{"id":8150,"date":"2022-01-19T17:58:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T15:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=8150"},"modified":"2022-01-19T17:58:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T15:58:21","slug":"reading-about-the-camino-de-santiago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/reading-about-the-camino-de-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading About The Camino De Santiago"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Over the last month or so I have been reading Le Camino Seule, ou enfin presque<\/a> and it is one of my favourite hiking books. It might simply be because it was written in French, by a french woman rather than in English by Brits or Americans but it made me feel more than other books. She often references Sylvain Tesson’s book For\u00eat de Sib\u00e9rie, a book I read a few years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like the book because it’s about leaving life behind for 38 days to do a walk, to find herself, only to find that she doesn’t find herself, and that she has more questions than answers by the end of it. I like that it goes from location to location and day by day. I like the meetings that she speaks about, the people, the situations and more. I also like that she has choices to make, whether to walk the normal route, or to take the Primitivo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she spoke about the Camino Norte and Fran\u00e7ais I didn’t feel a desire to go for a walk but when she spoke of the Primitivo this is the part of the Camino that I would consider. It sounds more like the walking I am used to. Through mountains, clouds, remote villages and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I read this book during the solitude of a two year pandemic, where there is no end in sight. The people I have met during walks were pleasant and interesting to spend time with. It would be nice to go on such a trip, and to spend time with a community of people while doing something enjoyable like walking. It’s what I miss most from pre-pandemic life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you read this when the pandemic is over you will not understand. Pandemics are a moment where we can socialise, if we want to take a silly risk, or we can self-isolate to stay safe. I choose safety, but safety is solitude. When the pandemic ends I want to go on such walks, to spend time with people once again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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