STOP PRESS!!

[Sojourner47]

A leaked document from Eurotunnel gives advance notice of an exciting new project. The company has decided to provide a pathway through the service tunnel beneath the English Channel to allow pilgrims and others to walk uninterrupted from their homes in Great Britain to Santiago/Rome and other continental destinations.
The path will run from Folkestone to Sangatte, and will be single-track with passing places every 500m. A sleeping station will be built at the halfway point, with built-in shelves to accommodate 40 pilgrims.
Reaction from the public was mixed: one walker, who wished to remain anonymous, felt that the single track/passing bay system would cause problems: if meeting another coming from the opposite direction one would have to give way and back up as much as 250m to allow passing. Dan Ibreve, from the company , agreed this could be a cause of conflict, and suggested that alternating north/south convoys could be the answer.
A.Nirgerep, an experienced camino hand was, however, more positive. "I've long wanted to walk non-stop from my doorstep to Praza da Immaculada, and now I have the chance", she enthused.
The company will officially unveil their plans next Friday. :wink:

 

[dougfitz]

 

[Canuck]

Where do we make reservations? At the fishmonger?

 

[Sansthing]

Your ticket will be stamped on your credencial, with a symbol of Neptune holding a scallop shell.
Sandra :arrow:

 

[andy.d]

I'm walking the Via del Mar - as long as I can fit that old fashioned diving suit into my pack.

Andy

 

[ksam]

don't forget your miners lamp!

 

[ffp13]

I do not know about the rest of the world, but here in Oz (Australia) 1st of April is fools day, a day for pranks, tricks and jokes, and those who believe the the trick are labelled as April fools

 

[camino07]

ffp13
I was thinking the exact same thing myself. An early April Fool,s trick.

 

[Sojourner47]

The clue, as they say, is in the last line..... :wink:

 

[annelise]

Loved this mail :lol:

 

[Br. David]

Lovely!!! :wink:

 

[Sojourner47]

I'm pleased you all enjoyed it - I posted it early as I'm off on camino tonight - fly Stansted to SDC 0630 tomorrow.
Maybe meet some of yous along the way (C.I)

 

[dougfitz]

Buen camino. I'm looking forward to your reflections when you wish to share them.

DougF

 

[CaroleH]

Buen camino...

... any news on being able to walk from my home ....... south of Sydney??

 

[methodist.pilgrim.98]

Carole,

Depends on how long you can hold your breath.

philip

 

[methodist.pilgrim.98]

Before the tunnel started taking train traffic there was one - just one - occasion when they allowed people to walk it for charity.

A very good acquaintence was the chariman of the company that built the British side of the tunnel and he didn't think to mention the walk to me.

I have regreted that lost opportuntiy ever since so I am probably the only person here who didn't appreciate the joke.

Sorry.

(Though I am glad that others have found it wonderful).