[Gocamino] A pilgrim; English Way

[Michael Barham]

hi folks,

does anyone have the statistics from the 2006 year -
on peregrinos, their homes and starting locations?

peace,
Michael


--- blaroli at aol.com wrote:

> 
> Hello you all,
> 
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> 
> Yesterday’s Santiago newspapers printed a poignant
> story about a young pilgrim that carried his mother
> ashes to Santiago.
> 
> Pablo Catalan, from Sevilla, had previously walked
> about 300 kms. of the Camino twice. Upon completion
> of his pilgrimage he promised his mother, who had
> been ailing, that someday he would take her on the
> Camino.  Sadly, his mother died, but young Pablo
> determined to keep his promise. Last September 2nd.
> he set out from Sevilla by bicycle, alone, carrying
> his mother’s ashes in a box secured to the handle
> bars. Â During the eleven days spent on the Via de
> la Plata the young man, an inexperienced bicyclist,
> suffered several vicissitudes, from punched tires to
> loss of his food provisions and to a serious fall
> that caused him significant injuries when he
> embraced the box to protect it as he fell and did
> not shield his head and face.
> 
> But, he told a reporter, with tears in his
> eyes:�From the door of my house in Sevilla to the
> door of the Cathedral in Santiago I carried my
> mother’s ashes to a place where they will be
> blessed and watched over by the Apostle Santiago�.
> 
> Â 
> 
> The newspapers also reported that the Xunta, spurred
> by the Archdiocese, has finally agreed, officially,
> to spend 481,000 Euros (app. $690,000) to refurbish
> portions of the Calle Real in the casco of Neda
> which forms part of the English Way. The powers that
> be have informed that the project will seek to
> recover sites considered to be a historical
> patrimony, as well as to improve the quality of the
> facilities that render services to the English
> Camino pilgrims.
> 
> Â 
> 
> Lastly, several pilgrims have inquired about
> “official� and “verifiable� facts related to
> the history of the Camino.  The only such data that
> I have consists of facts and dates accepted as
> historical (I don’t know whether they are official
> and/or verifiable). Such data consist of several
> pages and I will post it a few centuries at the time
> in chronological order.
> 
> Â 
> 
> Hugs!
> 
> Â 
> 
> Rosina 
> 
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> 
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