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A bit of a confession here. I've sometimes used one as an ashtray.
My compostella is in its tube, in a drawer somewhere. As to the shell, I didn't have one, mainly because I couldn't think of what I would do with it post camino.
We each had two shells, hence two Caminos each (2016 : 2017) ... we gave them to specific people in hopes they would trek the Caminos to enrich their lives.Hi, just looking for ideas/inspiration for having our compostellas and shells framed - anyone care to share pictures?
thanks
Things happen on the Camino. Just accept it, It is like, when you want a break, and long for a place to sit down, and there it is. Has happened many times for me. Always a (strange) blessing.I live on Dartmoor, England, many miles from the sea. Down the road from my house is a wood. For sixteen years before I walked my first Camino, ( I have walked three others since plus other routes), I would take my dogs for a daily walk through the wood. The wood always has been and continues to be pristine with no human detritus of any forrm to be found in it.,,ever.
Three days before I set off on the Frances in 2011 I was walking through the wood and in the middle of the path was a scallop shell. Nothing else, just the shell. I have no idea where it came from. I took the shell home and drilled a hole in it. It did not need cleaning and has been on my rucksac ever since.
To this day I have no explanation how the shell got there at the time I was about to set off. To this day I find it very spooky as do those to whom I give after dinner
talks, There has been nothing else found in this wood from that day to this.
I consider myself to be pragmatic and rational and I’m sure there is a logical explanation...but I have no idea what it is. Videos of some of treks can be found here
So is my shell, as long as its still there, I know there is another Camino in the planningMy compostellas are in their tubes too, only opened one once to show people when I was doing a ‘talk’.
My one shell is always on my rucksack
I like your thinking!So is my shell, as long as its still there, I know there is another Camino in the planning
You're kidding, right?A bit of a confession here. I've sometimes used one as an ashtray.
Oh, my! Our dear Santiago is turning in his grave. I can hear the shells rattling now.No. When I stopped smoking I threw all my ashtrays in the bin. When I started again one of my shells, I've 6 now, served as a temporary replacement.
No. When I stopped smoking I threw all my ashtrays in the bin. When I started again one of my shells, I've 6 now, served as a temporary replacement.