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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances from SJPP (3/10 & 10/10); Primitivo (6/12)
to put up a parking lot. So the song goes.
Particularly throughout 2010, much of the Camino Frances along what were not very long ago dirt trails has now been paved. A much greater percentage of the trail is now tarmac. Have any recent returning pilgrims noticed this from their Caminos past?
This is particularly true of many of the steeper treks up and down the hillsides. I suppose that this is either bad or good depending on one's point of view. It's bad in that it seems to take away some of the "oneness" with the land and challenge of the Camino. It might also lend to increased commercialization. It's good in that it made the Camino significantly easier to walk, thus making it more accessable to those who otherwise might have difficulty in rougher terrain. Why shouldn't as many people as is possible have an opportunity to experience the Camino!
Responses to questions, particurly relating to equipment may no longer be relevant as the conditions and experiences on which they were based have changed or no longer exist. These may include hiking boots vs. trail runners; walking in five-fingers; poles - yes or no; etc.
Now if they put up a pink hotel that is going to be real trouble.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
Particularly throughout 2010, much of the Camino Frances along what were not very long ago dirt trails has now been paved. A much greater percentage of the trail is now tarmac. Have any recent returning pilgrims noticed this from their Caminos past?
This is particularly true of many of the steeper treks up and down the hillsides. I suppose that this is either bad or good depending on one's point of view. It's bad in that it seems to take away some of the "oneness" with the land and challenge of the Camino. It might also lend to increased commercialization. It's good in that it made the Camino significantly easier to walk, thus making it more accessable to those who otherwise might have difficulty in rougher terrain. Why shouldn't as many people as is possible have an opportunity to experience the Camino!
Responses to questions, particurly relating to equipment may no longer be relevant as the conditions and experiences on which they were based have changed or no longer exist. These may include hiking boots vs. trail runners; walking in five-fingers; poles - yes or no; etc.
Now if they put up a pink hotel that is going to be real trouble.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone