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  1. rappahannock_rev

    Belloc on the Way?

    I made an interesting discovery this morning which I wish to share. For most of my long life I've been an admirer of that early 20thC English 'Poet and Man of Letters' Hilaire Belloc....This winter (in my dotage) I decided to re-read some of his many books.... I knew that he'd visited the...
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    Pilgrim Spirit: Elías Valiña and the Revival of the Camino 1959-1989

    Ordered! My Christmas gift to myself! (And wishing a 'Merry Christmas' to Ivar and family!)
  3. rappahannock_rev

    Pilgrim Spirit: Elías Valiña and the Revival of the Camino 1959-1989

    I'll buy that one in a heartbeat!
  4. rappahannock_rev

    Holy Cross Day 2025 in SdeC

    I'm looking at a possible Fall 2025 return to Spain, and being in Santiago de Compostela on Sunday, September 14th -- Exaltation of the Holy Cross Day! .... I can recall having been in Burgos on that day in 2015, and having seen a truly memorable precession: the Christo de Burgos was marched...
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    Early March 2025 Astorga to Santiago

    The Camino Frances is not the Costa del Sol..... Anticipate chilly temperatures in early March and plan accordingly!
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    Camino ingles booked end Aug.2025

    Agreed. Stayed there when I did the Ingles in June 2022. (BTW! I found the Ingles to be the least enjoyable of all my many Camino walks.... Hope that the OP has a better experience!)
  7. rappahannock_rev

    Tribute to Elias Valiña , former priest in O Cebreiro.

    Is this the book? I found and purchased a copy in a small bookstore near the Jaca Cathedral when I did the Aragones in 2018. "Primera Edicion, Segunda reimpresion.... Texto y mapas: Elias Valina Sampedro." No publication date shown, oddly enough, but I'd guess a date somewhere in the 1980s...
  8. rappahannock_rev

    The Door of Death, León Cathedral

    My mistake! As I look again at the floorplan shown above, I see that this "Death Door" must be an entrance into the cathedral itself, from the plaza, one with which I was not familiar.... (I was thinking that it was an interior door.) The plaque I refer to is inside the cathedral. It is on the...
  9. rappahannock_rev

    The Door of Death, León Cathedral

    Looks like that would place it across the aisle from the large plaque erected to honor the Leonese priests and seminarians killed during the Civil War....
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    Oldtimers can I pick your brains for a sec ?

    I had no guidebook in 2018 -- and relied entirely upon the good services of Amawalkers and the Forum's own sillydoll... (I had made previous visits to Lourdes in 1977 and 1978 for -- well, let's just say "professional reasons." It's a strange and wonderful place!) I don't think that there...
  11. rappahannock_rev

    Oldtimers can I pick your brains for a sec ?

    Camino Aragones: Lourdes to Oloron, then up over the Somport Pass to Jaca, and from there on to Puente la Reina/Pamplona..... Did it in 2018.... Desperately wish that I could do it again someday!
  12. rappahannock_rev

    Twenty year anniversary of the Camino de Santiago forum

    Wish I still had my October 2004 body....
  13. rappahannock_rev

    The Nettles Know....

    ....that 7th October is the Feast of San Juan de Ortega. Pax
  14. rappahannock_rev

    LIVE from the Camino A Swan Song?

    Speaking of tee-shirts.... Where did you get the one you shared with us in a photo at the beginning of this thread? I'd buy one of those in a heart beat! (For my own probable swan song next April.)
  15. rappahannock_rev

    LIVE from the Camino A Swan Song?

    Love the shirt!
  16. rappahannock_rev

    Best places to stay from Sahagún to León.

    I'll suggest the Piedras Blancas, in El Burgo Ranero.... and the Albergueria del Camino, in Mansilla de las Mulas.... This snorer has stayed in both, and liked them.
  17. rappahannock_rev

    Pilgrim Office in Leon?

    I got a Pilgrim Passport a few years back at the wonderful big albergue on the Plaza del Grano.... Perhaps they can help!?
  18. rappahannock_rev

    "El Peregrino Pasante"

    Time marches on! ... Can anyone provide an update on the current status of El Peregrino Pasanate? Has he been in his booth this year? Will he be there next year?
  19. rappahannock_rev

    Busing out of Leon but to where?

    Agreed!
  20. rappahannock_rev

    Civil war memorials

    A reminder that the Feast oi the Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War will soon be upon us, I believe..... I attach a September 2021 photo I took of the memorial inside Leon Cathedral honoring the Leonese priests and seminarians murdered 1936-39.

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