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1951 Camino Frances Diary

sillydoll

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2002 CF: 2004 from Paris: 2006 VF: 2007 CF: 2009 Aragones, Ingles, Finisterre: 2011 X 2 on CF: 2013 'Caracoles': 2014 CF and Ingles 'Caracoles":2015 Logrono-Burgos (Hospitalero San Anton): 2016 La Douay to Aosta/San Gimignano to Rome:
Grant Spangler posted this on another forum. Copied here with his blessing:
In my wanderings, I happened upon a really interesting trip log. In the summer of 1951, Leon Degrelle made a solo passage from the Col de Ibañeta (just above Roncesvalles) to Santiago. You’ll see things through the eyes of a Spaniard walking the path we’ve walked, but without the modern accoutrements, camaraderie and crowds. Albergues? Quizás no. The Spanish Civil War was just a dozen years past; the country was very different politically, economically and culturally. The architecture was all the same but the Way had fallen asleep, to be rudely awakened in en el siglo XXI.

http://elcaminosantiago.com/PDF/Leon_De ... ntiago.pdf (Spanish)
 
The focus is on reducing the risk of failure through being well prepared. 2nd ed.
The first edition came out in 2003 and has become the go-to-guide for many pilgrims over the years. It is shipping with a Pilgrim Passport (Credential) from the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.
This is a really interesting read! Thanks, Sil!
Buen Camino,
 
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Hmmm... one of many interesting figures wandering around Europe after the war. Well, his bio explains why he wrote so well in Spanish...Jesuit educated, huh? I think I'll take a pass on that! :roll: His "interesting" array of friends and associates probably enabled him to make his pilgrimage at a time when as Grant no aptly puts it, "the Camino was asleep". His politics notwithstanding, it is still an interesting account of the Camino...
 

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