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Peregrinations: April 2015
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There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing, as simply messing about in boots. Thursday, 30 April 2015. Day 37. April 30, 2015. Ascain to Irun. 20 kms. Tramp, tramp, tramp along the highway. Some days there isn't much to write home about. This was one of those days, so I won't write home much about it. And then later in the day our paths may cross again, and we are pleased to see each other. You may be wondering what I'm doing in Spain. Well, I continued on to Irun, the Spanish b...
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Peregrinations: May 2013
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There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing, as simply messing about in boots. Friday, 31 May 2013. Day 24. Saint-Romans-les-Melle to Aulnay. 41 kms (584). And it came to pass, that a certain man went down from Saint-Roman-les-Melle to Aulnay. Two mishaps, an act of kindness, and three or four strokes of good luck! By venturing a little way on today's journey. At Villefollet, I sat down and ate my lunch on a bench in front of un terrain de boules,. After ten o'clock at night. The...
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Peregrinations: June 2014
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There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing, as simply messing about in boots. Monday, 30 June 2014. Day 25. June 30, 2014. Bagneres de Bigorre to Lourdes. 24 kms. Do not seek to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee. I set out about half-past eight, passed the equestrian centre, and followed the only possible route. As I passed the lovely couple above, I wondered what you called a baby donkey. An asset? This was not my most enjoyable walk. I'm not sure why. Perhaps...I lea...
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Peregrinations: June 2013
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There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing, as simply messing about in boots. Wednesday, 19 June 2013. Day 44. Larceveau to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. 15 kms. If you have arrived here at the end of my journey from Paris to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, and you would like to follow it, and you don't want to read backwards, you might like to visit my website (See right under Links) where I've posted the entries in chronological order. Just click on "Chemin de Tours"]. To Tom or Dick or Bob,.
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Montpellier to Castres - Peregrinations
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Auch to Orolon-Sainte Marie. Somport to Puente la Reina. Bourges to La Souterraine. La Souterraine to Limoges. Markina Xeneim to Bilbao. An open letter to the Globe and Mail. A word about toilet paper. The terminus is at the end of the line. Why I walk the Camino. Why I love Victoria, BC. Day 4 April 4, 2011. Montpellier to Montparnaud. Last night I slept right through. Until now, I have been waking up at three or four in the morning and listening to the mumbles and rumbles and snores of my companions.
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Peregrinations: Day 39 (Day 2). May 2, 2015. San Sebastián to Orio. 14 kms.
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There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing, as simply messing about in boots. Saturday, 2 May 2015. Day 39 (Day 2). May 2, 2015. San Sebastián to Orio. 14 kms. The best laid schemes o' mice an' men. In France, I was travelling first class. I was usually on my own in a gite, with room to spread my belongings far and wide, and leisure to sleep in if I wanted to. Here, I am confined to steerage in stuffy quarters with snoring companions and not enough room to swing a cat. As always, I ...
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Peregrinations: May 2012
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There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing, as simply messing about in boots. Thursday, 31 May 2012. Day 2 Breves a Varzy (23 kms). 31 May, 2012. There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio. But I shouldn't be facetious. Certain people may indeed experience this phenomenon. I would like to read her book. Walking through the fields,I noticed that the wheat was barely two feet high, and I thought about the book Wheat Belly. After reading th...
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Peregrinations: May 6, 2015. Last Wourdes from Lourdes
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There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing, as simply messing about in boots. Wednesday, 6 May 2015. May 6, 2015. Last Wourdes from Lourdes. And a certain man went down from Jerasulem to Jericho. I returned to the place from whence I had come, there to meet with Paul of Lyon. There were more pilgrims at the gite this time and I was able to give them advice about the road ahead. Once again we stood on the balcony and watched and listened to the procession below. The hotels had all go...
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Peregrinations: June 2012
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There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing, as simply messing about in boots. Saturday, 30 June 2012. Day 32. Roquefort a Mont-de-Marsan (31 kms). 30 June, 2012. And may there be no moaning of the bar. Tennyson was the rock of Victorian faith and optimism. "Crossing the Bar" would have been heard at funerals as often as "Ulysses" at school graduations. In fact, it isn't quite forgotten yet. I saw it myself in the order of service at a funeral as recently as ten years ago...A road si...
