Large group headed for the Camino today

[Deleted member 3000]

Boy Scout troop on the way!

http://www.chapelhillnews.com/2011/06/1 ... -gain.html

 

[jpflavin1]

What a great adventure for the kids.

 

[justjustine]

This is amazing!

I'm leaving today so maybe I'll see you all along the way!


--Justine

http://www.travelandprettythings.com

 

[Caminando]

Let's hope this group of 21 don't descend on albergues in such numbers. I hope they are sensitive to this.

They call it a "classic hike" and see it as a charity event.

 

[sjfenton]

I don't think that they will bother anyone's sleeping arrangements. As the mother of a leader, I can assure you that they all brought tents and sleeping bags. They will be sleeping in parks, vacant fields - pretty much any open empty spot that they can get permission to use.

They traveled this way across the US (on bike) last year. People were so amazingly kind and hospitable. You can read last year's trip here (in reverse order as most blogs are): http://www.cycle20ten.com/road-blog

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Last year they were not on a trail with another 150,000 other hikers competing for the same resources! With 25 years of Boy Scout experience behind me, this will be interesting to read about!! I'll wager now that they cannot keep the kids away from the vino...

 

[Rebekah Scott]

Go Scouts! If it were not for the Girl Scouts of America, who taught me how to orient myself in a strange landscape using a compass and map, my bones would be bleaching out there on any one of several mountainsides.

Reb.

 

[jpflavin1]

Their reason for doing the Camino is up to them (Religious, personal, fundraising etc.). The Camino is there for any individual or group to partake in.

I do not see any unusual impact on Camino resources based on one scout troop walking together. Last year there were almost 200,000 Pilgrims and the Camino survived fine. This year there will be 150,000 and a scout troop.

it would be great if more teens were sponsored by their parents to hike or bike versus sitting in front of video games all Summer. This will provide them with an experience they will never forget.

Ultreya,
Joe

 

[justjustine]

Just ran into them this morning as they arrived into SJPdP. They went to get their credencials and then said they were headed out that day when I saw them around 11:00 rather than staying the night.

They all seemed in very high spirits and very excited!


--J

http://www.travelandprettythings.com

 

[Caminando]

Their reason for doing the Camino is up to them (Religious, personal, fundraising etc.). The Camino is there for any individual or group to partake in.

Joe

Absolutely - I totally agree with you there.

 

[KiwiNomad06]

I've seen quite a few Scout groups at various places of pilgrimage in Europe- including Santiago, Rome and Lourdes. In New Zealand Scouts have become very secularised, but in places like France and Spain it seems like the organisation can be very religiously based- and that a pilgrimage would not be an uncommon thing for them to do.
Margaret

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Atheists are not permitted in the Boy Scouts of America, but that does not mean that this Scouting group will be in it for the spiritualism. They can be quite fun to walk with.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

So far, it is not an effusive blog, but here is the website. Perhaps there will be expanded posts as the group progresses:

http://www.elcamino2011.com/?p=218

 

[Deleted member 3000]

And the follow-up article:

http://www.chapelhillnews.com/2011/08/1 ... world.html

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Hola

Every single day groups large and small arrive - many of them scouts. The other day 40 people from a parish in the United States, today 29 people from a parish in Malaga + many more scouts.

Pilgrims just keep coming

 

[KiwiNomad06]

There are groups from New Zealand arriving in Spain currently, ahead of World Youth Day which will be held in Madrid soon. The local diocesan group from where I live is having a few 'days in the diocese' in/near Astorga, and I heard that the plan is to walk along a short section of the Camino route. There will be groups of young Catholics and their accompanying adults from all over the world doing similar things as well.
Margaret

 

[SabsP]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/au ... NTCMP=SRCH

Interesting article.