sillydoll
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2002 CF: 2004 from Paris: 2006 VF: 2007 CF: 2009 Aragones, Ingles, Finisterre: 2011 X 2 on CF: 2013 'Caracoles': 2014 CF and Ingles 'Caracoles":2015 Logrono-Burgos (Hospitalero San Anton): 2016 La Douay to Aosta/San Gimignano to Rome:
Wow! This Forum has out lasted many similar forums in the past 12 years since I joined in November 2004. [I think I was the 6th member to join]
'Santiagobis' (once the most popular an busiest forums on the Internet) started in 2000 is now all but dormant. One of the owners of Santiagobis, was an early member of Ivar's Forum, posting under the name 'DeCarrion'.
Santiago-compostela.net forum was started by Piers Nicholson in 2002. His old website included a link to 'Sylvia's Top-Tips' which 10 years later had so many pages of tips that it evolved into a 300 page planning guide!
Other forums were 'Ultreya' (a closed forum) 'St James at Yahoo' (still limping along) 'Go-Camino' (based in APOC) and of course Grant Spangler's excellent 'El Camino Santiago' web based forum.
When I joined Facebook in 2007 there were few Camino related groups but now there are groups in every language, from every continent and for every interest group.
Facebook might have replaced many of the Camino Forums with instant questions and answers but it still can't offer the 'all in one place' information that this forum provides and that, in my opinion, has been its success.
Ivar, may this forum continue to help pilgrims for many years to come.
'Santiagobis' (once the most popular an busiest forums on the Internet) started in 2000 is now all but dormant. One of the owners of Santiagobis, was an early member of Ivar's Forum, posting under the name 'DeCarrion'.
Santiago-compostela.net forum was started by Piers Nicholson in 2002. His old website included a link to 'Sylvia's Top-Tips' which 10 years later had so many pages of tips that it evolved into a 300 page planning guide!
Other forums were 'Ultreya' (a closed forum) 'St James at Yahoo' (still limping along) 'Go-Camino' (based in APOC) and of course Grant Spangler's excellent 'El Camino Santiago' web based forum.
When I joined Facebook in 2007 there were few Camino related groups but now there are groups in every language, from every continent and for every interest group.
Facebook might have replaced many of the Camino Forums with instant questions and answers but it still can't offer the 'all in one place' information that this forum provides and that, in my opinion, has been its success.
Ivar, may this forum continue to help pilgrims for many years to come.