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  1. ouroboros

    Moorwalker - RIP

    Godspeed, Moorwalker...
  2. ouroboros

    2020 Camino Blanket

    Extraordinary! What a contemplative labor of love!
  3. ouroboros

    2020 Camino Blanket

  4. ouroboros

    All of a sudden no motivation to start the camino

    If you don’t like the idea of the heat of July ( I wouldn’t dream of walking it in July) perhaps consider another time of year like late September or in April/May. Might suit your temperament a bit better. My temperament is not suited to heat and I get explosive if I’m stressed AND hot....not...
  5. ouroboros

    5 things most pilgrims don't do on the Camino (but should)

    May i quote you Michael, in my book on being a pilgrim?
  6. ouroboros

    What makes you walk

  7. ouroboros

    Needed rest area, accommodation etc

    Wonderful! Glad to hear you are still holding this intention. Will hold you in my prayers.
  8. ouroboros

    Needed rest area, accommodation etc

    Yes,Linares needs a restaurant and another albergue with more beds and then that stretch won’t be so fearsome. O’Cebreiro is crowded and touristy and if you don’t relish the municipal albergue, it’s a problem. By that time on my walk, I was in a quiet place within and not in the mood to party...
  9. ouroboros

    Needed rest area, accommodation etc

    I just finished a large segment of the Frances for the second time and found, yet again, that after climbing O’Cebreiro and trying to continue on is difficult because of lack of accommodations. There is finally an albergue in Linares but it gets filled quickly and I saw many pilgrims forced to...
  10. ouroboros

    Cathedral Closed...Is the Camino still worth it?

    I just finished my 3rd Camino about a week ago... I’m so glad you mentioned “Ecce Homo” which was where I had my most religious moment on the Camino. I decided to end my pilgrimage after O’Cebreiro in Triacastela, a special place with the shrine to Sampiedro there. I have two Compostelas at...
  11. ouroboros

    General How to Hike Downhill question

    I always called my staff my bastone most affectionately because I heard it called that at some point and it stuck!
  12. ouroboros

    General How to Hike Downhill question

    Sorry about my bad spelling!
  13. ouroboros

    General How to Hike Downhill question

    Bastone : Long wooden staff or pole. I also zig zag for sure!
  14. ouroboros

    General How to Hike Downhill question

    I don’t like trekking poles. I prefer to use the Bastone and when going downhill use it to throw a stride ahead and help me down. Steep grade, knees bent deeply, holding the Bastone crosswise with both hands to help shift center of gravity for balance. Everyone develops their own style of...
  15. ouroboros

    Music You Can Hum Along The Trail

    OK, The Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be (500 miles) eminently singable!
  16. ouroboros

    Music You Can Hum Along The Trail

    Oh, it's on.... This is the song that got me through the CF to Santiago in 2012. YO LA TENGO hypnotizes.
  17. ouroboros

    Music You Can Hum Along The Trail

    And I love this one, and sang it all the time.... to my companion's dismay!
  18. ouroboros

    Music You Can Hum Along The Trail

    A venerable pilgrim song from the middle ages. This helped me up many a steep climb!
  19. ouroboros

    "The Sacred Path Is the One We’re On"

    Lovely thoughts, thank you!
  20. ouroboros

    Pilgrim age

    Wonderful post! Thank-you! @mspath is a greatly inspiring lady for me too! I hope to walk the Camino for many years to come, and now, at 58, realize that I am a mere greenhorn compared to these venerable pilgrims.

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