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    Friends of Bill W walking the Camino Frances April, May?

    I've walked quite a few Caminos in the past 10 years and invariably meet other pilgrims who are also ex-drinkers. It's as if we smell each other out. In Europe there are a range of different associations of mutual help groups for those in difficulty with alcohol often based around the whole...
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    2 stamps a day starting after Sarria

    Actually, I do find it a problem. One a day is fine, especially since it's part of a night in an albergue. Otherwise, I find it a pain. Most might not. I'm not at all used to it, arrive at nighttime and I've forgotten to get one, distracted my my pilgrimage. That's the problem it's a distraction.
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    León to Santiago January 2020

    Hello Janu, you might just pass me. I'm off to start in Sarria middle of next week. I'll be the slowest pilgrim you pass. Buen Camino.
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    Dealing with a broken ankle

    You will walk the Camino if you want. It won't be your broken ankle that stops you. I was told in 2012 by the Orthopaedic specialist who looked at my x-rays that I couldn't hike again. Total nonsense. I even bought a television because I believed him. I'd had a compound fracture of the tibia and...
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    Friends of Bill W.

    That bit about "growing our spiritual recovery exponentially" rings true for me. I've not been to any meetings on my Caminos but I've met very genuine listening, very little judging, unlimited love and deep wisdom from young and old alike. I'm on the Camino Frances just now and every day's...
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    Married Couple and Pensiones

    My experience is that overall the rate for one person is less than that for two, even if given a double room.
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    My Religious Camino......

    I'm sure it depends very much on how we enter into the Camino ourselves. Last month I really enjoyed meeting people who all had their own reasons for doing the Camino and who all contibuted to the collective spirit of the pilgrimage. For me, I find the Camino is a huge space for prayer and...
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    Join me?

    Zohar, I'll walk with you.
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    Things I lost on the Camino

    I left my microfibre towel behind somewhere near Logroño and learned that my lightweight t-shirt from Decathlon dried me better, so I didn't buy another towel. I then left one of these shirts behind 3 times in different places because I always hung it up to dry on the foot of my bed and forgot...
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    Camino signs: do they happen to anyone else?

    We must have been walking more or less at the same time this year. I, too, really wanted to meet Frank again when I arrived in Santiago, after losing touch after Leon. On my way for an early morning train as I crossed the road to the station Frank came across in the other direction. He touched...
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    It's Different This Year

    This is exactly so. If I enter a village and find the people distant the I know I'm going through a difficult moment. For me, I meet a red light and need to stop (myself) whenever I begin to be annoyed by other people. I am then sure something is up with me. But I replied to Davisretired...
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    Monasteries

    I've stayed in quite a few monasteries and the most inclusive I have found was Oseiro. Morning prayers are very early but worth it. Reading what others say here, I may have maligned the singing in Samos in my blog. Can anyone tell me about its beginnings which I have heard were pretty bloody...

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