7:15am: ready to get the train to Paris There is a limit to how far you can go by land without it taking days to get to where you want to go - I think, with this stage of the Camino, I have now reached it. Perhaps, if I were younger, I might be able …
Continue reading Camino Stage 6: Day 19 – Bordeaux to Southwell – and reflections
Yesterday was a special day for Laurence (his 26th sobriety anniversary, since you asked), marked by cards and visits from friends, and a great sense of pride. Me pushing off on Camino was the only downside - though, to be fair to him, he always says that he's delighted I'm doing this adventure, and he …
Continue reading Camino Stage 6: Days 1 & 2 – Southwell to Orthez
Planning for my next stage of the Camino de Santiago
Today was a very strange day's walking. First of all, it was raining when I got up. Fine, wet rain. Not heavy, but always there. Sometimes it was a bit heavier, sometimes it almost petered out, then it came as sheets of wet mist. It was penetrating. Then, in the afternoon, the wind got up …
Continue reading Camino Stage 5: Day 4 – Captieux to Bourriot-Bergonce
Boots ready for the road - with new laces. "The winter is past, the flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtle dove is heard in our land."Song of Solomon 2:11-12 I left the Camino last September feeling distinctly crestfallen. I had been stopped in my …
Give us today our daily bread The unwinding of this stage of this Camino reached its culmination today. The final part of the journey was very simple. Paris to London: London to Southwell Guy Turner kindly collected me from Newark, and BT 14:00 I was walking into 47 Easthorpe. I was so tired, so I …
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