<DIV><FONT color=#40007f></FONT><BR><BR><B><I>James Eyskens <jeyskensaAUSTIN.RR.COM></I></B> wrote:
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<P>I suggest you contact the Confraternity of St James in London at<BR>www.csj.org.uk for up to date and practical Camino information. </P>
<P><FONT color=#7f007f>I have their small hiking guide and have scanned it. I didn't get the feeling that we'd be going over mountains if we started in Sarria. glad to hear your comments re Shirley's book. Kinda what I figured. I haven't read it. Sounds like you really like this part of Spain!</FONT></P>
<P>Geri</P>
<P>Shirley<BR>is a good summer read but that's about it. I walked the Camino Frances<BR>in '01 at age 56 and went back in '02 and '03 as a Hospitalero at the<BR>Confraternity Refugio in Rabanal del Camino in western Leon. I'm<BR>currently planning on biking the Camino, possibly the Via de la Plata,<BR>but am still in the early stages.<BR><BR>Let me know if you need anything re the Camino. I'll try to help.<BR><BR>Jim Eyskens<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu] On<BR>Behalf Of Michelle Rockett<BR>Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 10:20 AM<BR>To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu<BR>Subject: New listserv member introduction<BR><BR>Hello, everyone! I just joined your listserv last night and I wanted to<BR>take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Michelle Rockett and I<BR>live<BR>in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. I first learned about and became<BR>interested in the Camino about two years ago while reading Shirley<BR>McCla!
ine's
book "The Camino". I was intrigued with the Camino's history,<BR>the personal stories, the energetic shifts . . . I felt in my heart that<BR>I<BR>too must walk its path, but the time did not feel right. Over the last<BR>6<BR>months I have been finding myself talking about the Camino in the most<BR>unexpected situations and have decided the time has come for me to<BR>experience the Camino myself. I recently connected with a dear friend<BR>who<BR>is being called to walk its path as well, and we are in the begining<BR>stages<BR>of planning a trip for 2005. Due to the schedule of the University I<BR>work<BR>for and she attends, we are thinking of starting our journey in late May<BR>or<BR>early June. My knowledge of the Camino, at this point, is limited to<BR>the<BR>information in Shirley McClaine's book. I am grateful to all of you for<BR>investing so much time in such a wonderful resource. I am looking<BR>forward<BR>to learning from your experiences and knowledge, so that I
may<BR>appreciate<BR>and enjoy the Camino in its fullest sense.<BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>