Message from Mandy I thank all the pilgrims for their contributions to the blog, with fantastic photos, words and inspiration,…
Arrival – Santiago
Some have also wished, that the next way to their Father’s house was here, that they might be no…
Connection
To understand and reconnect with our stories, the stories of the ancestors, is to build our identities – Frank…
Hope
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope – Bernard Williams. Hope…
Very Improper Pilgrims
Impropriety is the soul of wit – W. Somerset Maugham. If we take Maugham’s improprietous aphorism as read…
Lost and Found
Not all who wander are lost – J. R. R. Tolkien. Take Odysseus, it took him 10 years…
Risk and Reward
Great things are won by great dangers – Herodotus. This is not to say that walking is a particularly…
Delirium
The second day of walking started with a coach ride up to Foncebadon, the highest point of the trail (1482…
Auspices
The cover photo above shows the footprint of a Roman soldier. Those wily Romans knew a thing or two about…
Arrival – Leon
I have it on good authority that, contrary to popular opinion, the rain in Spain stays almost invariably in the…
