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From another Canuck
The very small pool at Boadilla del Camino was closed in very hot weather when I stayed there in mid May 2008. Is it ever open?
Bill Beahen
Hi Petro and all
I walked over the Napoleon Pass on April 30 2008 and arrived in Santiago on May 31st. It was such an amazing and profound experience that I have written a book about it entitled "One Step at a Time : Encounters Natural, Human and Divine on the Camino de Santiago". Two author...
Hi All
I am still fact checking for my manuscript book "One Step at a Time: Encountering the Many Faces of the Camino - Natural, Human and Divine".
On May 4, 2008, I talked with a woman named Marie in Estella. She was a fitness instructor from Munich. She was in much distress because she was...
Thanks Br David and Silly Doll for your information.
I checked the French newspapers for the region as you suggested Br David and came up empty. I will put this down to the camino misinformation service which sometimes offers fanciful tales based on imagination.
All the best,
Bill
Hi
I walked the camino in 32 days in 2008 starting from SJPDP on April 30th. As I walked through the pass there were many patches of snow near the summit. Another peregrino told me that there had been a blizzard on April 28th and that five pilgrims had to be emergency evacuated when they became...
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