The Gathering Place: A Winter Pilgrimage Through Changing Times

Mary Colwell

In The Gathering Place, author, nature campaigner and veteran solo walker Mary Colwell relates her pilgrimage along the Camino Francés in a time of global pandemic when the focus of political power in the western world was shifting. The 500 miles of pathways of the Camino wind through mountains, forests, farmland, plains, cities, villages and industrial sprawl, as well as places of worship. In a typical year, 100,000 people walk this route or part of it. Mary walked the entire path virtually alone, nature her only fellow traveller. In this delightful book, she weaves her experiences of the Camino with natural history, history, spiritual stories and modern environmentalism. 272 pages.

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