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[QUOTE="cecelia, post: 25375, member: 2489"] HI everyone, Just another point-of-view on the John Brierley guide. I neither liked it while on the camino nor found it useful. Although I found it fairly interesting at a time when I wasn't on the camino.I last walked in the spring of 2007 and for me (your experience of it may be quite different!) the book was way too long on the details of his own angst and way too short on details about the camino. There are very few places along the Camino Frances where a book is really necessary but I always seems to find one or two.There were two places on my last journey where JB's details were so bad I found myself wondering if he had ever been there. To give him his full due, the path of the camino changes frequently in spite of what we are led to believe. So it may very well be that JB hadn't walked all portions of the route as he was doing his updated version - and the path had changed in some spots he missed. Or because his journey was so intense, perhaps he overlooked details in the midst of an emotional experience. It's just an opinion of course, but I feel that the spiritual, emotional or intense journeys of others, while often very interesting, are best read while NOT walking the camino. That is the time to have your own experience and it's easy to let the ups and downs of a talented writer colour, overwhelm or even interfere with one's personal experience. But we all have our own journeys to take - and it's possible that I have too often let others' journeys take precedence in my life so am now guarding my sacred space like a tiger <grin>. My wish for everyone is that you (we) each fully live and enjoy our own journeys in life. cecelia [/QUOTE]
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