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Jan 12
2 min

lucky man

Photo: not mine, stolen from brittanica.com ... sorry Following on from https://www.urasojourner.com/post/feels-like-home-to-me. The nun ...

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Will

Jan 5
3 min

feels like home to me

Photo: the "front" of the Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Abbey. Continued from https://www.urasojourner.com/post/what-s-french-for-pizza With ha...

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Will

Jan 3
2 min

what's french for pizza?

Not my photo: credit The Michelin Guide. Following on from my bridge epiphany https://www.urasojourner.com/post/la-pont-du-diable, I fair...

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Will

Dec 16, 2020
3 min

and they won't go

Following on from my previous blog https://www.urasojourner.com/post/spirits-in-my-head, I am wheezing into Montpellier with my voices, a...

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Will

Dec 11, 2020
3 min

spirits in my head

My previous blog i got guns in my head and they won’t go, introduced the idea of my talking companions, my voices. Well, here they are. P...

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Will

Dec 9, 2020
3 min

i got guns in my head and they won't go

Photo: the cold unwelcoming streets of Saint Gilles "A pilgrimage is two journeys, one for the feet, and one for the soul". Will On the 1...

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Will

Oct 5, 2020
2 min

ants in my pants

“There are only three things you need to know when on the Camino, where you are, where you are going and where to get breakfast” Will It w...

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Will

Sep 15, 2020
1 min

contents page for the Camino routine

This page is basically a contents page for the following 16 blocks of information (approximate). The idea is to make each block short and...

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contents page for the Camino preparation

Will

Sep 15, 2020
1 min

contents page for the Camino preparation

This page is basically a contents page for the following 16 blocks of information (approximate). The idea is to make each block short and...

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Will

Sep 10, 2020
2 min

carry as little as possible

"Carry as little as possible, but choose that little with care." Earl Shaffer. Five days into my greatly anticipated 1,500 km pilgrimage ...

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Will

Jun 18, 2020
4 min

the way of st james, a history

When you look heavenward on a clear night may see a light smudge across the sky, “The Milky Way”. It comes from the Greek word galaxias (...

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William Patt

Jan 15, 2017
3 min

a journey of a thousand miles

“A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step”, ancient Chinese proverb. In my experience, a journey of any significance start...

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William Platt

Apr 18, 2016
7 min

R.I.P.

On my journey, I can look back at seven mistakes. 1. I made the mistake of planning for the future based on the present reality It was...

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William Platt

Apr 13, 2016
3 min

should I stay or should I go?

In my previous blog, I walked alone, I mentioned a social research project. Only three of the sixty-eight participants made it through t...

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William Platt

Apr 11, 2016
4 min

I walked alone

In the morning we say good morning to someone be it a spouse, a child or the shopkeeper. The most crushing existence I can imagine is ha...

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Not all those who wander are lost ... except me, I was really lost

William Platt

Mar 29, 2016
3 min

Not all those who wander are lost ... except me, I was really lost

“Not all those who wander are lost” is a line from the poem All that is gold does not glitter, written by J. R. R. Tolkien and it has ins...

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William Platt

May 20, 2014
7 min

The untold story of the Camino

There are guidebooks and blogs but they do not tell you everything. This is the blog which will spill the beans, a tell all, warts and bl...

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William Platt

Mar 30, 2014
6 min

A pilgrim, a sojourner

A few years ago I watched a film "The Way". Not a great film by all critical accounts but I liked it. It introduced me for the first time...

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