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  1. billbennettoz

    A training schedule that suits me...

    Hi Johnny - yes, I was a few months shy of 60 when I prepared for the Camino Frances. I found the training useful not only in a physical sense, but also it gave me emotional strength. There were times when I looked ahead and saw a mountain or a very high hill, and I knew from my training that...
  2. billbennettoz

    Me and my mole.

    This is a fascinating story. I find it extraordinary that a farmer one day would ask what would happen if you fell, and the next day that actually happened! And the significance of the mole? For me there are deeper things at play here other than what merely happened. And your getting bitten by a...
  3. billbennettoz

    A training schedule that suits me...

    On April 8th I begin the Camino Portuguese, from Porto through to Santiago. I've been training now for some time, and taking detailed notes. I'm comparing these notes to my training notes at the same time last year - before I walked the Camino Frances. It's fascinating comparing the two sets...
  4. billbennettoz

    About letting go - post Camino

    For clarity, I'm not saying that people are mean and arrogant and rude on this forum. I've always found this forum to have a wonderful benign tone, set by Ivar and his moderators. I'm talking generally about forums and blogs, and what I see as being an intrinsic issue with usernames. And as I...
  5. billbennettoz

    About letting go - post Camino

    I don't mind anything. I'm just offering a personal point of view. I operate with full transparency but why would I expect other people to do the same? It's their choice.
  6. billbennettoz

    About letting go - post Camino

    I've had some bad experiences with people hiding behind user names. I believe in full transparency. My comments weren't intended to be harsh, and I'm sorry that you took them that way. Bill
  7. billbennettoz

    About letting go - post Camino

    Good for you Jenny. So many people hide behind user names, and then they feel that gives them the right to be rude or arrogant or just plain mean. Let's see your name, let's see your picture. If you've got nothing to hide, then why hide? Stand behind what you say. Bill
  8. billbennettoz

    About letting go - post Camino

    Thanks Beatrice. And it's great to see someone on this forum actually using their name. I think transparency on these forums is important. I believe you should stand behind what you say, and what you believe. Bill
  9. billbennettoz

    About letting go - post Camino

    I notice that a thread I posted in February of this year has come back on this forum. It's called About Letting Go - and I raised the notion of having to let go of certain preconceptions if I were to have a successful Camino in September. In fact it must have been shortly after that I...
  10. billbennettoz

    I would like to start a Blog for my Camino.

    I used WordPress, but yes, you need to get it up and running beforehand, and make sure you're familiar with all it's quirks. I don't think you need to get the premium version - the Twenty Thirteen theme is free, and it's fine. I used Blogsy, a paid app for my iPad, which made posting each day...
  11. billbennettoz

    Thankyou and goodbye

    Ivar, one of the things I stipulate on my blog is that people don't hide behind user-names. I find that the anonymity of user-names on a forum or blog allows some people to say things they wouldn't ordinarily say if we knew who they were. If things were more transparent. Your forum is so big...
  12. billbennettoz

    You know you're a pilgrim(or soon to be) when...

    ...you find yourself parading your underwear on the outside of your backpack.
  13. billbennettoz

    The death of Indian pilgrims

    In the past few days, more than a thousand pilgrims have died in northern India in monsoon floods. I was there, this time last year. At Rishikesh then Haridwar, both on the sacred Ganges, to observe their pilgrimage. Whilst it's not strictly Camino related, I would ask that you spare a...
  14. billbennettoz

    Did you frame your Compostela?

    Haha - I found the ones who bragged the most were the ones who'd walked the least... Bill
  15. billbennettoz

    Did you frame your Compostela?

    Does that mean you've walked the Camino seven times?
  16. billbennettoz

    Did you frame your Compostela?

    What a fantastic birthday present Anne! Bill
  17. billbennettoz

    Did you frame your Compostela?

    Thank you, Simply B, for the kind words about the blog. I'm still posting, and still getting extraordinary responses. (http://www.pgstheway.com.) Yesterday my wife and I had a phone conversation with a nun in Ontario, whom I met through the blog. I'm a-religious, not Catholic, and I think this...
  18. billbennettoz

    Did you frame your Compostela?

    How wonderful!
  19. billbennettoz

    Did you frame your Compostela?

    Can you be a little bit more succinct? :lol:
  20. billbennettoz

    Did you frame your Compostela?

    I've returned home, with my Compostela in my little cardboard tube - and am now wondering what I should do with it. Did you frame yours? How important to you is it to display it publicly?

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