Beryl is pointing to the start of French way from Paris to Santiago de Compostela. We saw this poster in Donaueschingen in the Black Forest in Germany. It was heartening to see how pilgrims would make their way to Santiago from all over Europe. Although on that trip we followed the Donau or Danube east, we were inspired to take the Camino.
Now we have arrived at the beginnings of our own camino journey. We have walked along the North Downs Way from Farnham, past Woking where we live, almost to Canterbury. It will take us another few days to walk on to Folkestone / Dover. Beryl had the vision of us making our own way all the way from our home to Santiago. In periods of a fortnight at a time we will walk or cycle to Santiago.
In 2019 we plan to cycle from Calais to Paris and then on to Tours on the River Loire. This will be about 600 km and will take us half way down France. Our subsequent plan is to cycle in 2020 from Tours to St-Jean-Pied-de-Port at the foot of the Pyrenees. From 2021 onwards we will walk and / or cycle to Santiago and then to Finisterre.
Julian and Beryl's camino 