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Camino de Santiago – The Way Film – Part 32

  By The Overlander | September 2, 2010 - 11:49 am | Camino de Santiago
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Mark reaches Hospital de Orbigo and at the Passo Honroso (the Honourable Pass) re-enacts medieval jousting with a fellow (giant) pilgrim. Mark also tells the story of Knight Don Suero de Quiñones.

Camino de Santiago – The Way Film – Part 31

  By The Overlander | September 2, 2010 - 11:46 am | Camino de Santiago
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On the camino our perspective of time changes. we seem to fit more into a day. Mark injures his shin, which slows his progress. He remembers that St James had a special place in his catholic upbringing.

Camino de Santiago – The Way Film – Part 29

  By The Overlander | September 2, 2010 - 10:54 am | Camino de Santiago
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Mark reaches Leon and enjoys the experiences of a city after weeks of walking through the countryside. As pilgrims get closer to Santiago, the competition for beds in the Albergue become stronger with many walkers rising very early each morning to ensure a place. The end of the video shows images filmed around Leon, including the Cathedral.

Camino de Santiago – The Way Film – Part 28

  By The Overlander | September 2, 2010 - 10:52 am | Camino de Santiago
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Many pilgrims come up with metaphors to explain their experiences on the camino. On an 18.5 kms stretch between towns on the Meseta, Mark feels the need to walk alone and think about his experiences. He finds the camino has given him an opportunity to learn to live in the moment.

Camino de Santiago – The Way Film – Part 26

  By The Overlander | September 2, 2010 - 10:45 am | Camino de Santiago
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Do people have the same experiences on the Camino? Mark has a meditative experience and was surprised to hear from another pilgrim, they had the very same experience, on the very same day. Mark read ‘The Pilgrimage’ by Paulo Coelho before walking the camino. He discusses how his camino experience is very different from that of Coelho’s and how the very act of daily walking helps lead to introspection and a review of the problem areas of one’s life.

Camino de Santiago – The Way Film – Part 23

  By The Overlander | September 2, 2010 - 10:35 am | Camino de Santiago
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Mark moves from the physical to the mental, and the tedium of daily walking leaves him questioning why he is walking the way. Mark is amazed to meet older people, in their 70′s and 80′s walking the camino. Many People walk the camino seeking spiritual or religious understanding, for thanksgiving for, or the hope of healing, and for other family members, including those that have died. Mark questions his own reasons and discusses his lapsed Catholicism and search for spiritual meaning.