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Gaenor du Plessis's avatar

My Dad walked 850km’s from St Jean in 5 weeks, finishing his journey this week 9 years ago. His daily WhatsApp’s to us kids were saved on my Notes, and when he joined us at Christmas that year, I uploaded all his photos onto my computer, and over the next few months I built up a book of those memoirs. It really was a 100 page hard covered photo book that we had printed for him at enormous expense but I remember feeling every single memory for him. Crowds aside (he had made mention that from a certain point closer to the end, every night was like a party for the travellers, something I imagine he felt distasteful), I know my Dad made use of his guidebooks to seek slightly more alternate routes, sometimes to ensure he could get a bed for the night, sometimes because he needed the quiet. I thoroughly enjoyed his musings at the days end, describing the characters who he encountered on the day, his views on the Spanish agriculture and given his spiritual (Christian) beliefs, his thoughts on how each town seemed to have gilded churches despite widespread poverty.

Hope your trip is successful. Good luck with the visa.

Xx

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Megan's avatar

It’ll still be wonderful and hopefully by October much less people than other months. Buen Camino!

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