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Thank you so much! We see Northern lights frequently here in the Arctic. I can tell you; although I have seen the Northern Lights all my life, they never cease to amaze me. My cottage is only 27 m2, and 80 years old, but works like a charm: Wood fireplace, Toilet gas incinerator (solar powered, maintenance free), gas fridge, gas stove. I chop my own wood from my own forest. All is perfect. A bit tough for winter, but doable. Only 20 mins. by car away.Awesome video and peaceful music, Alex! Your cottage is adorable...can you get to it in the winter?
I live in northern Illinois and 16 years ago when we moved outside the city we were out on our deck one night viewing the stars and we saw the Northern Lights for about fifteen minutes. It was incredible and hard to believe in our area...we've never seen them since.
Thanks for sharing about your cottage. It sounds like a great getaway spot and like a daydream many of us have had...a reality for you.Thank you so much! We see Northern lights frequently here in the Arctic. I can tell you; although I have seen the Northern Lights all my life, they never cease to amaze me. My cottage is only 27 m2, and 80 years old, but works like a charm: Wood fireplace, Toilet gas incinerator, gas fridge, gas stove. I chop my own wood from my own forest. All is perfect. A bit tough for winter, but doable. Only 20 mins. by car away.
I have berries and wood in my forrests, and salmon/trout in my river. I can fire up the fireplace and read a good book without TV or any other noise...Thanks for sharing about your cottage. It sounds like a great getaway spot and like a daydream many of us have had...a reality for you.
It sounds like a little bit of heaven on earth for those of us who enjoy nature, foraging, and a dose of quiet contemplation here and there.I have berries and wood in my forrests, and salom/trout in my river. I can fire up the fireplace and read a good book without TV...
Thank you for sharing such a glorious location in which to read Rebekah’s book. It is pushing me to take it out from the shelves and read it again...I have the paperback version in my small cottage. I prefer to read it in complete silence by my fireplace there. @Rebekah Scott writes fantasticly well. I look very much forward to reading it by myself, in peace (alone). If you wonder where this is, it's Arctic Norway, the Land of the Northern Lights; Turn up sound...
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Same here. Though I'm pulling it off of virtual Shelf rather than a real one.It is pushing me to take it out from the shelves and read it again...
I bought the book some months ago and started reading it, but I put it away, because I want to go to my cottage and read it all in one go, with a glass or two of red.Thank you for sharing such a glorious location in which to read Rebekah’s book. It is pushing me to take it out from the shelves and read it again...
I love imagining the little bit of me hanging out in that place that is so very far away.I bought the book some months ago and started reading it, but I put it away, because I want to go to my cottage and read it all in one go, with a glass or two of red.in total peace. When spring comes. The book is residing there in total solitude until I start next season. I am looking very much forward to that.
I have had the pleasure of meeting and staying over at @Rebekah Scott 's place 2 times. She really is running a gem on the Camino. Peaceful and welcoming.
You will be the eye/spirit on the wall here, for sure. In my thoughts while reading.I love imagining the little bit of me hanging out in that place that is so very far away.
We have the silence in common. It is exiquisitely quiet in Moratinos on a weeknight in December!
I'm not Rebekah (obviously) but I have done the CF both when it was less walked and when it had greater popularity. There were about fifty times as many people on the CF the second time I did it as the first. It didn't bother me in the slightest. It had changed, but I'm not ready to say for the worse. There was more infrastructure: more albergues (and more comfortable albergues), more bars, more shops, more rest areas, more little donativo stands, etc. I didn't find that ruined the experience for me. There were also more pilgrims (especially the last 100km, but there were so many more pilgrims that there were always more pilgrims, right along the route). But here's the thing. I tend to like my fellow pilgrims. I like the pilgrim community. When I think about what I liked in my Caminos, fellow pilgrims tends to consistently top the list. So this wasn't a bad thing for me. If I wanted time to walk by myself, it was never terribly hard to come by even with the massive amounts of pilgrims compared to my first pilgrimage.A Furnace Full of God. I just finished the Furnace and while I enjoyed the book it left me with mixed feelings about the CF. I’ve done the CP twice, Le Puy to SJPP, and some of the Norte. I loved all of them. I stayed in private accom and Donativos. I had many memorable experiences and met wonderful people.
But I have avoided the CF. I was warned on Le Puy that I wouldn’t like the CF. Others told me I had to try the CF, « it was special ». Then I read Rebekah’s book and especially the chapter on her « re-walk ». It seemed she was no longer enthusiastic about the CF. She « had changed or it had ».
So now while I intend to continue the walk on the Norte, or Primitivo, or Salvador I’m inclined to never do the CF. If Rebekah @Rebekah Scott is reading this post I have a question - Now you have had time to reflect on what you wrote do you think you just had an off walk or has the CF lost its lustre permanently?
I'm not Rebekah, either, but have recently read her book. I think her pilgrimage from Sarria to Santiago, as documented in the last part of her book, was a totally different undertaking than what you might be looking for. She walked in mourning, in December, supporting a couple who were grieving for the daughter who had died too young. The "lustre" of that camino must have been of a different nature than what most of us seek and experience on our walks.you think you just had an off walk or has the CF lost its lustre permanently?
Dear BombayBill,A Furnace Full of God. I just finished the Furnace and while I enjoyed the book it left me with mixed feelings about the CF. I’ve done the CP twice, Le Puy to SJPP, and some of the Norte. I loved all of them. I stayed in private accom and Donativos. I had many memorable experiences and met wonderful people.
But I have avoided the CF. I was warned on Le Puy that I wouldn’t like the CF. Others told me I had to try the CF, « it was special ». Then I read Rebekah’s book and especially the chapter on her « re-walk ». It seemed she was no longer enthusiastic about the CF. She « had changed or it had ».
So now while I intend to continue the walk on the Norte, or Primitivo, or Salvador I’m inclined to never do the CF. If Rebekah @Rebekah Scott is reading this post I have a question - Now you have had time to reflect on what you wrote do you think you just had an off walk or has the CF lost its lustre permanently?
Books about the Camino is a subforum listed on the main forum page that you can find here:Rebekah, How do I get to the “Books” section? Tried for a while. Liked “Furnace”.
Also, this thread is IN the Books section. At the very top of the thread, just above the first post, click on "Books about the Camino" to see all the other threads in this section.How do I get to the “Books” section?
Device issue. The “categories” like Books and Equipment weren’t coming up on my iPhone 12, so I switched to my iPad and there they were. Main page, scroll down.Also, this thread is IN the Books section. At the very top of the thread, just above the first post, click on "Books about the Camino" to see all the other threads in this section.
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