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Come for a hike along the most famous of religious pilgrimages in this wide old world.
The Camino de Santiago beckons one man and his wife.
Fly from Australia to France, catch the trains from Paris to St. Jean Pied de Port on the southern French border, the foot of the Pyrenees. Cross the mountains into the heartlands of Spain. Hike 850 kilometers to Santiago Cathedral in the West.
Simple.
Climb the mountains, traverse the flat stone centre. Cross a millennium of religious and human history. Walk in the footsteps of Charlemagne, the Romans, the Moors, the Templars, the peasantry on The Way of Saint James.
Walk, eat, drink, be merry. Close your mind and listen to your soul.
Join one man on his Camino, courtesy of his journaling of fun times, hard times, long times. Join him as he manages to fall more deeply in love with his wife and finds a new pathway for his future.
Told by a common man in an honest and forthright manner, personal reminiscence found in no guide book or tourist brochure.
Undertake the Camino de Santiago.
Open your mind and listen to your soul as an accidental pilgrim finds his Way. And prepare for very sore feet.
About the author
Robert Pook was born and bred in the London borough of Havering, England, in February of 1967. Raised and educated in his local town, Robert pursued a career as a cricketer before emigrating to Australia in 1990. So far, 32 years of a marvelous marriage and the nurturing of 2 sons has done little to deter his love of everything active. As middle age arrived, Robert felt a need for new, greater challenges. The Camino de Santiago Compostela became his ultimate goal. Pilgrimage reignited his desire to write his first book. A stand-in hiking partner to his wife, he becomes a seasoned dedicated hiker. He enjoys simplicity in life again, and through reflection in churches and bars along the Way he charts a new path of life.
