Cycling the Pilgrim Route to Santiago de Compostela (mobile podcast #014)
In September 1987, a group of four of us cycled the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela. We were four girls who didn’t know much about bicycles or even how to change a flat tyre and who didn’t really think of ourselves as endurance athletes. But we cycled over 500 miles in about 10 days across rugged wilderness and over the Galician mountain ranges to win - what? A certificate in Latin forgiving us of all our sins and a sense of personal satisfaction.
In this episode of my mobile podcast, while laid out on the sofa with a bad cold, I look back at this personal journey and a moment of transition in my life:
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More about the pilgrim route:
The Caminon del Norte (northern route) that we took
The Confraternity of St James - the society where we obtained our pilgrimage pamphlet
Walk St James’s Way - a holiday company that will arrange your pilgrimage holiday, with or without bag transfer
Photo: thanks to Nick in exsilio from flick.com (CCL)
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Tue, April 27th, 2010 - Author
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May 4th, 2010 at 7:17 am
Seems like the spirit of Chaucer’s Canterbury pilgrims still lives: April provoking somehow a restlessness to be out and about, undertaking the long journey to Santiago de Compostella not with the dedication of a fitness buff but for camaraderie and fun ( few of the Tales dealt with esoteric issues :) )
May 4th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Ah, yes, Louis, I’d forgotten that the Canterbury pilgrims are stirred by spring to take to the open road. How apt then for the timing of this particular post/ podcast episode..