tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840678.post1881248333127608688..comments2024-03-17T09:52:47.607+02:00Comments on amaWalker: "REAL" PILGRIMSSilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840678.post-19564236656943582832011-10-18T15:53:22.116+02:002011-10-18T15:53:22.116+02:00As one who is planning to walk the Camino Frances ...As one who is planning to walk the Camino Frances next year, I was extremely heartened to find this posting, although it was written a couple of years ago. While I have no apprehensions whatsoever about the physical challenges of the camino, I have been very concerned about being thrown into a community of walkers who devote their pilgrimages to judging the motives and merits of others. It Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840678.post-35535519985055342372010-07-16T17:22:11.419+02:002010-07-16T17:22:11.419+02:00"The tourist expects; the pilgrim accepts&quo..."The tourist expects; the pilgrim accepts"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840678.post-38453598283810390192009-12-05T12:39:25.924+02:002009-12-05T12:39:25.924+02:00I agree with you Nell. Hundreds of thousands (per...I agree with you Nell. Hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions) of Spanish pilgrims have started from their homes - which could be less than 100km from Santiago - and others start from Sarria in order to earn the Compostela. They are walking to the tomb of their Patron Saint: why should they travel to France to start the walk?? <br />Some pilgrims walk many thousands of kms for 'Silhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840678.post-20653246556785062722009-12-05T07:47:17.786+02:002009-12-05T07:47:17.786+02:00I was puzzled as to why the its the physical/mater...I was puzzled as to why the its the physical/material aspects of pilgrimage that have become such a focus for hardcore pilgrim zealots.<br />Perhaps its because material things such as daily walking distance, staying in particular types of accommodation, amount of gear carried etc are in fact the only aspects of pilgrimage any self appointed 'pilgrim police' can measure, develop criteria Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840678.post-77213660445840565442009-12-02T11:07:22.807+02:002009-12-02T11:07:22.807+02:00Another difference is mind set. The majority of p...Another difference is mind set. The majority of pilgrims today don't have the foggiest idea why they are walking the camino and you often read that "there are as many reasons as there are pilgrims". I'm sure that pilgrims in the middle ages knew exactly why they walked to the shirnes of the saints!Silhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840678.post-4343921736722308982009-12-01T21:45:15.547+02:002009-12-01T21:45:15.547+02:00Well said Sil - Amen to all of that!
I was verbal...Well said Sil - Amen to all of that!<br /><br />I was verbally attacked in an albergue by a small group of "pilgrims" on the last stages of the VdlP because I had booked into a down market hostal - I had walked from Sevilla and needed to do a washing etc. "Real" pilgrims don't do that they said...I effected a reconcilliation over the next couple of evenings and said we Johnnie Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079824423324888232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840678.post-44184020574427290262009-11-28T19:51:09.605+02:002009-11-28T19:51:09.605+02:00I don't remember what he was wearing sil, thou...I don't remember what he was wearing sil, though I don't think it was ultra hi-tech. What I was mostly thinking at the time was "Gee I wish I was a faster walker so I could catch up to the rest of the group!!!!". And he wasn't going to walk home, though he was going home with his wife via Lourdes. To be fair, nearer the end of the walk I came to grasp why he had become so Kiwi Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351034705766073667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840678.post-30082798049474321912009-11-28T16:31:13.841+02:002009-11-28T16:31:13.841+02:00Sil,
thanks for these thoughts. I found that it ...Sil,<br /><br />thanks for these thoughts. I found that it was very easy to internalize all this stuff - when, early on, I caught the train to make a long stage manageable, I felt guilty. I had to think hard and to listen to wise advice to remember that making the pilgrimage is the right way for you.<br /><br />AndyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840678.post-35882291137289507672009-11-28T12:45:05.445+02:002009-11-28T12:45:05.445+02:00"as we walked along.... "
no doubt he i..."as we walked along.... " <br />no doubt he in his gortex, waterproof boots, trousers and jacket over his thermal vest and dry-tech shirt....!!!<br /><br />I wonder if he was going to walk back home again?Silhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36840678.post-37289028756547875212009-11-28T12:12:47.716+02:002009-11-28T12:12:47.716+02:00I had a bit of a funny experience last year when I...I had a bit of a funny experience last year when I was basically told by a very religious French man that I wasn't quite a kosher pilgrim since I was using the internet most evenings. I had managed to give the impression I didn't speak/ understand French for a while, but one day I was caught at the back of a wee walking quintet with this man. I had a sermon about how if I was truly a Kiwi Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351034705766073667noreply@blogger.com