A woman’s tale of the transformative power of walking Britain’s
ancient pilgrim paths. ‘Phoebe Smith is a splendid writer and an
inspiring traveller’ Bill Bryson Faced with turning 35 – and
seeing friends settle down, get married, have kids – Phoebe Smith
found herself ending a longâ€term relationship, considering giving
up her dream job and asking herself what actually is the point
of… everything? On an assignment to walk the most famous
pilgrimage in the world – the Camino de Santiago, in northern
Spain – Phoebe experiences a moment of self-discovery shared by
many who travel these ancient trails. And so, having spent a
lifetime in solo exploration of unfamiliar places, she suddenly
resolved to return to her native Britain and follow in the
footsteps of generations of saints (and sinners) in the hope of
‘finding herself’ once more and confronting the things that
scared her the most. But what is a pilgrimage? Why are so many
people undertaking them now? How do you become a pilgrim? And how
do you know what you are seeking? These are the questions Phoebe
grapples with as she undertakes a series of journeys – some
familiar and some little-known – the length and breadth of the
British Isles. Along the way she contemplates love and loss in her
life, the role of contemplation and silence in pilgrimage, and the
sudden camaraderie shared endeavour brings. Until, high on a
windswept cliff, she arrives at an epiphany: the ending of one
trail is always the start of another.
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