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  1. Deacon Jason

    What A Walk!!

    A friend I met along the Way (who was also from Pretoria, ironically) lost his jacket...because he left it on a park bench. It was the worst tragedy I witnessed in 33 days (he really liked that jacket ;)...we found a store and got him another one, though). I found a bed every night, the...
  2. Deacon Jason

    Correct Distance

    Very true. Even high-grade commercial and military GPS requires accurate, fixed reference data to get to sub-meter accuracy on a measurement...and a few meters here or there per measurement adds up over the long haul. So, yeah, even with a good GPS device you end up just another person with a...
  3. Deacon Jason

    Starting September 6

    Thom, Though I'll be a couple days behind you (I won't be leaving St. Jean until 8 Sept), we may cross paths somewhere along the way. Buen (very soon) Camino -Jason
  4. Deacon Jason

    Thanks all

    Buen Camino, Terri! Grace+Peace -Jason
  5. Deacon Jason

    Accommodation

    I am finding that freaking out a bit is part of the waiting process...I will only be a few days behind you and I am fighting off the urge to second guess everything. Buen Camino sin preocupados! Hopefully I will catch up to you at some point along the way. -Jason
  6. Deacon Jason

    To Richard from Dublin

    It sounds like you reached exactly the destination you needed to! Thank you for sharing this with all of us. Grace+Peace -Jason
  7. Deacon Jason

    Correct Distance

    The lack of definite distances is an issue with trails and walking paths everywhere...just about the only thing you can guarantee when a guidebook says X km is that you will invariably measure something other than X with your GPS. Even little measurement variations between measurers can add up...
  8. Deacon Jason

    Correct Distance

    That gave me a good laugh, as I immediately imagined a team of bureaucrats with rulers and string arguing about whether to round up the last fraction of a meter to make it .601 :)
  9. Deacon Jason

    Walk The Way with me in 6 minutes

    Awesome! And a great idea for how to create a non-boring slideshow of the journey.
  10. Deacon Jason

    News (2016) regarding Santa María de Eunate

    Coming from an area (Southern California) that just experienced two major brush fires, I understand how nerve wracking it can be. May the Lord grant you all strength and courage, especially the firefighters who are in harm's way! You will certainly be in my prayers. Grace+Peace -Jason
  11. Deacon Jason

    Church Marriage Blessing on Camino

    What SY said...also, if you are renewing your marriage vows, you'll want to carry an official copy of your Catholic marriage certificate with you. While the anniversary blessing is no big deal, most priests or deacons would want to verify that you were married in the church before renewing vows...
  12. Deacon Jason

    Gluten free food

    Halka, No first hand experience, but from what I've read, finding gluten-free food in pilgrim menus is not very likely. You will probably need to rely on grocery shopping instead. Grace+Peace -Jason
  13. Deacon Jason

    Lockers, Shipping Luggage & Early riser Peregrino

    Very true, and an especially reprehensible ommission given that I'm (mostly) Portuguese! :) Added the appropriate 'almost' qualifier to the previous post. Buen Camino
  14. Deacon Jason

    Maps for a Blog before I begin...

    Irenie, OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org) has open-source, freely distributable Google-Earth style maps you could use. Or, if you want something a little more vintage, sites like the Beinecke Digital Collections at Yale (http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/) have maps that are...
  15. Deacon Jason

    Lockers, Shipping Luggage & Early riser Peregrino

    Regarding rising times, one thing to keep in mind is that, unlike the US where we have multiple time zones that are (more or less) in correspondence with the 'real' longitudinal time zones, (almost) all of continental Western Europe is on a single time zone. This means that Eastern Spain is on...
  16. Deacon Jason

    Pilgrim Passport

    As Doug already mentioned, they are available in the store here on the forum...I would also add that they come free with any of the full sized guidebooks purchased from the forum store, so if you are also in the market for one of those you can kill two birds with one stone. -Jason
  17. Deacon Jason

    How many days (Including rest days) do I need to do the Camino Frances to Finisterre

    Also remember to add to your calculations the appropriate travel time from wherever you are flying in to SJPP and from Santiago to wherever you are flying out. This can add a day or three, depending on the specifics of your itinerary. Peace, -Jason
  18. Deacon Jason

    Spontaneously booked! Now what?

    Also, you can add your info to the following post to formally announce yourself as a September/October pilgrim: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/posts/381298/
  19. Deacon Jason

    Spontaneously booked! Now what?

    I certainly hope it's enough time, since I have about the same schedule and am a less-physically-active 38 year old! Seriously, though, it should be plenty of time. Paris to SJPP can be done in half a day by train, as can Santiago to Madrid. Since the walk itself can be reasonably done in 30-35...
  20. Deacon Jason

    It is with a heavy heart....

    Lee, May the Lord bless you for what must have been a tough decision to make...I pray that you'll be able to find peace in the midst of everything. And while I won't be able to meet you in person on the Camino this September, please know that I'll be carrying your intentions along with my own...

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