A short entry from a cafe bar on top of a plateau in the midst of rolling hills of wheat, poppies, vineyards and other greens to say that all is well. At the end of this day we will have walked nearly 100 kilometers.
Feet are holding up somewhat -- there are the usual blisters but otherwise all three pilgrims are holding up well.
We have had many interesting conversations with people from all over: France, Spain, Holland, Brazil and surprisingly more people from the United States than on other pilgrimages.
We have stopped in every church that has been open and have left a prayer for all those who have asked for them. It is a bit harder lighting candles because they tend more to be the electric sort and I don´t do that sort of candle.
We have a short day today, 20 kms, after yesterday´s 29 kms. And tonight we will stay in an abbey by a church that has a small cage of chickens on its side.
There is way too much to say in a short time but I just wanted to check in and say that all is well.
Caminante no hay camino
se hace camino al andar.
Route
The pilgrims walked the middle section (in red).
Pilgrimage route through fields in Aubrac, France
About Me
- Caminante
- I am a life-long Episcopalian, who has been ordained since 1993. I was rector of a family-size congregation from 1994-2008 and and ended three years as priest in partnership at a pastoral-size congregation in Vermont's fourth-largest city (Rutland) in 2011. Now I am vicar of a tiny congregation in the Green Mountains of Vermont. I am involved in church governance at the diocesan, church-wide and international Anglican levels. I was a member of a CREDO faculty team working with the clergy and lay leaders of l'Eglise Episcopale d'Haiti. I also try to go to El Salvador a few times a year and am officially Canon Missioner of the Anglican Episcopal Church of El Salvador (since 2004). In 2007, I finished the 1570 km Chemin de Saint Jacques/Camino de Santiago de Compostela. I greatly enjoy hiking in the Vermont Greens and NH Whites and reflect on those hikes. In 2010 I also completed walking the 273 mile-long Long Trail in the Green Mountains of Vermont... maybe next the Appalachian Trail? Lastly but most important, I am a cat-fanatic. (N.B. Whatever I post here does not reflect either the opinions of my congregation or of The Episcopal Church but merely those of an individual.)