Camino Stage 1: Day 10 Chateauroux to Paris: Turning for home.

 Day 10: When planning the start of this pilgrimage, I decided to give myself a morning's rest before heading home. So I had a leisurely breakfast and then headed off to explore Chateauroux. Jardin Publique Eglise Saint-Martial The old town was delightful, the modern (19c and later) less so. I wanted to go to mass. …

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Camino Stage 1: Day 1.2 Vézelay to La Grange Teillard – 30k

Day 1: The day started early. I was awake at 04.30, fiddling with this site. Got up at 06.30 in time for Lauds at 7 in the basilica. Lovers of Vézelay will be interested to know that there a big restoration project going on of the first four bays of the nave. So you enter …

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Prayers from Pride

Happy Valley Pride in beautiful Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, is a five day celebration of life and love and diversity. It was a huge privilege to be part of it this year. I was asked to speak in a Human Rights strand with the distinguished lawyer, Flo Krause, and found myself judging the Dog Show with …

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