- Time of past OR future Camino
- CF: April/May 2018. CF Aug/Sep 2018. CF May/June 2019.
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or, perhaps worse still, foisting myself like some charity guest on others this Christmas, was just too awful to contemplate.
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Hi Rebekah are you on the camino somewhere, I would like to do a December camino this year but dont want to be alone the whole time esp. Christmas.Mike you can come over and have Christmas with us at Peaceable. We go to church in the evening, and on Christmas day often gather up the people in the local albergues and bring them over for a feast. Sometimes we get a crowd, sometimes just us. If you want to make the trip over, you are welcome... we'll put you to work peeling spuds.
For many of us Christmas is not the happiest time of the year.
And for many of us, one of the fondest memories we cherish from completing the Camino, is that unique family bond that emerges out of nowhere and implants such a very special place in our hearts.
Every year I dread the coming of Christmas, it reminds me of those special times that, since my divorce and the breakup of my own nuclear family, I know I shall never experience again.
Last night I posted a message on another thread to say that I was seriously thinking of doing the CF for the third time this year (yes, third).
You see the thought of being alone, or, perhaps worse still, foisting myself like some charity guest on others this Christmas, was just too awful to contemplate.
This morning I had another thought – why not try to organise a Camino gathering for all those other lonely hearts out there – people who might also like to escape the Christmas blues but not have the spare five weeks (or the inclination) to walk the CF in early winter.
Each of us, from whatever background, religious group, nationality, age or profession have one important thing in common; we know the Camino, we have found inside ourselves that special something and, most importantly, we recognise it in others.
Given all of the above and our ability to forego the luxuries of five-star accommodations at times, our willingness to engage with others, make new friends, help and support one another why not let’s get together ?
A small boarding school somewhere in the UK would seem like a good place to assemble; it would be closed for the holidays and therefore available, have a dorm or two, hot showers, a kitchen, a dining and socialising area, warmth and hopefully a blissfully seasonal open fire as well !
So, fellow pilgrims, I commend this fledgling idea for you all to consider; let me know your thoughts, I’ll take on the organisational responsibilities and the cost ought not to be prohibitive just as long as the numbers are there.
Over to you…..
Rebekah is cleaning up the path somewhere after Oporto.Hi Rebekah are you on the camino somewhere, I would like to do a December camino this year but dont want to be alone the whole time esp. Christmas.
Thanks Rebekah, a very kind thought and invitation.
But peeling spuds though would be a terrible waste of Cordon Bleu talent don't you think ?
Another angle to consider is the gift you give others by giving them the opportunity to offer you something.