Walking to Santiago - Diary of a Pilgrimage

by Mary E. Wilkie

Every year thousands of people walk across Spain to the shrine of St James in Santiago de Compostela. This pilgrimage began in the Middle Ages and has continued for more than a thousand years. People of all ages from many countries walk or cycle this pilgrim route. Like many modern pilgrims the author was neither young nor athletic when she set out from Paris with Santiago as her goal. She was not sure if she could go the distance. This diary recounts the 1800 kilometre journey day by day.

244 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Born in London 1939. Lived through WWII there. Educated in convent schools and the London School of Economics. Spent the 1960's in Bolivia, Brazil, US, and Uruguay. 70's in Paraguay, Canada and Australia. Spent last 40+ years in Oz.
Worked as a academic sociologist. Have 4 ch and 14 grand ch. Published Pilgrimage book and Angela since retirement, that's also the time when I started producing grandchildren.