Having no knowledge of Spanish and even less about the care and
feeding of donkeys, Tim Moore, Britain's indefatigable traveling
Everyman, sets out on a pilgrimage to the cathedral at Santiago de
Compostela with a donkey named Shinto as his companion. Armed only
with a twelfth-century handbook to the route and expert advice on
donkey management from Robert Louis Stevenson, Moore and his
four-legged companion travel the ancient five-hundred-mile route
from St. Jean Pied-de-Port, on the French side of the Pyrenees, to
the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela which houses the remains of
Spain's patron saint, St. James.
Over sun-scorched highways, precipitous bridges, dirt paths shaded
by leafy trees, and vineyards occasionally lashed by downpours,
Moore and Shinto pass through some of northern Spain's oldest towns
and cities in colorful company. Clearly more interested in Shinto
than in Moore, their fellow walkers are an assortment of devout
Christian pilgrims, New Age--spirituality seekers aspiring to be
the next Shirley Maclaine, Baby Boomers contemplating middle age,
and John Q Public just out for a cheap, boozy sun-drenched outdoor
holiday.
As Moore pushes, pulls, wheedles, cajoles, and threatens Shinto
across Spain, the duo overnights in the bedrooms, dormitories,
and---for Shinto---grassy fields of northern Spain. Shinto, a
donkey with a finely honed talent for relieving himself at the most
inopportune moments, has better luck in the search for his next
meal than Moore does in finding his inner pilgrim. Undaunted,
however, Man and Beast finally arrive at the cathedral and a
successful end to their journey. For readers who delighted in his
earlier books, "Travels With myDonkey" is the next hilarious
chapter in the travels of Tim Moore, a book that keeps the bones of
St. James rattling to this day.
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