WHEN WALKING

Home to Santiago – Day 16 Villedômer to Tours: 35km I go to the pilgrims’ service in the morning in the little Campsite Chapel, as it would feel wrong not to. But I am the only pilgrim in the congregation, and I find the words and the kindness less sincere than the words and kindness…

Home to Santiago – Day 15 Prunay-Cassereau to Villedômer: 19km I chat with Nadine over breakfast. The family are all still asleep. The children were up late. She’s a beautiful soul. She tells me about the little cake I’m having, my Ronsard, named after one of the poets of La Pléiade, and more importantly, full…