walking with for a...
  18. Sheffield James

    Super-sized credencials?

    Thanks for the kind words, Peter. You may have noted that the del Norte is not on the list, so it's my turn now to turn the admiration in your direction. BTW, are you aware of the Ultreia Mancunia camino-group that attracts members from across the north of England. They're holding a pilgrims'...
  19. Sheffield James

    Super-sized credencials?

    I am about to embark on a camino that will exceed the number of spaces for sellos on any credencial I've used to date. I know it's easy just to take 2 credencials for the trip, but I would prefer to use a single one (with ~55 spaces), if possible. It needs to be recognised as an "official"...
  20. Sheffield James

    Where did the "Recent" button go?

    I wasn't aware of a 'recent posts' button until just now. I'm not sure it's in the best possible position, but it's great functionality that I will now make full use of in the future. Thanks for the awareness-raising thread.

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