December pilgrims

[Teruel, Dr. Jose Romero (WDC)]

Dear Rosina
Can you help me to find information on the Portuguese way?
Where it starts? There are "refugios"has in the northen ways?
Bless you.
Jose

-----Original Message-----
From: Rosina Lila
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 9:36 AM
To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
Subject: December pilgrims


Hello you all,
    The Santiago Archdiocese reports that 349 pilgrims received the
Compostela in December, 2001 (down from 468 the year before.
    316 walked and 33 bicycled.
    45 pilgrims started out in Roncesvalles, 45 came from Sarria, 39 hardy
souls came from St. Jeans (Can you IMAGINE crossing the Pyrenees in
December?
 Wow!), 31 came from Cebreiro, 16 from Tuy, 15 from Leon, 14 from Astorga,
14
from Puy, 13 from Oviedo, 12 from Ponferrada,  and the rest from sundry
points more than 100 kms. away.
    95.2% of the pilgrims declared a religious motive for their pilgrimage,
and 4.8% a cultural reason.
    The vast number of the pilgrims were from Spain, but 131 came from
twenty
countries abroad:  21 from France, 15 from Germany, 14 from Belgium, 13 from
the U.S., 10 from Italy, 7 from Canada, 7 from Brazil, 7 from Switzerland, 7
from the UK, 6 from Argentina and the rest from various other countries.
    132 of the pilgrims were under 30 years of age, 206 were between 30 and
60 years of age and 11 were over sixty years old.
    250 of the pilgrims were males and 90 were females.
    The French Way was followed by 284 pilgrims, the Portuguese Way by 33,
the Northern Way by 17, the Silver Way by 11 and the English Way by 4
    ****(Does anyone here know what is meant by the English Way?)
    Please tell me if there are further details which you would like to
know.
    Fond regards,
Rosina
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