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Camino de Santiago pendant that has a shell on the front, and "Camino de Santiago" engraved on the back. Comes with a black cord. Pendent is slightly larger than a 50 euro cent coin, about 25mm.

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Custom hard enamel pin badge with silver coloured locking pin. Size: 30 mm.

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="David Tallan" data-source="post: 896640" data-attributes="member: 31995">My philosophy is always to make plans but hold them in an open hand.Planning is an educating process. It lets you know what your options are. It lets you start thinking about your priorities and the types of decisions you will be making. I know that there are people who don't want to know what is on the road ahead. They just want to follow the yellow arrows and see what happens. I'm not one of those people. I like to know in advance that if I take the turning here on the Camino Frances I will be able to see the interesting church at Eunate or take the turning there on the Camino Portugues I will see the waterfall. I like to know that if I push on for a few kilometers after Santo Domingo de la Calzada I'll find an albergue that many people have found really special. I may or may not do these things, but I have the opportunity to do so, which I wouldn't if they didn't know that they exist. Some people feel that this kind of planning takes away the surprise and discovery that is so much a part of the Camino. In my experience, no amount of planning can remove discovery and surprises from the Camino.Planning can give you useful information that goes into decision-making on the Camino: how far to walk for the day, where to stop for the night, what to stop and see, where to eat, etc. But it is just one source of information. There is plenty of other information that is unavailable in advance that is also tremendously useful in making those same decisions: what's the weather like, how are you feeling, who are you walking with and what do they want to do, how have your priorities changed.So I like to do lots of research and planning. But plans are just that - plans, not decisions. Decisions I make in the moment based on my plans and also on those other factors I listed in the previous paragraph.</blockquote>

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