PEI_Heather
Canadian Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2016 - Voie de la Nive
2012, 2016 - Frances
2013 - Portuguese
2012, 2013 - Finesterre & Muxia
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I am a very lazy person and move pretty slowly these days. I also love the songs of Flanders and Swann. So it is very easy to see myself in their lyrics
I am a very lazy person and move pretty slowly these days. I also love the songs of Flanders and Swann. So it is very easy to see myself in their lyrics
Me llamo Sailor. United States Navy Sailor for over three decades. Never did a port visit at Heather's hometown in PEI, but landed close enough at Gander [Newfoundland] a few times. I was observed by several forum members proudly wearing my ship's ballcap during my September-October 2017 camino [so, they know how I look like]. Wishing all caminantes a Feliz Navidad, y que la luz de Dios alumbre su camino.
Here is an earlier thread....
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/members-forum-names.4986/
I've never understood why people don't just use their real name!
I joined this community so long ago that most people just used their real names...
Heidi Last-name-starts-with-L
Because Margaret Butterworth was already takenI've never understood why people don't just use their real name!
If my given name had been Penelope, I doubt I would have chosen Camino Penelope...it just doesn't sound right.
Ha! No, just Sailor, and that's the way it will look on my tombstone [Mi nombre, Sailor, United States Navy]. In reference to your "Permission to leave ship, sir!" we can try this . . . "Request permission to go ashore, Sir" and the answer from the Quarterdeck Watch would be "Permission granted" . . . and now you know the rest of the story!. To all caminantes, have a Feliz Navidad y que la luz de Dios alumbre su camino.. . . So should we call you Cap'n Sailor or Bos'n Sailor or Admir'l Sailor . . .
Interesting how many of these members from 2008 I don't recognize.
My surname is Fletcher, and I play some online games such as Lord of the Rings Online. Most of my characters seem to start with Fletch... and Fletchonides conjured up the image of a Leonides type Spartan holding the pass against a horde of invaders.
Although with the origin of my surname coming from Norman French une fleche (an arrow), and a fletcher being a profession in English as in "one who fletches or feathers arrows", my first character in most games tends to be some sort of bow-wielding character.
Because Margaret Butterworth was already taken
Heather, I have been in your neck of the woods on a cruise that stopped for a day in Charlottetown, PEI before heading up along the St. Lawrence seaway. A beautiful area you live in, but I will say, it was still quite chilly in late May!
Ha! No, just Sailor, and that's the way it will look on my tombstone [Mi nombre, Sailor, United States Navy]. In reference to your "Permission to leave ship, sir!" we can try this . . . "Request permission to go ashore, Sir" and the answer from the Quarterdeck Watch would be "Permission granted" . . . and now you know the rest of the story!. To all caminantes, have a Feliz Navidad y que la luz de Dios alumbre su camino.
Just a little FYI...I just noticed on your avatar photo that we both have the exact same backpack.It doesn't?? Now's my chance to grab CaminoPenelope!! LOL! Mine is an existing name I already use on every other social media platform, so just super easy to continue with it here. (Except Twitter, where it was too long so it ended up as MyLifeOnVacatio .... which still feels so abrupt!)
Fun thread! Buen Camino, all!
You are one funny lady!Muchas gracias for the correction, Sailor! I guess I was closer than, "Hey dude! Can I get off the tub, I mean boat?" Close but no cigar!
I think three years ago in late May. I hear PEI has a stunning, highly rated drive around the whole perimeter. Aww, thanks for the coffee invitation if I get back. In the meantime I seem to enjoy "hoofing it" Camino style. I start my 4th one in June on the LePuy this time.Hi Chris,
What May (year) were you here? It's hit and miss with that month--it could be cold and rainy or warm and rainy or warm and somewhat rainy and somewhat cloudy....or! Warm and sunny some of that time!
I'd suggest you try again, take another cruise that stops in Charlottetown but do so in August, September or early October. You'll get good warm weather and lots of festivals, including in September the International Shellfish Festival where lots of celebrity chefs descend on the Island for fun and food! Let me know when you're coming back this way; I'll take you to a non-touristy coffee shop!
Agree!Best response today!
You are one funny lady!
I think three years ago in late May. I hear PEI has a stunning, highly rated drive around the whole perimeter. Aww, thanks for the coffee invitation if I get back. In the meantime I seem to enjoy "hoofing it" Camino style. I start my 4th one in June on the LePuy this time.
I think three years ago in late May. I hear PEI has a stunning, highly rated drive around the whole perimeter. Aww, thanks for the coffee invitation if I get back. In the meantime I seem to enjoy "hoofing it" Camino style. I start my 4th one in June on the LePuy this time.
You are so right! I should have googled and looked at a map before I responded. Yes, Cape Breton for sure...duh!I think you might be referring to the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Chris. PEI doesn't really have a specific roadway around the Island, and I've never ever heard anyone describing a stunning drive around the perimeter before. Our main roads actually run down the midline of the Island, with branches running off of them and secondary roads and tertiary roads beside or coming off those. We do have lovely drives, but you might chose to kayak around the province for a couple of weeks instead of trying to drive!
I think you might be referring to the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Chris. PEI doesn't really have a specific roadway around the Island, and I've never ever heard anyone describing a stunning drive around the perimeter before. Our main roads actually run down the midline of the Island, with branches running off of them and secondary roads and tertiary roads beside or coming off those. We do have lovely drives, but you might chose to kayak around the province for a couple of weeks instead of trying to drive!
Hey Heather...great post. My name originated when I was hiking the Appalachian Trail, in the Eastern USA, and everyone had a trail name. Bumpa was as close to grandpa as my grandkids could get and so I took it, and memories of them, to the walk. Just brought it along to the Camino as I thought it appropriate for an old guy in a kilt drifting along the Camino.
I lived in Tyne Valley with my parents for a short while and drift back occasionally.
Good stuff, decommissioned four decades ago . . . have a Feliz Navidad, y que la luz de Dios alumbre su camino.. . . USS Carbonero SS-337 . . .
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