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Reflections On El Camino
Reflections On El Camino
Reflections On El Camino
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‘El Camino’ is the pilgrim’s route across northern Spain to reach the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela. This was built on the site where the body of the disciple St James was buried after he was martyred in Jerusalem in 44AD. His remains lay unmarked and unknown for eight centuries until a miraculous light led a shepherd to discover the bones in a cave. A cathedral was built over the spot where the bones were found and it became one of the prime destinations for pilgrims in the medieval era. But the way to Santiago de Compostela was fraught with danger for those pilgrims, with the notoriously bad weather in the Pyrenees, warring kingdoms in the north, civil war and the ever-present danger of invasion from the Muslim Moors who controlled the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula.
This book is a long-distance trek through the countryside, culture and history of the area: from St Jean Pied de Port on the French side of the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela, then onwards to the Atlantic coast of Spain, and finally to Finisterre – or ‘the end of the world’, as it was known in the times of the Roman Empire. It is a journey of over 900 kilometres. But what is the route like today for the modern pilgrim?
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Release dateNov 30, 2022
ISBN9781398424845
Reflections On El Camino
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Norman Handy

Norman Handy was born in Beckenham in the south-east of England. He went to Clare House School and secondary school at a mixed boarding school in Cranbrook, Kent. Later, he studied law for accountants, business economics and accountancy at Southampton University. Even during his studies, he travelled as often as he could, such as cycling down La Loire Valley and behind the Iron Curtain. After leaving university, he lived and worked abroad, ending up on a date plantation. He returned to the United Kingdom and after working in a riding school, followed a career in the financial services sector based in London but including periods working abroad in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He published his first book in 2017. He has two children and is a keen walker, skier, cyclist, horse rider and, of course, writer! He spends his time between his homes in West Sussex and travelling.

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