MKalcolm M
Solvitur ambulando - It is solved by walking
- Time of past OR future Camino
- north route spring 2013
On August 9th, I passed through Santiago, en-route to Leon, where I planned to start walking the Camino San Salvador to Oviedo. I wanted a stick to walk with, and so went to the pilgrims office and asked if I could take one from the pile left by pilgrims who had finished their caminos. I choose a good, tall staff, the top inch of which had been de-barked and had the name "Karin" on it.
This stick did me well and and accompanied my foot fall all the way. It was a hard, hot, camino and I lent my weight on it hard as I wheezed up mountains, and then down again after the summit.
In Oviedo, I met a pilgrim who was just about to start the Primitivo to Santiago, so I gave her the staff and told her how I had acquired it. She asked me to write my name at the top, which I did, and now the staff is wending its way back to Santiago.
Karin, whoever you are and where ever you are, thank you for the use of your stick. It was a good companion, and a helpful tool, and its story is continuing.
This stick did me well and and accompanied my foot fall all the way. It was a hard, hot, camino and I lent my weight on it hard as I wheezed up mountains, and then down again after the summit.
In Oviedo, I met a pilgrim who was just about to start the Primitivo to Santiago, so I gave her the staff and told her how I had acquired it. She asked me to write my name at the top, which I did, and now the staff is wending its way back to Santiago.
Karin, whoever you are and where ever you are, thank you for the use of your stick. It was a good companion, and a helpful tool, and its story is continuing.