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SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

''Deeply poetic.'' CAROLINE LUCAS MP
''A masterpiece of storytelling.'' NICK MAYHEW-SMITH
''Mary Colwell is a candle of open-minded curiosity.'' PATRICK LAURIE

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Mary Colwell makes a solo pilgrimage along the Camino Francés winding through forests, mountains, farmland, industrial sprawls and places of worship.

Pilgrims have always walked in times of upheaval, pitching themselves against weather, hunger, thirst and sometimes pain as they tread the paths their ancestors once followed. In the winter of 2020, author, nature campaigner and veteran solo walker Mary Colwell walked a 500-mile pilgrimage along the Camino Francés in northern Spain.

In a typical year, many thousands of people walk this route, but Mary had it virtually to herself at a unique historical moment a time of profound political change, escalating climate and biodiversity emergencies

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/12/2024
      ISBN13: 9781399400565, 978-1399400565
      ISBN10: 1399400568
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

      ''Deeply poetic.'' CAROLINE LUCAS MP
      ''A masterpiece of storytelling.'' NICK MAYHEW-SMITH
      ''Mary Colwell is a candle of open-minded curiosity.'' PATRICK LAURIE

      -

      Mary Colwell makes a solo pilgrimage along the Camino Francés winding through forests, mountains, farmland, industrial sprawls and places of worship.

      Pilgrims have always walked in times of upheaval, pitching themselves against weather, hunger, thirst and sometimes pain as they tread the paths their ancestors once followed. In the winter of 2020, author, nature campaigner and veteran solo walker Mary Colwell walked a 500-mile pilgrimage along the Camino Francés in northern Spain.

      In a typical year, many thousands of people walk this route, but Mary had it virtually to herself at a unique historical moment a time of profound political change, escalating climate and biodiversity emergencies

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