- Time of past OR future Camino
- First one in 1977 by train. Many since then by foot. Next one ASAP.
I made an interesting discovery this morning which I wish to share.
For most of my long life I've been an admirer of that early 20thC English 'Poet and Man of Letters' Hilaire Belloc....This winter (in my dotage) I decided to re-read some of his many books.... I knew that he'd visited the Pyrenees at some point -- any of you remember his 1929 poem "Tarantella"? -- but on page ix of the dedication of my first American edition of "The Cruise of the Nona" I unexpectedly found this:
"My journey .... being taken this year [1928 or 29] very circuitously... by way of Bayonne, where the bayonet Rosalie, was first made; St. John at the foot of the Pass, where they boil crayfish in white wine; Roncesvalles, where Roland died, and I nearly did; Burguete, where they charge too much and where the kitchen smoke goes out through the roof; Pamplona, the only permanent thing Pompey ever did...." and yadda yadda....
Sounds like he was walking the Way! Must look into that!
For most of my long life I've been an admirer of that early 20thC English 'Poet and Man of Letters' Hilaire Belloc....This winter (in my dotage) I decided to re-read some of his many books.... I knew that he'd visited the Pyrenees at some point -- any of you remember his 1929 poem "Tarantella"? -- but on page ix of the dedication of my first American edition of "The Cruise of the Nona" I unexpectedly found this:
"My journey .... being taken this year [1928 or 29] very circuitously... by way of Bayonne, where the bayonet Rosalie, was first made; St. John at the foot of the Pass, where they boil crayfish in white wine; Roncesvalles, where Roland died, and I nearly did; Burguete, where they charge too much and where the kitchen smoke goes out through the roof; Pamplona, the only permanent thing Pompey ever did...." and yadda yadda....
Sounds like he was walking the Way! Must look into that!