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<DIV><SPAN class=990044307-27102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Two of
my friends, Keith and Maureen Young walked the Camino with a cart (trolley
in English-English) a few years ago, and were quite well known in Confraternity
St James and Camino circles for awhile. They may be the pilgrims
the Brazilian saw. If you have any questions the Youngs can probably
be reached through the Confraternity of St James Office. <A
href="mailto:officeacsj.org.uk">officeacsj.org.uk</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=990044307-27102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
believe I heard about your effort when I was at Rabanal this last month.
At least I remember some pilgrims discussing cart pushers, so if it wasn't you
then some others were doing it as well. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=990044307-27102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=990044307-27102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Luck
for the future.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=990044307-27102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Jim
Eyskens</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Road to
Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Tom
Priestly<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 26, 2003 10:37 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> return to list<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
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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" color=#000000 size=-1>"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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