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Your All Time, Absolute BEST Camino Moment!
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[QUOTE="AlwynWellington, post: 843374, member: 13479"] [USER=25609]@JennyH94[/USER], thank you for starting this thread. Like others, I have so many memories. I think my all time absolute best camino (chemin / route) moment was hour one, day one. But, like many stories, there is a pre-story. In early 2012, my wife Cathy was given some not so good health news. I had first met Cathy at the beginning of 2001 and she subscribed to a magazine called Tui-Motu. Soon after meeting Cathy I read a short piece, by a priest I had first met some 40 years before, about his trials and tribulations after setting out the year before. In a chat in early 2012, Cathy remembered that piece and said "when I am gone, you will be able to do that walk in Spain". My first training amble (4 km down hill) showed up many issues, obesity being but the least. I remember feeling pleased I had many years to get prepared. Cathy died in late 2014 and often the next year my many neighbours asked when I was to get away: Cathy had told them. After winding up her estate I was able to get away in April 2016. Within four years preparation behind me, I was at Le Puy-en-Velay, mentally and physically ready to continue my ambling, this time for around 1,600 km. I arrived at Le-Puy on the Monday evening and stayed two nights so I could rubber-neck for a full day and see the path away from the city. In the cathedral I noticed the, to my mind, awkward way to get from inside to great west door and so down the hill: you went out a side door, found some stairs, had some doors to get through, et cetera) On Wednesday to the Cathedral for the 07h Mass with pilgrims blessing at the end. The bishop presided and a jovial fellow he was. Following a chat (Je n'ai pas compris) by the bishop after mass we went into the large sacristy to have our credentials stamped. Coming back to where I had sat to retrieve my pack I found the ventilation floor grills in the central aisle had been lifted up to reveal a stair case leading directly down to the great west door. I put my pack on and started for the stairs. At the top I grabbed the handrail and was transfixed to the spot. It took quite a while to bring myself back to the moment and take my first step. Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui (Be strong, confident and patient) [/QUOTE]
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