Finisterre

Finisterre

Finisterre was the end of the world for the ancient druids and Roman’s. There was no further place to go. The place where the sun goes down last. A nice walk, but we took the bus and only walked the last 3 km there and back (6). Beautiful beaches and cliff sides....
Made it

Made it

Walked into the cathedral square at 930 am today. Mission accomplished. 800km in 31.5 days. Walked every inch with no break days. I’ll have more to say later. Today we eat and may have some wine. We did manage to see the mass at the cathedral. Quite an impressive...
Tomorrow we end our epic walk.

Tomorrow we end our epic walk.

It’s been a walk that we thought would never end but indeed it will. Almost a year of preparation and then 5.5 weeks of actual traveling and doing. There is a great dignity in simply completing a lengthy task. So many people complete this walk enduring quite a bit. I...

From David Whyte’s poem: Finisterre

The road in the end taking the path the sun had taken,into the western sea, and the moon rising behind youas you stood where ground turned to ocean: no wayto your future now but the way your shadow could take,walking before you across water, going where shadows go,no...