Aida Menéndez dies

Bad Pilgrim

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• Jul 14, 2022

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Aida Menéndez has died, according to El Progreso. She was the main promoter of the Invierno and is the author of guidebook(s) of this Camino.

I learned this just now, on the Camino de Invierno; A Pobra do Brollón. I can't link the news article, unfortunately.

Rest in peace.

 

Bradypus

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• Jul 14, 2022

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Bad Pilgrim said:

I learned this just now, on the Camino de Invierno; A Pobra do Brollón. I can't link the news article, unfortunately.

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Fallece Aida Menéndez, la principal impulsora del Camino de Invierno por la Ribeira Sacra

A última hora de la tarde de ayer se conoció el fallecimiento de Aida Menéndez L...

www.elprogreso.es

 

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• Jul 14, 2022

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Bradypus said:

Fallece Aida Menéndez, la principal impulsora del Camino de Invierno por la Ribeira Sacra

A última hora de la tarde de ayer se conoció el fallecimiento de Aida Menéndez L...

www.elprogreso.es

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That’s very sad news. It was in A Probra do Brollón (apr2018) ; that I was shown the guide book she wrote for the Invierno /winter way.
Rest in Peace

 

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Rebekah Scott

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• Jul 14, 2022

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She was a good help to me when I wrote the English guide in 2010... she drove out to meet me on the road, and took me on a looooong wine-tasting drive round the neighborhood. May she rest in peace.

 

Athena Atterdag

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• Jul 14, 2022

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This is very sad news. May she rest in peace!

 

ivar

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• Jul 14, 2022

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Very sad to read this. She was very passionate about the Camino de invierno, met her once. Rest In Peace.

 

lt56ny

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• Jul 14, 2022

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I unfortunately have never heard of her. WIthout reading any other thoughts that are written here anyone who would do all the work involved to write a guidebook and especially for a camino that is far less traveled must have been blessed with the true spirit of camino and have been a person that positively touched many lives. This world needs more people like her.

 

peregrina2000

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• Jul 28, 2022

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Here is a nice tribute to Aida Menéndez in the Correo Gallego. She was quite the champion of the Invierno and very much a part of a long campaign to establish the Invierno’s historical authenticity and to get official recognition from the Pilgrims’ Office. RIP.

 

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• Aug 1, 2022

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Oh! A champion of the Invierno has gone, just as it begins to take off.
RIP, Aida. Your work has been SO well done.