Camino Forum encounters

I completed the Camino Frances on 16 July, it only took me 41 days from SJPdP and I will freely admit I cheated by riding a horse up to O'Cerbreiro in the fog and sleet on the 6th of July. I was lucky to meet several forum members on my walk. I ran into Mark Lee at Casa Magica and later at a really great new albergue in Ponferrada. I stayed at Reb Scott's Peacable Kingdom in Moratinos with Karin and Gizy, who I had the pleasure of walking many k's together with. I got to visit Paddy's bodega after a wonderful lunch at the Bodega restaurant in Moratinos with Reb, Paddy and Malvina from Tucson who was headed west of Hospital de Orbiga to buy a place to turn into a new albergue. I had a chance encounter with Olivares after O'Cebreiro who recognized me from my photo on the forum site. I stopped in Rabanal to introduce myself to Jenny H and Julie and had dinner with Jenny that evening. When I arrived in Santiago I tried several times to meet Johnnie Walker with no avail but on Saturday afternoon when I was wandering around town I ran into Jenny and AJ, and later Kat from Melbourne joined us. We all met for dinner later. I found Ivar's office but it was on Saturday when it is closed, Jenny took a photo of me ringing his doorbell in a "Steven Colbert" surprise pose.
The highlight of my Camino was getting to see the Botafumeiro swing twice on Sunday morning.