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It's been a long hard road post hip replacement (had to call off my VDLP last year) and am still unsure of my distance walking. I am just not in shape for the kind of Camino I will be embarking next year.
Couldn't stay away from Iberia any longer, I need the sun, food, ambience and so I will be...
This is a call out to all Canadians on the Forum who are also members of the CCoP. We have just launched a fundraiser "Keep the Camino Alive!" to help albergues etc on the Camino. If you are already a member, just click on the link and please donate. If you are not, please join the CCoP...
This past weekend we had the pleasure of listening to Laurie Dennett talk about her experiences and got to hear about her connections to the path. "A Hug for the Apostle", is also a hug for Don Elias Valina. I am sharing the recap by Kevin Craig. We have another talk coming up with Laurie on...
Hi, here is a call for help that went out today via Rebecah Scott to help the albergue. I don't post often and I don't know if this ok here. BUT so many pilgrims stay there on their way to Santiago and it would be a shame to loose this wonderful place. I have been hospi there (this past...
Back home again. 11 weeks of a journey with twists and turns. Each Camino has its moment when you ask yourself "why am I doing this" . Then you find yourself in a place physically or mentally when you have the answer. This journey started in Ireland with visits to Dublin, Donegal and Galway...
Hi all a quick checkr in. So much for planning things out...after Ireland I did walk the Camino Portuguese coastal and spend 2 days in Santiago pondering what next. So through a conversation with a hospi friend he told me they needed help in Sahagun.
Well that's where I am until the end of...
You kow what they say, forget about set plans. As loosy goosy as my "plans" were as I left on this journey, one thing I had not thought through extensibly how to get to Spain from Ireland . The obvious is always Madrid because it is so central and an easy jump off point.
Well the Irish...
Hi all, in about 7 hours I will be at the airport to begin my next Camino Adventure. First Ireland (Dublin/Donegal/Galway), alas no Irish Camino Paths - logistically a challenge without a car. So I will be in Spain early then originally estimated. Things are fluet post Ireland, but what I do...
We are celebrating 25 years of an organization that has done much to promote the Camino in Canada. As a member of the Toronto Chapter, I am especially appreciative of the historical fact that "The Little Company of Pilgrims" was started by Rev. Ben Lockridge in Toronto. Look how we have grown...
It's still early days, but, I had such good news today from my doctor, so am a bit excited and so grateful I can write this invitation. I will be off May 15 - first to Ireland and then onwards to Spain/Portugal. Except for 2 weeks in Ireland and 1 week at Flores del Camino towards the end of...
As I consider you all part of my extented Camino Family and Friends, I wish you all a very Blessed and Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
Light and Love Ingrid
Just finished serving at the albergue in Grado , first major stop after Oviedo.
The albergue has 16 places and except for 2 days during my first week, we were full and found places for the rest that could or would not walk on to the next albergue about 4.8 kms walk.
There is Ca Taeo a lovely...
So I am back in Madrid returning home 20 days earlier than planned.
The reason is less important then how I feel about it...disappointed a bit numb and at the same time glad to go home.
I know there is always a next time...maybe.
2021...seems reasonable.
Ultreia
On my way via ALSA to Oviedo and then on to Grado until end of July or as long as they need me.
Looking forward to volunteering alongside Anne.
I am told we are going to be busy... and having witnessed the many compostelas that were written for the C. Primitivo I doubt it will let up...
Volunteering at the pilgrims office has been and continues to be a pleasure. Started on Canada Day fortified with lots of Canadian flags to hand out to fellow Canadians lining up to get their compostelas - alas non in sight ..so there are a few pilgrims out there that happily became Canadian...
Only 3 more sleeps and I am off again, Camino bound.
I created a group on facebook Ingrid - The Intrepid Peregrina. I will be posting as I usually do, when WIFI is working. I would be honoured if some of you would join the group and cheer me on. Since it is a closed group, just ask and I...
Hi, 4 weeks from now I will land in Toulouse to head to Lourdes and to join my South African Camino group (being the only non SA). I am excited and practising my Afrikaans little story I have prepared (I was given the words by Sylvia Nilsen)... and my friend who speaks Afrikaans is killing...
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