How a seed was planted

Some times an idea is planted in your mind that like a seed in the ground sits there apparently doing nothing, until one day it bursts out of the ground, a plant grows and it eventually bears fruit. And that’s how the idea of walking the Camino de Santiago came about.

That seed was planted in me back in the early 1990’s when we had an inspirational pair working in our parish, Christine and Colin Mylne. Christine was an Accredited Lay Minister who was attached to the church I went to, and Colin her husband was the Curate of the neighbouring parish. Each Lent and Advent they lead fantastic quiet days and organised a couple of parish trips to Lindisfarne Island, and looking back now I can say that between them they had a profound influence on my spiritual development. At some time in their ministry to us they gave a talk with slides about the Camino and how they were walking it in stages over a number of years, and I though one day I fancy doing that. So seed was planted to be left to germinate and bear fruit one day in the future, its cumulation being in September of this year when Lesley and myself will start at Le Puy-en-Velay and walk the 1518 KM (943.2 Miles) to the Cathedral Church of St James at Santiagao De Compostela.

During the weeks ahead as we prepare and then as we walk the Camino this blog will be a record of how we get on, and a record of the places and people we meet along the way.