- Time of past OR future Camino
- First one in 2005 from Moissac, France.
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I took the book and read it myself -Fab book by the way, the only honest autobiography I have ever read.
Ts, ts, ts, you bad girl, very baaad girl...sorry, can’t remember where I then left it
Jill
Well, I never saw anything unusual abandoned, but the biggest pile of stuff was definately in Roncevalles!Hi all - I was idly thinking and my mind visited what pilgrims abandon, jettison, on Camino. I regularly visit Roncesvalles to do first aid and always have a good look at the double "leave it here" tables - usually full!
Heavy clothing, make up .... all sorts of things ....
some/many of you will know of Cheryl Strayed and her book, "Wild," - her 1,100-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail - later made into a film (the book is so Much better!). Well, last spring I found a pristine unopened copy on the Roncesvalles tables - I found it funny as I could almost see the novice American solo female backpacker pilgrim - how she added that book to her pack so she could read it along the way, to identify with Cheryl and her epic walk as she undertook her own ..... and once she finally managed to haul herself over the pass from St Jean she abandoned it without even opening it!! hahahahaahahaaa
I took the book and read it myself -Fab book by the way, the only honest autobiography I have ever read.
So ... what did you find abandoned??????
I believe I would have found a good home for Ms. MacLaine's book at the next albergue near the footwear rack. The pages would come in handy torn out and stuffed into boots/shoes so that they dry faster.I’d love to read that (the film was pretty good) – so where did you then abandon it?. . . so I can pick it up .
I found Shirley MacLaine’s book abandoned somewhere, so I picked it up and read it – not surprised that got abandoned – sorry, can’t remember where I then left it
Jill
I like your humor!I believe I would have found a good home for Ms. MacLaine's book at the next albergue near the footwear rack. The pages would come in handy torn out and stuffed into boots/shoes so that they dry faster.
I believe I would have found a good home for Ms. MacLaine's book at the next albergue near the footwear rack. The pages would come in handy torn out and stuffed into boots/shoes so that they dry faster.
Funniest thing ... While volunteering in Ponferrada, I'd discarded a top and bottom in pilgrim's bin. A few weeks thereafter, I walked Negriera to Fisterra with a group of pilgrim's, one of whom was wearing my discards.
You're just jealous you weren't abducted by aliens and taken to Atlantis.
Not sure if I ever got that far in the book, ha ha. Was that before or after she realized she was a royal harlot in a previous life, or something like that?Now Mark Lee,
You know you're upset you didn't do a duck run through a pack of snarling wild dogs in Foncebadon.
maybe someone thought they were doing a good deed for weary pilgrims.I can't remember which year this was but this picture I took on one of my caminos, always makes me laugh and scratch my head - and then wonder who had to clean it up.
Gilmore Girls reprise on Netflix last Thanksgiving...huge giggles over "the book or the movie" fans. I watched the movie after I read the book. I liked both.
Always the book!I was thinking that very thing!!! Book!
How Very odd....Walking towards Villafranca Montes de Oca in 2015 a pilgrim came towards us obviously walking back from Santiago. We stopped dead in our tracks in disbelief, all he had on was sandals and a loincloth, and he carried a staff. After Villafranca near the Civil War monument we found what we think was his possessions. Rucksack, clothing, food, water, tent, boots, waterproofs, the lot. We think he just abandoned everything he had!
I started using these to clip my socks to my pack for drying - worked great!I actually counted sox as I walked. 23 from SJPP to Santiago. So 23 people who pinned sox on their packs to dry wound up with only one. Bet they were (sorry) hopping mad!
...saw one of these too. With sock still attached....I started using these to clip my socks to my pack for drying - worked great!
...saw one of these too. With sock still attached....
Tan-coloured smart wool size 10 1/2? I loved that sock!
Was it Gillean's?
If it was he was *hopping mad*....
Was it Gillean's?
Between SJPP and Santiago I counted at least that many clothing pegs (pins). I picked up and kept the first five and actually used them, too!I actually counted sox as I walked. 23 from SJPP to Santiago. So 23 people who pinned sox on their packs to dry wound up with only one. Bet they were (sorry) hopping mad!
Funniest I saw was at the mobile café at the top of the hill just before the descent into Zubiri. The sign says 'leave your unwanted items, take whatever you need' or words to that effect. I looked in the box and it was full of ladies bras. All colours and sizes, nothing else. Didn't really need one so passed on thatHi all - I was idly thinking and my mind visited what pilgrims abandon, jettison, on Camino. I regularly visit Roncesvalles to do first aid and always have a good look at the double "leave it here" tables - usually full!
Heavy clothing, make up .... all sorts of things ....
some/many of you will know of Cheryl Strayed and her book, "Wild," - her 1,100-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail - later made into a film (the book is so Much better!). Well, last spring I found a pristine unopened copy on the Roncesvalles tables - I found it funny as I could almost see the novice American solo female backpacker pilgrim - how she added that book to her pack so she could read it along the way, to identify with Cheryl and her epic walk as she undertook her own ..... and once she finally managed to haul herself over the pass from St Jean she abandoned it without even opening it!! hahahahaahahaaa
I took the book and read it myself -Fab book by the way, the only honest autobiography I have ever read.
So ... what did you find abandoned??????
I can remember that one clearly! He had a sign that told women to leave underclothes and they would find a husband. I can't remember what it said about men leaving underclothes....it was funny.Funniest I saw was at the mobile café at the top of the hill just before the descent into Zubiri. The sign says 'leave your unwanted items, take whatever you need' or words to that effect. I looked in the box and it was full of ladies bras. All colours and sizes, nothing else. Didn't really need one so passed on that. Where did the original owners think they were going.....to a fashion show
Wouldnt really know about their itchynessI can remember that one clearly! He had a sign that told women to leave underclothes and they would find a husband. I can't remember what it said about men leaving underclothes....it was funny.
I only had three pair of my granny undies and I needed them all. Didn't look a thing like what was in that basket. (Aren't they itchy??????)
Funniest I saw was at the mobile café at the top of the hill just before the descent into Zubiri. The sign says 'leave your unwanted items, take whatever you need' or words to that effect. I looked in the box and it was full of ladies bras. All colours and sizes, nothing else. Didn't really need one so passed on that. Where did the original owners think they were going.....to a fashion show
Always be prepared, as the Boy Scouts say.I saw a She Wee and some condoms in a leave and take box.
I think they were too prepared, and the level of adventure didn't live up to it!!Always be prepared, as the Boy Scouts say.
I vote you get the 1st place "blue ribbon" on this thread!I saw a She Wee and some condoms in a leave and take box.
You got the photo all right! And your narrative gave me a good laugh!@Camino Chris See below - I seem to remember that the jar was of some expensive hair styling putty.
So I had this vision of a lady of a certain age, who had the idea of being a swashbuckling, choppy haired, standing up peeing sexual adventuress of a vixen on the Via De La Plata, and then very quickly, like 3 days out of Seville, just said to herself no, this isn't happening, this camino lark is literally the most scruffy, sweaty, unromantic, death to good hair, squat behind a bush scenario, ditch this goddam stuff and forget I ever had such fantasies.
But we have the evidence:
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the strangest thing I have found along the actual path was a pair of shiny white patent-leather gogo boots. And a rolling pin.
The strangest thing I have seen in an albergue lost-and-found box was a lavender tulle evening dress. In Ponferrada. Absolutely fabulous.
Did you take it?lavender tulle evening dress. In Ponferrada. Absolutely fabulous.
How wonderful.....I wonder what occasion the Lavender evening dress was for.....seems like such a strange garment to be in The Lost and Found Box....the strangest thing I have found along the actual path was a pair of shiny white patent-leather gogo boots. And a rolling pin.
The strangest thing I have seen in an albergue lost-and-found box was a lavender tulle evening dress. In Ponferrada. Absolutely fabulous.
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