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Camino Craft - New Year Rememberlations Jar

For New Year I have made my family a Rememberlations Jar. This is a jar into which you record what you do in the year that makes you happy or proud.

Happy Christmas!

Happy Christmas! Images taken from: http://en.wikinoticia.com/entertainment/tourism/68219-christmas-bridge-santiago-de-compostela

via Francigena Testimonium

If you walk to Rome on the via Francigena you can receive the Testimonium (which means testimony, evidence or proof) in a similar fashion to the Compostela. Image taken from http://www.confraternitadisanjacopo.it/Francigena/images/big/testimonium.JPG

via de Francigena

The via de Francigena is a 1200 mile walk from Canterbury to Rome (I have walked the first 209 miles from Canterbury to Dover!) Me at the starting point in Canterbury

Looks like the Holy Door may be open

The Pope has declared a special Jubilee of Mercy so it looks like the Holy Door in Santiago's Cathedral was opened last night. Image from El Camino de Santiago's pinterest page See this article: http://internationalcaminoassociation.com/holy-door-of-santiagos-cathedral-to-be-open-in-2016/

Camino Crafts - More Christmas decorations

 Another way to make your Christmas tree more Camino-y! For this craft you need: foam plates cocktail sticks wool (I used blue and yellow) pva glue water a small bowl kitchen towel a pen Firstly draw your design onto the bottom of your plate (you may want to place it on top of some kitchen towel to catch drips later!) Place cocktail sticks at the corners of your design (I broke mine in half so that they didn't stick up so much but whole ones are fine as well) Mix some pva glue and some water in a bowl (I don't know the proportion to do this in, you want the pva glue to by runnier but not too watery) and then place a length of wool into it and allow the mixture to soak in (don't use a very long piece though or it will just get tangled up) Weave the wool around your cocktail stick two or so times and then fill in the middle - do it fairly randomly (as below) but make sure your middle bits connect with the outside and pus

Holy Year posters

I walked to Santiago twice during the last Holy Year in 2010 (when St. James' day falls on a Sunday) and picked up this poster produced to celebrate the Holy Year (credentials were also made with this design on the front).   Then in 2012 we found another couple hung in an albergue a bit outside Sarria