Category Archives: Pilgrimage and Prayer

Pilgrimage and Prayer

The Camino which awakens. Via de La Plata towards Caparra.

The Camino which awakens.   Via de La Plata, Caparra. Beginnings: Learning to walk once more. On Easter Monday 2010 I was arriving in the Northern part of Caceres where the South and warmer part of Spain ends and the … Continue reading

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The Canyon of Caracena. Ruta de La Lana

The Canyon of Caracena.  Ruta de La Lana Isolation, challenge, awe and majesty. The Canyon of Caracena is a majestic gorge cutting through the limestone rock for over 7km.  Here is a secret landscape.  It begins in Tarancueña and ends … Continue reading

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Miracles. Two Days on the Camino Francés (2) Flying to O Cebreiro.

Miracles. Two Days on the Camino Francés (2) Flying to O Cebreiro. When your heart is in silence and sinks into God it sings. This is a story which is short and simple but gives a flavour of the sort … Continue reading

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Miracles. Two Days on the Camino Francés: Ponferrada – Hospital da Condesa (1)

Miracles.  Two Days on the Camino Francés:  Ponferrada – Hospital da Condesa (1)  Day 1. Ponferrrada – Pereje Some days a rucksack is much heavier than the day before, even though it is carrying less; and some days legs which … Continue reading

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Undoing Prejudice on the Camino (2)

Pilgrims or Tourists?  Prejudice? Not in the true Camino Spirit. In Forums on the Camino there are plenty of comments about other “pilgrims” who are not walking the Camino in its true spirit. There are some, I have heard, who … Continue reading

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Silence. Before daybreak, After Dark and in the Afternoon.

Silence.  Times when the heart listens. Before Daybreak. In 2010, a Jacobean Year, I happened to finish my Camino on October 12th, the Feast of the Virgin of the Pilar.  The Pilar is a pillar, a roman pillar on which … Continue reading

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Being yourself. “The paths that lead to life”

Being yourself.  “The paths that lead to life.” A long Camino is over 1,000,000 steps.   The first part of The Ruta de La Lana was marked, for me, by physical weariness and inner dullness.  This was so in spite … Continue reading

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Healing – using the simple Iona prayer for healing on the Camino.

Healing, a simple prayer from The Iona Community. The Camino is a place for healing. Many of us carry pebbles, stones and rocks in our hearts as well as rucksacks our backs. Walking, day after day, welds together body, mind … Continue reading

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It’s normal to cry on the Camino. The gift of tears.

It’s normal to cry on the Camino to Santiago. The gift of tears. I came across this in a Blog on the Camino to Santiago: “Then a strange thing happened. I don’t know if it was the effect of the wine … Continue reading

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Planning on the Camino. Finding a balance. Ruta de La Lana

Planning on the Camino.  Do you really want to know where you will sleep tonight? I love maps.  The pleasure of relaxing on a bunk bed, weary legs propped high with a blanket or two and a guide book with … Continue reading

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