Author: Patrick Tierney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838094300
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Every year hundreds of thousands of pilgrims make their painful, blister-popping way to the shrine of St James in Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. Most follow the celebrated Camino Francés over the Pyrenees then westward for nearly 780 kilometres; fewer choose to walk the quieter, lesser-known and - let's be honest - much shorter Camino Portugués which winds from Lisbon, north through Porto, into Galicia. Always a man to do things by halves, Patrick Tierney - a product of that gift that keeps on giving: a 1950s Irish Catholic upbringing - set out to walk the upper section of the Portuguese route. After a few heady days sampling the city's eponymous liquor, he skulks out of Porto into the shimmering heat of July, intending to reach Santiago in time for the city's annual celebration of its patron saint. On the way, our wanderer wrestles with many important issues. Can an atheist really go on pilgrimage? Could a two-week solitary hike help him adapt to life on his own following the death of his beloved wife? Is walking alone a good way to meet people? Who knew a combination of Compeed and Vaseline could ease the path to salvation? And can a thirsty Irishman find a decent beer anywhere in Iberia?Punctuated by creaking knees and a daily battle against chafing in unmentionable places, 'Northward to Santiago' is part memoir, part rumination on grief and loss, and in no way a reliable guide to hiking anywhere. Written by a man happy to describe himself as 'a mere pond skater on the meniscus of life', it offers neither insight nor profundity. It is instead an honest attempt to map the internal and external journey of a grumpy cynic, ageing and aching his way to some sort of reconciliation with what he has lost, gratitude for what he has had and, perhaps, picking up along the way faint hints of a future still to be explored. And - trigger alert - its pages contain splutterings that purport to be 'poetry'. You have been warned.
Northward To Santiago
Author: Patrick Tierney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838094300
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Every year hundreds of thousands of pilgrims make their painful, blister-popping way to the shrine of St James in Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. Most follow the celebrated Camino Francés over the Pyrenees then westward for nearly 780 kilometres; fewer choose to walk the quieter, lesser-known and - let's be honest - much shorter Camino Portugués which winds from Lisbon, north through Porto, into Galicia. Always a man to do things by halves, Patrick Tierney - a product of that gift that keeps on giving: a 1950s Irish Catholic upbringing - set out to walk the upper section of the Portuguese route. After a few heady days sampling the city's eponymous liquor, he skulks out of Porto into the shimmering heat of July, intending to reach Santiago in time for the city's annual celebration of its patron saint. On the way, our wanderer wrestles with many important issues. Can an atheist really go on pilgrimage? Could a two-week solitary hike help him adapt to life on his own following the death of his beloved wife? Is walking alone a good way to meet people? Who knew a combination of Compeed and Vaseline could ease the path to salvation? And can a thirsty Irishman find a decent beer anywhere in Iberia?Punctuated by creaking knees and a daily battle against chafing in unmentionable places, 'Northward to Santiago' is part memoir, part rumination on grief and loss, and in no way a reliable guide to hiking anywhere. Written by a man happy to describe himself as 'a mere pond skater on the meniscus of life', it offers neither insight nor profundity. It is instead an honest attempt to map the internal and external journey of a grumpy cynic, ageing and aching his way to some sort of reconciliation with what he has lost, gratitude for what he has had and, perhaps, picking up along the way faint hints of a future still to be explored. And - trigger alert - its pages contain splutterings that purport to be 'poetry'. You have been warned.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838094300
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Every year hundreds of thousands of pilgrims make their painful, blister-popping way to the shrine of St James in Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. Most follow the celebrated Camino Francés over the Pyrenees then westward for nearly 780 kilometres; fewer choose to walk the quieter, lesser-known and - let's be honest - much shorter Camino Portugués which winds from Lisbon, north through Porto, into Galicia. Always a man to do things by halves, Patrick Tierney - a product of that gift that keeps on giving: a 1950s Irish Catholic upbringing - set out to walk the upper section of the Portuguese route. After a few heady days sampling the city's eponymous liquor, he skulks out of Porto into the shimmering heat of July, intending to reach Santiago in time for the city's annual celebration of its patron saint. On the way, our wanderer wrestles with many important issues. Can an atheist really go on pilgrimage? Could a two-week solitary hike help him adapt to life on his own following the death of his beloved wife? Is walking alone a good way to meet people? Who knew a combination of Compeed and Vaseline could ease the path to salvation? And can a thirsty Irishman find a decent beer anywhere in Iberia?Punctuated by creaking knees and a daily battle against chafing in unmentionable places, 'Northward to Santiago' is part memoir, part rumination on grief and loss, and in no way a reliable guide to hiking anywhere. Written by a man happy to describe himself as 'a mere pond skater on the meniscus of life', it offers neither insight nor profundity. It is instead an honest attempt to map the internal and external journey of a grumpy cynic, ageing and aching his way to some sort of reconciliation with what he has lost, gratitude for what he has had and, perhaps, picking up along the way faint hints of a future still to be explored. And - trigger alert - its pages contain splutterings that purport to be 'poetry'. You have been warned.
Philippine Islands Sailing Directions. ...
Author: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
United States Coast Pilot. Phillipine Islands
Author: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aids to navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aids to navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
United States Coast Pilot, Philippine Islands ...
Author: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastwise navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastwise navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Sailing Directions for the West Coasts of France, Spain and Portugal
Author: Great Britain. Hydrographic Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
United States Coast Pilot
Author: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands
Author:
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Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
China Sea Pilot: The western and north-western coasts of Borneo, the Philippine Islands from Balabac
Author: Great Britain. Hydrographic Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aids to navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aids to navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
World Trade Information Service
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
United States Coast Pilot: Luzon, Mindoro, and Visayas
Author: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher:
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Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description