{"id":4920,"date":"2019-10-16T11:48:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T10:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/?p=4920"},"modified":"2021-02-17T14:19:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:19:47","slug":"taking-my-god-for-a-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/taking-my-god-for-a-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking my God for a walk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With a seven-week sabbatical to fill, Tony Collins wanted to do something special. But what? The answer turned out to be a very, very long walk.<\/p>\n

I had just turned 64, and in those days, my employer offered a generous sabbatical to those who had served their years. I had been puzzled how to make use of this bounty. It was a once-off opportunity, not to be frittered. Then I<\/p>\n

met an old friend. Douglas had always been a softly spoken, genial, self-effacing bloke, effective in a quiet way but easily overlooked. Now he was taking the lead, cracking jokes, brimming with enthusiasm, in a way I had not seen previously. The change was so arresting I asked him what had happened: where did he get the shot of happy juice?<\/p>\n

\u2018I walked the Camino,\u2019 he responded, as if that explained everything.<\/p>\n

At that point I knew little about the Camino de Santiago. Further questioning revealed that it is the millennium-old pilgrim route between the centres of Europe and the city of Santiago, in the north...<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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