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<div>I am back in Canada now after 9 weeks in Europe, three of them on
the Camino francès. A *sincere* word of thanks to all who gave me
advice before I left for Europe, plus a similar acknowledgment to the
Go Camino archives. We (Klaus, my co-pilgrim from Austria and I) had
several problems and only walked 300 km, but none of the problems had
to do with practical matters (feet, equipment, and so on): I learned
all I needed before going.</div>
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<div>I searched the archive for "cart" and found, from 9th
October last,</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1"
color="#000000">"While I was walking this past June, a man with a
push cart passed me by as I sat eating an orange. I was informed later
that there were two older gentleman with push carts making their way
through the camino."</font></div>
<div><font face="Priestly">This may be a reference to Klaus and me. We
had one cart between us which we pulled from SJPP to Viana (first 10
days of September), and which we could have pulled the whole way but
for the problems alluded to above. (Reason for having a cart: Klaus
has shoulder problems). The cart went through several modifications as
we went, and we now know a lot about (a) how to design a serviceable
cart for walking the Camino, (b) how to make sensible choices between
the walkers' paths and the cyclists' routes.<font color="#000000">
Sometime this fall/winter I will write this up and have the info
available for anyone who wishes to walk but does not wish to, or
simply can not, carry a backpack.</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Priestly" color="#000000">A freelance videofilm maker
from Brazil, making a film about pilgrims for a Brazilian TV station,
who had walked the Camino several times, told us that she had heard
about/seen one other cart-pulling pilgrim, and that a few years ago.
Any more sightings of pilgrims with carts, please? I'd like to compare
notes . . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Priestly" color="#000000">Thanks again!</font></div>
<div><font face="Priestly" color="#000000">Tom Priestly</font></div>
<div><font face="Priestly" color="#000000">Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada</font></div>
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