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  1. nellpilgrim

    Am I a Pilgrim?

  2. nellpilgrim

    Am I a Pilgrim?

    Well in an odd and Camino like way perhaps those friends did you a favour? Pausing to reflect and consider what your/our motivations and values are is a blessing and a gift. And just look what a treasure trove of shared thoughts, poetry and reflections your question unlocked! Having done it...
  3. nellpilgrim

    Finished a few days ago... am I the only one who

    I had/have a whole lot of conscious and subconscious assumptions about 'who is or who isn't a pilgrim' However I find the more and longer I walk the more of those assumptions I have to swallow. Now of course I'm not too happy or satisfied about a beat box belting out on the path ahead and...
  4. nellpilgrim

    Wanting a warm beach at end of Camino early July

    Just sitting on a beach not walking is going to be a big treat!
  5. nellpilgrim

    Advice on finding Mass!

    On the CF I didn't have any problems on Sundays and during the week, being the spiritual equivalent of an omnivore, I took (and continue to take wherever I'm walking) whatever is going. So that means I've crashed (discretely and at the back if needs be) any and all masses/services-from...
  6. nellpilgrim

    The prayer used at Cruz de Ferro?

    Hi Katharina, I loved walking through Franconia and often stopped (very happily) to pray at the wayside shrines. I wondered then if they hadn't replaced some older markers or shrines. Thank you for sharing the photographs they're a lot sharper than mine and definitely look better without a...
  7. nellpilgrim

    The prayer used at Cruz de Ferro?

  8. nellpilgrim

    The prayer used at Cruz de Ferro?

    No is the simple answer! I think I'd seen photo's of the Cruz de Ferro and read about it in John Brierley's guide book when I first walked in 2009. The practice-old or new- didn't seem at all strange or odd to me, but then leaving stones on structures, gravestones, Saints 'beds' (or Leacht in...
  9. nellpilgrim

    The prayer used at Cruz de Ferro?

    Yesterday on May's eve and today on May day ( the feast of Bealtaine) at an ancient holy site and place of pilgrimage called The City in Shrone Co Kerry a steady stream of locals (many of my relatives among them) will 'make the rounds' or 'pay the pattern' as did our parents and our parents...
  10. nellpilgrim

    Appropriate attire inside church

    As an Irish catholic I have an additional inbuilt reflex reaction-the genuflection. Though this serves me very well on pilgrimage it has occasionally had other less positive consequences. As kids and teenagers we were so hardwired to genuflect towards the altar on entering and leaving our church...
  11. nellpilgrim

    Place for non-Catholics Holy Communion

    There have been pretty exhaustive threads on this topic before-perhaps doing a little research might clarify things for the original poster? We should be aware, especially in areas that are sensitive if not to us then to others, of the difference between seeking 'confirmation data', getting...
  12. nellpilgrim

    How Many People Walked The Camino Without Any Training ?

    Of course I 'meant' to do some serious training but working life got in the way. Having 5 weeks off meant a lot of work related prep and clearance and more than a few all nighters were pulled with the result that at the start I couldn't go fast to save my life. The consequence was that I walked...
  13. nellpilgrim

    Pyrenees

    And it can change overnight or indeed in a few hours. Also remember the conditions in SJPDP are no measure of the situation on the peaks so listen to the locals and get your information the day you walk not the day before. When I walked it went from blue skies and sunshine to whiteout conditions...
  14. nellpilgrim

    Hot water and heating in albergues - up to date info

    ….well if unattached and lucky one could always find a suitable human snuggle partner. Or alternatively do as I've done (in extremis when 'enjoying' barn type accommodation) and lure one of the house/yard dogs to sleep beside your sleeping bag-even the least friendly/ barking/shy dog can...
  15. nellpilgrim

    Different data, how long is the CF?

    …it's not too short and it's not too long in fact (whatever it is and however many detours you take or not) generally it's just right……..
  16. nellpilgrim

    Was it one walk enough for you ? or The Camino turn up to be like a Health Drug

    I walked the CF in 2009 with a lifelong best friend. We had a wonderful and memorable journey that was for Frances a joyous 'once in a lifetime' event but I knew within two or three weeks of starting that I'd need to be 'doing this again! That pilgrimage became a starting point for a much longer...
  17. nellpilgrim

    Finisterre Saved Our Camino

    There's a blue (well it was blue when I was there) security tape at the top of the nave cordoning off first top couple of rows for pilgrims. Bring your Compostela with you in case you asked for validation-I wasn't but then again I looked pretty knackered!- and just lift up the tape and sit down...
  18. nellpilgrim

    Finisterre Saved Our Camino

    Though I admit to getting a bit freaked out by the increase of pilgrim numbers from Sarria onwards in 2009 nowadays I kinda like 'them'-all of those bouncy newbies with brand new gear, full of excitement and expectations and smelling clean and fresh. I guess it's because they remind me of...
  19. nellpilgrim

    Looking for blogs/connections from former pilgrims that walked Camino Frances in May

    Hi I walked April May and the link to the blog Shellshock about that is on the bottom of my post. It's a lovely time to walk. N
  20. nellpilgrim

    66 Year-old Irishman starting SJPdP mid-March 2016

    Bobcat you'll have the craic believe me and as you're and Irish and of a certain vintage (a very fine one to be sure) then no doubt you're already 'hardwired' for pilgrimage anyway and were dragged along to Knock, Lough Derg or Our Ladys Island et al…. or if you were very posh Lourdes or...

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