- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2018
Walking the Camino Frances a couple of years ago, I kept meeting up with Lindsay from Scotland. We never walked together, but - whether in a busy bar in a big city or on a remote side trail where I saw no one else - there was Lindsay. We'd have a beer (for him) and a glass of wine (for me), trade some stories and jokes, and be on our way. And then finally in Santiago, we ended up hanging out almost all night together, wandering around town, singing together with his homemade travel guitar named "Matilda," meeting some great local Spanish folks in back-alley local spots.
Lindsay is a retired carpenter ("Joiner" in Scotland), and he builds beautiful classical guitars. Corresponding, I asked him in passing if he ever built a ukulele. No, but since I asked, he built one and sent it to me. Yeah.
I learned to play the Camino song Lindsay wrote
and have spent much of the Covid lockdown learning to play every favorite song I know. This thing is coming with me on my next Camino!
So to show my appreciation for the ukulele, I made a mosaic for Lindsay of the "Bar Cowboy" in El Ganso, featuring Lindsay's travel guitar. It arrived in Scotland yesterday and he sent me a picture of it alongside Matilda, the guitar.
Lindsay is a retired carpenter ("Joiner" in Scotland), and he builds beautiful classical guitars. Corresponding, I asked him in passing if he ever built a ukulele. No, but since I asked, he built one and sent it to me. Yeah.
I learned to play the Camino song Lindsay wrote
So to show my appreciation for the ukulele, I made a mosaic for Lindsay of the "Bar Cowboy" in El Ganso, featuring Lindsay's travel guitar. It arrived in Scotland yesterday and he sent me a picture of it alongside Matilda, the guitar.