Camino Stage 4: Day 8 –  Paris to Southwell

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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Camino Stage 4: Day 3 – Saint Ferme to La Réole

La Réole "Listen to your body", they said. Everyone says it. "Listen to your body." The people at pain management say it, so does my doctor, so does my osteopath (the excellent James), and so does Vladimir the scary body-building Moldovan sports masseur, who looks like a dwarf from the Lord of the Rings who …

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Le chemin de Compostelle

I am about to start a pilgrimage walk. I am now fully retired and so have the chance to do this now that I don't sing from Thursday to Sunday every week of the school year. I have for longer than I can say wanted to follow the Camino, or the pilgrimage route across Western …

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