Hola !
My 5th & final Rest Day is being spent in Melide:
Actually it is a half-day for this afternoon I'll be walking 17 kilometres to meet Dianne & Nicole + friends at Arzua.
From there it is barely 35 kilometres to Santiago & then 4 days walking to Finisterre.
It has been a Sensational Week 5 on the Camino.
Stunning countryside:
Testing walks & weather, including the never-to-forgotten O Cebreiro day: a 2,000+ feet climb in heavy rain with no visibility.
And of course the wide-ranging discussions: from Lyndon Baines Johnson ( the 36th POTUS & my favourite of the 20th century) to the economics of deer farming in New Zealand (who'd have ever guessed that Korean aphrodisiacs were the Answer!)
I can sense the end of the Camino; feelings of Relief & Sadness.
It is approaching the time to begin to make sense of it all ...
If you haven't had the chance, you might like to view:
YouTube Steve Jobs Stanford
It is a brilliant speech.
Jobs explains why Death is so crucial to Life:
Why Failure is important too.
He tells of being adopted, of why he went to college & the benefits of dropping out.
Like Billy Joel, do what you love:
And the importance of Joining Up the Dots:
The Camino has given me a chance to Join Up a few of my own ...
And a huge thanks to a Pilgrim who grew up in Billings, Montana, who walked with me to Portamarin... & who also saw the Jigsaw on the hills behind the town!
And as for:
Caproaldehyde by Damien Hirst
Well, about 5 years ago I was invited to a Hirst exhibition.
A lady standing next to me asked what I made of Caproaldehyde?
Wanting to be polite, I said I found it thought provoking!
She said she was going to paint 🔵⚫🔴 on a wall in her conservatory!
I often wonder if she ever did...
No more Rest Days for me ...
What was it Tom Petty said:
Buen Camino, Pilgrim Piper
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