Anyone ever appeared on national television or spoken on live radio ?

[1959_60]

Well done lads! Be proud.

I have a 50 metres breaststroke, and that's about it.

[sinkov]

Nice one CM.. My dad was less fortunate than you .He was a Royal Marine commando in WW2 ,he was seriously wounded on the Dieppe raid getting hit with shrapnel whilst in the landing craft.. He spent 10 months in hospital and made a full recovery apart from the use of his Deltoid muscle.

Bloody hell Alf, I suppose in one respect your dad was fortunate, he actually survived the fiasco. My dad was involved in a couple of dodgy situations, nothing like Dieppe though, but I could never get him to open up about it, I found out more after he'd died by searching a RN website on the internet than he ever told me. Did your Dad ever say much about it ?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I was on Spanish national television when we visited Santiago de Compostella many years ago.. Spent about two minutes asking me about my holiday..

That one's on my bucket list Alf. Was the trip worth it?

[sinkov]

I was on Spanish national television when we visited Santiago de Compostella many years ago.. Spent about two minutes asking me about my holiday..

When we lived in France the old house we lived in was on the old pilgrim route of the 'Chemin de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle'. I didn't know this until I asked a neighbour if he knew why there was what looked like a large scallop shell carved into the old stone fireplace. He said it was a 'Coquille de St Jacques' which is what they call scallops in France, and it was used as an emblem to signpost the route for pilgrims from northern Europe.

We didn't see any pilgrims, the tourist route starts a lot further south now at St Jean-Pied-de-Port. They don't make pilgrims like they used to.

[1959_60]

"The Way" can actually start from many places (a popular one is from st Jean-Pied-de Port as Sinkov says) Another popular route is from Le Puy in France (has anyone been there? It's fantastic)

Me and Mrs 59-60 intend to do The way (from St Jean) on our tandem sometime.

https://www.pilgrimagetraveler.com/way-of-st-james.html

[Supersub6]

"The Way" can actually start from many places (a popular one is from st Jean-Pied-de Port as Sinkov says) Another popular route is from Le Puy in France (has anyone been there? It's fantastic)

Me and Mrs 59-60 intend to do The way (from St Jean) on our tandem sometime.

https://www.pilgrimagetraveler.com/way-of-st-james.html

I'm just pleased that I'm not religious ---each one to his own, although, I have played in many cathedrals and churches throughout the world.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Sometimes, just sometimes your gift for the gab really raises a smile across this wrinkled old mush:

They don't make pilgrims like they used to.

Lol!

[Supersub6]

Sometimes, just sometimes your gift for the gab really raises a smile across this wrinkled old mush:

They don't make pilgrims like they used to.

Lol!

Yes ---I really liked that too! Bloody snowflake pilgrims!

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Let's start a movement? "We Want Proper Pilgrims!"

[sinkov]

Perhaps we should start with 59, he's going to do the route with Mrs 59 on a tandem. FFS what sort of pilgrims ride tandems ?!?!