From ‘Here’ to ‘There’

Monday afternoon the 8th September saw me really setting off across London, with all my clothing and equipment for the next couple of months on my back ! – It felt heavy, would I manage ? time would tell !

Firstly I met up for lunch with my niece Rebecca, who reminded me i was next door to Kings Cross, famous site of the Platform 9 3/4 in the ‘Harry Potter’ films..so here I am !

Then it was into St Pancras for my Eurostar train journey to Paris.. I was ready… I think !

I travelled into Paris, then transferred across Paris to catch the overnight ‘sleeper train’ to Lourdes – this was a journey ! -6 people in bunk beds in a hot,hot compartment chugging across France, and I arrived in Lourdes at 7-30 a.m. the next morning… and walked to my first 2 nights accommodation – a Pilgrim hostel La Ruche , where I received a lovely welcome, and breakfast http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2013/08/03/1683491-de-lourdes-a-saint-jacques-de-compostelle.html I left my rucksack there, and spent the next couple of days immersed in the sanctuary of Lourdes, and building myself up to the big day…

Late on on the evening of the 10th, with trepidation I took one more look at what as to become a familiar sight to me…my clothes and articles strewn out, ready for the following mornings walk..

I didn’t do a ‘blog’ as I walked, and I’ve no intention of trying to re-create what I did. However I did send out an email every week or so, which I will include as my ‘blog’ – hope you enjoy them, they’re raw at times…but ‘live’ from the ‘Camino’…