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Hi David
In answer to your question "why do pilgrims carry on when it is really hard"?
My simple answer my friends is "because it is really hard".
Safe travelling to all pilgrims now and in the future
Sicada
Planning Via De La Plata 2020. (Sept/oct) Brierley was brilliant for Frances 2016. Wise Pilgrim was adequate for Del Norte 2018 but there doesn't appear to be anything out there hard copy wise for Via De La Plata, nothing that is that compares to Brierley (unless anyone out there can direct me...
One word! for such an experience? wow. Your question is thought provoking and many words come to mind covering emotions, spirituality and the supposed "romance" of the Camino. It also depends on the "actual Camino" experience of the individual. I completed my first Camino Frances from Saint Jean...
Hi Jill
Great rationale..........I am a Catholic and I do believe most of what is recorded as it relates to St James. I completed my first Camino Sept/Oct 2016. 28 days from St Jean to Santiago at the age of 71. Did I feel a changed person? No. I set out pure and simple with no expectations...
Hi Sheffield James,
Good luck on that one! What a terrific record of Caminos completed. I completed my first 2016 St Jean Pied de Port to Santiuago. It was a wonderful experience and I am now planning my second, probably Del Niort.
Buen Camino ..............Rotherham Peter
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