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Well, I suppose this is going to be a long shot... But here goes anyway! I've definitely decided to do the walk from Canterbury to Santiago (in May - July) wearing mediaeval pilgrim attire. I just wonder if there are any of you out there who have practical experience of this or any useful picture material to help with the choice of clothing / equipment?
As soon as I decided on this, I realized straight away that there are immediate practical difficulties here. Footwear clearly is a real issue, but I might just go for trekking sandals and have done with the argument about authenticity on that point. (Safety and practicality must overrule authenticity at times but I want to keep that factor to a minimum.) Then I have the question of what kind of bag might be used? (I'd like to use my comfortable Deuter Aircomfort rucsack, but that would ruin the whole look!)
The planning for the walk will take place over a couple of months ahead, so I have plenty of time, and I also have someone who has volunteered to do the sewing or adapting of clothing that I might get hold of. See the blog which I have now prepared with all the details and a few more pics: http://whizz-kidz-pilgrim.blogspot.com
It may be a mad idea, but it will certainly be a good focus for raising charity funds for Whizz-Kidz. I expect I'll get some media interest and that will be good for fund-raising. I'm now liaising with the charity fund-raising people to get all the plans worked out for that side of things. I didn't realize what a lot of planning this would involve! There's the route through France, the costume, and the funding arrangements all as separate areas of planning. At least I've got the return-home flight booked from Compostela on 6th August: that only took ten minutes and it was remarkably cheap if you book this early.
Gareth
As soon as I decided on this, I realized straight away that there are immediate practical difficulties here. Footwear clearly is a real issue, but I might just go for trekking sandals and have done with the argument about authenticity on that point. (Safety and practicality must overrule authenticity at times but I want to keep that factor to a minimum.) Then I have the question of what kind of bag might be used? (I'd like to use my comfortable Deuter Aircomfort rucsack, but that would ruin the whole look!)
The planning for the walk will take place over a couple of months ahead, so I have plenty of time, and I also have someone who has volunteered to do the sewing or adapting of clothing that I might get hold of. See the blog which I have now prepared with all the details and a few more pics: http://whizz-kidz-pilgrim.blogspot.com
It may be a mad idea, but it will certainly be a good focus for raising charity funds for Whizz-Kidz. I expect I'll get some media interest and that will be good for fund-raising. I'm now liaising with the charity fund-raising people to get all the plans worked out for that side of things. I didn't realize what a lot of planning this would involve! There's the route through France, the costume, and the funding arrangements all as separate areas of planning. At least I've got the return-home flight booked from Compostela on 6th August: that only took ten minutes and it was remarkably cheap if you book this early.
Gareth