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It all started on that holiday in Spain.

I saw this line of hikers walking along

this track and I was curious.

They seem to be walking with such

purpose. It

reminded me of lemmings plodding

mindlessly headlong to their death.

So you can't tell me directly why you've

made the walk. Later on, I got talking to

some of them and I discovered they were

walking on an ancient pilgrimage route

across Spain, some 800

kilometres or so. They called it the

Camino de something or other.

The pilgrims. Pilgrims?I thought they

died out in the Middle Ages. Apparently

not. I asked them, Why are you doing here?

None of them could give me a straight

answer. Why are you so

interested?

I remember driving, I was thinking, What

a bunch of loonies! What a totally

futile and meaningless thing to do. And

it immediately appealed to me. At that

moment, I just knew. that I

had to walk the Camino to

Santiago.

I got back home to Australia and I

started training. I even found the staff

I liked all gnarled and knocky. I had

this vague notion that one day, I'd like

to walk the Camino. This vague notion

soon became a compulsion. And that

compulsion soon became an obsession.

It was like water building up behind a

dam. And then one day, the dam burst

and I decided to do it.

I became obsessed with the weight of my

backpack. I was going to be walking 800

kilometres, carrying everything I needed

for a month or more on my back. So the

weight of my back was a big deal. What

are you doing?I'm just weighing my stuff.

You're weighing your underpants on my

kitchen scales. This is Jennifer, my

wife. We've been married 41 years.

And she still manages to scare the

living daylights out of me. They're

clean. I've got to weigh all this stuff.

I've got to get it down to 7.8 kilograms.

Why?Because that's 10% of my body

weight. I weigh 78 kilograms. And

that's the ideal weight, 10% for your

pack. But, I need all of

this. And this weighs

12.4 kilograms. So,

12 kilograms?No,

12.4 kilos to be exact. Well, let's

just round it down to 12, shall we?Okay.

And you want to take all of this?

Yep, that's it. And the ideal weight for

your backpack is 10% of your body weight?

10%, that's right. Okay, then it's

simple. It is?Of course,

just eat more. Get your body weight up to

120 kilograms and then you can take

everything. You've got

six days, you can do it.

Did I mention that my wife delights in

mocking me?

A couple of days out from leaving, I did

a test run, a 35 kilometre walk with

full backpack. But being the personality

type that I was, I pushed it and an

old knee injury flared up.

No, no, I'm in training. Training?

Yeah, I'm going to walk the Camino to

Santiago. It's an 800 kilometre

Pilgrim's walk in Spain. Pilgrim walk?

What have you got, Mother?No, I haven't

got any religious affiliations, apart

from the footing top. Goes one in.

800K's?You've got a bit of a rip there,

mate. You reckon you'll make it?Oh yeah,

that'll go good. What?Why walk in

800K's?Yeah, my wife reckons I'm mad.

Look, you're not mad. You're a bloody

idiot.

You know you're mad, don't you?Oh look it

just flares up now and then, it'll come

good don't I?Now are you sure you don't

want to come with me?Why?I

can't think of anything more ghastly.

Ghastly?I'm walking all that way and

sleeping in bus shelters. I'm not going

to sleep in bus shelters. Well as good

as. No darling, this is your

thing. I don't need to walk all that way

across Spain to find myself. I'm not

going there to find myself. Then why are

you doing it?

I'll have to get back to you on that.

Like I said, you're mad.

HmmNow, I want you to promise me

something. I want you to promise me that

you'll ease into this, that you won't

attack it like you do everything else,

like a bull in a china shop.

Yes, I promise, sweetheart. No, don't I

promise, sweetheart me. Now,

there's this place called Boris.

It's 8K into your first day of the

walk. I want you to stay there that

night. Yeah, but you look at the next

section, it tells you where the official

first overnight is, and that's at

Roncesvalles, which that's over the top

of the Pyrenees, and it's 24.5Ks,

and it's got an elevation height of

1,234 metres. That's

exact. And Orison is

8K, and that's exact.

You've got eight cases of nothing.

But I want you to ease into it. Now

promise me. Bill?

Promise me.

All right. I promise

I'll go as far as Orison on the first

night. Thank

you. I'm

hoping out for this walk, this Camino,

that I won't have to apologize with you

anymore.

Economy. Jeez, who flies

economy?Those things weren't seats. They

were cans made for little tiny

sardines. Someone ought to take out a car

section. Now,

where am I to retax these gears?Oh,

are you Bill?Yeah. I'm Boll. Nice

to meet you, finally. You too, yeah. But

you, look, look, you look a bit

older than the pictures. Oh. Well, I'm

just flying an economy car.

Terrible, terrible. You're also limping.

Yeah, well, that's a bit of cramping at

that. That's not a problem at all. Yeah,

my wife insisted that I fly

economy. She said, You want to be a

builder?Well, you fly economy cars.

That's what she's like. Monstrous.

Bonjour, but finally you're here. Oh,

yes. That's good. So amazing we can share

a taxi with the people around the world.

Yeah, here it comes, plus here.

Oh, no, don't hug! Ohh

Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.

It's good, goodGood to see you. Yeah.

Well, we just need Rosa. Rosa.

Rosa. Oh, she looks like in a... No,

I've spoken to her by e-mail a couple of

times. She's touched my... touched him in

a sort of big clogs and he is

right by us. Are you Will?Oh, I'm Will

Ho. Oh, no,

noExactly how I thought

you were. Hi. You are older than I

thought. Oh, dear. Your Facebook photo.

It was an old one, yes. Maybe like

15 years old. Yeah, yeahHello. Hi. My

name is . Nice to meet you. Hello to all

those. Hi. Nice to meet you. Finally the

personal, yes, yesUh, good. Let's get the

taxi.

what do you do for a living?I used to be

a restauranteur, but I work in trading. I

make most of my money from speculation

these days. Uh, investment, chair trading?

Not really, not not really. In the past

years I've been doing day trading and

it's it's tough. And Rosa, what

what do you do?I'm a copywriter and a

journalist, but right now I'm kind of in

between. In between jobs?

And Lazar, what about you?I'm an

architect. HuhYes, I'm

I'm working in a small architect

firm in Hungary. So, Bill, what do

you do for work?I'm a filmmaker.

I've been a filmmaker, what are we now?

Since 1970. I was not even born in

1970.

We catch up later, maybe, for a drink?

Yeah. OK, down there in the bar. See you.

See you. See you.

So this is home for the night?

Nice. No, it's lekker. Nice.

You got a hand of cane down, sir?That's

OK.

You've got your credentials?Pilgrim's

passport?I need a staff. Okay.

Yeah, three inhales. I

need something more null and naughty.

Null and naughty. Reflects the

romance of the Pilgrim. The

romance of the Pilgrim?Yeah.

I see. Yes. Is it a staff?

I'm using hope. Uh, hackers, they're too

technical. And they're not gnarled

and naughty. No, no, they're not. They're

not gnarled and naughty.

Well, good luck with it. Ah

Oh, look. Oh, there is Bill. Bill, Bill,

here we are. Come on, join us.

Hey, it's here. Oh dear. Oh dear.

Nice to see you. You too. Ohh

It's a It's a very, very nice.

Good, goodIt is

very nice. Not so good for your knee.

What?Not so good for your knee. Yes, it

is. It's of course the knee you've been

walking with it today. It's good. Mm-hmmI

prefer poles. Me too. Uh, too

technical. Not much, but uh.. But it

doesn't have any of the romance, does it?

I mean, this, I'll walk this walk. This

pole will be very important in my life.

So what would you like to drink?Um, I

think I'll have a rose. Uh, Chateau

Minuti or... You may not. I don't

mean it to. I bet you are from Australia.

Don't you drink beer?You all drink beer.

I don't drink beer. I never drink beer.

Why?We all drink. Drink beer. Oh,

well. Peregrinos drink beer. Yeah.

We've been doing beer. I did then.

No, no, noIn the Camino, everybody drinks

beer. Well... I don't drink beer because

the only place you drink beer in

Australia is in a pub. Pubs are dirty and

smelly and they're full of yobbosYobbo

What is yobboA very

undesirable, loud...

noisy... What did you say?It

says here a yobbo is a

loudmouth... badly dressed or

female. That's it. Exactly that. I have

an area road likes to sound similar.

What's that?Hobo. Hobo.

Hobo. Hobo. What's the difference?Well, I

just don't like drinking with them.

There's no difference. Simple. Ah, but

there are no yogus here, but very good

wise beer. You should try it.

I like drinking with the hobos

because they are good people.

Thank you. I'll try a beer.

Yeah. I'll try a beer.

Bonjour. What I can get you now?

I will try a beer, thank you.

Bravo. Yes. So

in the car, you were saying

you're making movies?Oh, yes,

yes, yesI'm just putting together a

film about intuition. So with your

movies, would we know any of them?

Your beer. Well,

I don't think so, unless you really knew

my mother. Hey, enjoy. I'll try

this. Would you like a photo of your cook?

yeah I'm just going to ask you if you

would do that, yes?Please, not too much

headroom. What do you mean by headroom?

Not Not too much above the head. No space

here. Okay. I'll try my best.

Thank you. All right.

Let's get together, have a big smile.

Let's...

that's all right with cheese.

Okay, now I hope you're happy. Yeah.

Thanks. Yes,

good. Now, look, I don't know how to

explain this to you, but there is too

much everyone here. No, no, noThis is a

good photo. Please do as I say. But, uh..

Just remember. All right.

So, one more time.

Cheese, pine, and

monsieur. Get a big smile too. Oh,

yes. YesAll right.

Good this time. Cheese.

No, I'm sorry. Go on. No,

no, no, no

There's photographic proof here, my dear.

Look, lookThere is very much everywhere.

Please do this. No, no, I'm done.

I'm done. I'm done. No, I must. Please

take the protest. Try again. Please. Come

on, please. Just one more. OK. This time,

the last time, and I'm sure I will get

wet. No, just remember, not too much

headroom. Okay. Trust me on that, I will

remember. No more headroom.

Okay, so one

more time. Cheese. Five, okay, get ready.

One, two, three. Done.

All right, and you know what?This time,

you are going to be happy. No more

headroom, and this is going to be good

for you. Bye. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.

Bill. How do you

have food to play?Oh, here. That's good.

Yeah. I'll show you later. That's really

good. Yeah. Okay, let's try

this. And enjoy the beer. Bill,

welcome. Welcome.

Welcome. Bill, can I ask you a personal

question?Hmm

Do you snore?No, I've never snore.

Because tomorrow is a big day for us, and

No. NoOkay.

Do you sleep well?No, I hope

someone's snoring. Oh, I didn't hear. And

they were farting. That's disgusting.

Hey, Bill. Rosa, good morning. How are

you?Good, and you?Thank you, thank you.

Have you had a nice sleep?I have a bit of

jet bag. Yeah, that's normal. And

ready for a big walk towards us, Lalas?

Well, actually, I'm I'm only going to go

as far as Horizon this morning. I made a

promise to my wife that I would ease into

the war. I'll see. To worry so,

that bit left of fishy walk.

I'm going to get some breakfast. Oh,

really?Yeah, we are going keeping the

roads. Don't come in now. We

might see each other on us?Yeah. I'll

catch you soon.

Good-bye. Well, Camino.

I'll see you. I'll see you on the right,

yes. Okay. Take care.

Careful.

Umm I close this to Horace.

I can't check in till 2pm. Even going

slowly at four kilometres an hour, the

walk will take me two hours. That leaves

me five hours to kill. Now what am I

going to do for five hours?Hmm,

she looks like she's got a story. Not a

very happy one too, most probably.

I wonder why she's walking the Camino.

What can I get you today?Oh, you were

here as well. I'm everywhere. So

tell me. Cafe question.

OK, I'll go to that. But just a minute.

What?I want to ask you a question. No,

no, noNo more head room. No more photos

today. No, no, noI want to ask you a

question. Oh, OK.

If you were married to someone for 41

years, and you promised them that you

would ease into the Camino and stop at

Orison, and not complete the first

official stage to Ross and Balas, despite

knowing that that would undermine the

integrity of every cell in your body,

what would you do?

Well, to start with, I don't

think I want to get married with you for

41 years. Okay, I've got

to... Answer the question. Well...

If you ask the question, then by asking

the question, you have got your answer.

Just by asking your question. Okay?

I take off your breakfast.

God, I hate French existentions.

Now, what's your intuition telling you?Do

you keep your promise to your wife and

fire out some manhood?That sounds right.

Eight kilometers is a pretty walk. You

are not a prissy, Bill.

Crikey, how many pilgrims have walked

through these gates over the centuries,

starting with Camino, just

like me.

Ohh Could you take a shot for me?Okay.

Not too much headroom.

ohh Come back in just a minute. There's

too much headroom. No, I won't keep all

game, okay?Sorry, sir.

I'm not a patient, man. If someone were

to describe me in one word, patient would

not be that word. It would more

likely be bullhead.

There's no way I'm going to hang around

here for five hours. I can't even shop.

Anything I buy will put my pack over the

ten percent.

Yeah, I've done it. I've left town.

I'm going to do the full stage and I'll

deal with Jennifer later. Ah

Bonjour Madam, Bonjour Monsieur, good

morning.

The knee's a but not a problem. It's a

beautiful morning. Hey, how

good is this?I'm walking the Camino de

Santiago.

Are you doing the camping also?Yep. Well,

you're on the wrong way. You have to go

to send them to the pub.

Oy, how did I get that so wrong?That's

3.6 kilometers I've added to my day.

Great.

Right. I guess the weather called

Jennifer and tell her I decided not to

ease into it.

OK, brave up door, you've done these

calls before.

The trick is to find the right balance

between wretched pathos

and righteous indignation. Oh,

silly. Called you. If

you get the balance right, you might just

get a reprieve. If you don't, she'll

scream so loud you'll probably sustain

permanent earring mosque.

Hi, sweetie. Hi, sweetie. How was the

alber day?Did you get a good night's

sleep?We had a

snore in the room. I didn't sleep all

night, long with a jet lag. Well, I'm

buggeredThen have a sleep, you ducker.

See if you can get earlier taken at the

hotel. Uh, I'll hit her up first with

some wretched pay loss. Yeah, and

then I took a wrong turn and I had to

walk an extra 3.6 Ks. Not

with the jet lag. I'm just exhausted.

Well, it's a good thing you've only got a

short walk today to Orison. You must only

be there by now. Oh,

yeah, not about that.

Bill, you are walking to Orison. Well,

about... About what?

I kind of decided... You decided what?

To go to Ronson Palace. Bill,

you promised me.

Yeah, it's just a... It's just a what?

I'm not gonna do a freaky walk.

Jen. Sweetie.

Oh look, that's really good, isn't it?

This is the first day of my pilgrimage.

I'm on a soaking walk. to pay

homage to the relics of a saint, no less.

And you're going to spoil this this

whole thing with your ugly negative

energy. Now how could you do that?

Okay, Belle. I was

just hoping that you would come

back a changed man. Oh, I'm a changed man

last night, I don't care.

Good, darling.

Are you all right?I think I hurt my feet.

Ohh That's a hot spot. That'll turn

into a blister. Yeah, I knew.

Thank you. You know why?It's because your

pack's too heavy. That's 20% of it.

And you're only supposed to have your

pack at 10% of your body weight. Now,

you're a skinny sort of fella. How much

do you... No, none of your business.

Well, your socks aren't right either.

It's supposed to be merino, and you're

supposed to have a subliner. A subliner's

very important. And you really can't do a

pilgrimage in disco shoes. You know,

this is a pilgrimage. You need to get a

proper hiding boots. And you see how

they're tied?Now, how would you remember

that?I tell you, you've got to take a

picture of it so that you can tie yours

like this. You've got a camera. Look,

you've got your phone. Get your phone.

Take a picture. That's it?

Yeah, got it. There you are, you're all

set up. Now, when you get your new hiking

boots, you can just look at your photo.

Yeah. See you like that. See you.

Oh, wait. Well,

I think there's too much hair from me

here.

Hi, dear. Hey.

Water.

Ohh Here. Oh, no. It's empty.

But I have some. Let me see.

You need some water of mine?

I have some left. Thanks. Oh, no,

noOh, please. We are very

close. Thanks.

That's good. Not worried

about gels?I don't care.

It's good. You You didn't

stop at this one. I

thought you made a promise to your wife.

Oh, yeah, she's absolutely fine

with it. Uh, the Virgin of Orison.

Come

here. I didn't see you.

I didn't

see you. Ohh

Seems to be the only seat left.

Do you mind?

I'm Bill from Australia.

It's dinner from Sevilla.

Do you know what time dinner is served?

Do you mind if I ask you something

personal?

How much does your backpack weigh and

what is your body weight?Hmm

Hi sweetheart. Hi sweetie. That's the

hardest thing I've ever done in my life,

but I did it. How you feeling?

How's the knee?Not

sore. That's become good. Well,

if it's sore, you should take a break.

Give it a rest. No, no, I don't want to

stop. I'm gonna finish this. Okay.

Sweetheart, I'm a pilgrim.

Mm-hmm

Oh, the means aren't that good after the

big time yesterday.

Nah, you can't watch that woman.

Are you okay?Just bring

my hand. Thank

you. You okay?

Yeah, thank you. I'll be good. Do you

want me to carry your bike?No, thank you.

I'll be all right, yeah. If you can just

pass me my pole, wherever it is.

Thank you so much. It's OK. Yeah. Thank

you. Yeah, good night. Thank you. Thanks.

Bye.

Hey, Bill! Gill! Hello! Hey! Hello!

Amazing that you're here. How is the need?

No, it's not so good. I took a bit of a

fall. Ohh You have to

have a look on that. It doesn't look

good. It's pretty strong. Let's put some

ice on it.

That's down. What does that say?50?

75 euros?Come on, doesn't matter.

How am I supposed to walk with that?Walk

with that?You're crazy. You need at least

three days of rest, or even a week, and

you are not going to make with that

stupid wooden stick. You need tracking

poles. Yes, Bill,

you need tracking poles. I said it.

You can have all you like, fellas.

There's no way I'm getting trackingpoles.

These are the sticks that I'm going to

take you to Santiago.

No, noSo

simple to use. And did you know that

we take off 25% of your body

weight as far from your knee, going up,

using your upper body, and then on the

way down, just not slipping, helps

you not slipping. Let me

demonstrate you how it works. Believe me,

it's very easy. You see?

Santiago from here without any knee

problems. Give

it a try, please. Give it a try.

Give it first.

Practical.

Cow beer. Dear. You can

do it. Just walk naturally.

Walk naturally. Yes, yes, walk naturally.

Hi. Hello. Hey.

Hello. Hello, Rosa. Oh,

trekking poles. Gone over to the dark

side, though. I was forced to, because of

this. Listen, listen

to this one.

That is bone on bone. You have no...

Cartilage. Yeah. You

will not be able to walk, even with

pulse. You will need a

new knee, a... Replacement?

Yes.

You will not be able to continue your

Camino. We'll see about that.

Oh, oh, my lightsaber. Oh,

empty. Gloss, can be.

Uh, you are the best.

No more. Good. Lighten up.

Pleasure, why are you doing this, Camino?

It was a very, very sudden decision for

me to to do this.

Because... I was

in in a very, very bad shape. In what way

were you in a bad shape?I I

was bad shape in my body, I

was bad shape in my mind,

I was bad shape with my with

my face. I had

some girlfriends

and I I wanted to have a

family and

always I was the second man.

What do you mean second man?That

if the woman want

to choice with

somebody and me, I was

always the second. And

And

I I know that

why, like,

how I I look like. So,

I I wanted to change.

Rosa. Hi.

Why are you walking the Camino, Rosa?I've

walked part of the Camino before, but I

think doing the full journey

for me will be, yeah, maybe very

spiritual. And profound.

Yeah. What about you?What's

your reason to walk a Camino?

I don't know why I'm doing this walk.

I don't know. I want to let the walk

give me the answer. And I'm hoping that

by asking people who are doing the walk

what answers they found, it might open

the door to answers for me.

I've never really

experienced the openness that I'm

finding on this roof that allows me

to talk to people who were perfect

strangers and now we talk as if we are

the closest relatives,

ohh not even relatives, just the closest

friends. There's things you,

I find in my head things that already

things that are

pushingthe

confusion up there to the side. But

I don't have an answer. I don't have an

answer. But I think I will find it. When

my wife is really ill,

she has cancer, metastatic

cancer, that McKesson that's already

metastatic. And

she's concentrating, she's deeply into

that, she's concentrating on

onon

getting better to healing and just...

but... She's accepting death?No, she's

not accepting and she doesn't know how to

to do

that. There are things that you cannot

control, that you can accept and

learn and grow taller

and and

accept that that life is about...

that... Whatever is born is

going to die. And...

And..

good morning. Ohh Sorry, why is

your knee?It's good. That's all. Yeah,

it's a lot

better. The pills I gave you last night.

We want you some. Take two.

Three times a day, but no more. You can

get a heart attack at your age. What do

you mean, my age?And coffee. You know the

coffee. Are you sure you don't want,

huhAnd this is a cream also. No, no,

no, don't need it. Don't need it.

Thank you. Two pills, three times a

day. And no more. OK?

Get a whole sweet lasto. OK. Otherwise,

won't I have the next stop?

Take care of yourself. Be nice to your

knee. Three days left at minimum, okay?

My friend. Hey. My friend. Carl Camino.

Camino for you, sir.

Yes. Yeah, bye.

Molash. Molash. You tell.

Oh, you got to keep the phone. That's

expensive. But promise me to ice your

knee. That's what I leave for you. Oh,

you're going to promise me to ice your

knee. Thank you. Thank you. I'll take a

quick letter?Oh, yeah.

Yes. YesOK. Thanks.

OK.

Oh. close together, please.

All right. All rightThank

you. Adios. Adios. Adios.

See you. Yeah.

Umm Excuse me. I'm going to need to stay

a few more nights. Impossible.

Are you a piglin?I am a pilgrim. If

you are piglins, you must walk. No,

I'm a pilgrim and I'm walking but I've

got a bad knee and I need to rest for

three days. Only one more night,

only one more night, okay?Tomorrow I come

to the taxi at six in the morning for

take the station train, okay?Hmm

One more night, only.

No, I'm not doing it. I didn't

come all this way to go home early.

I came here to walk with my 2 new

best friends,

my freshing poles.

Crikey, this next stretch into Burgos is

9-odd kilometers of highways and

industrial zones, cracking and fumes.

It did a wreck by me even more.

A.T. Grim, what is

happening?OhhI

have the little rest for my leg here. Ah,

yeah. I saw before limping so

much. Could we

sit?Please. For a short breath?Please.

PleaseThank you. What's your name?Phil.

What's your name?Giovanna. Giovanna. So

nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.

And my name is Ivan. Ivan?

Ivan. Ohh What are you looking

for?The way for Burgos?

Burgos. AhThey're coming into

Burgos here, look. It's just along this,

you know, along the main road here.

There'll be traffic. It's just... I don't

think that walking on this surface, hard

surface and... trucks and cars.

I'm not looking forward to it. Is it

possible for you?But I knew

an easy way to Santiago because I did

last year with some friends

and I did a beautiful

way through the landscape

ohh along the river to Burgos. The

way is not much. Can you show me?

Hey, dear! Hey!

Come in! Come in and try that.

We will grow down for you. It's

very

beautiful.

We are entering in Burgos. Wow,

beauties. What's about your pain?

Ohh Be good. Get a view right about it.

Just rest.

Will you take a taxi tomorrow?No, No I

won't take a taxi. I want to be a true

pilgrim. I'm going to walk it through my

bed. Wow.

Hey, dear, we are in time for dinner.

Will you join us later?Yes,

But first... I'll have to point it out.

Very good. That's okay. I will have to

thank you. Oh, my goodness. Look

at that. Beautiful,

isn't it?

Change, change. Italian style. That's

it. Huh

umm I have to

thank you. I wouldn't be here today,

here in Burgos, if you hadn't helped me.

You know that?Yeah, yeah, yeahYou got me

going again. Why did you do that?

I did the Camino one

year ago, and I... met a

Scottish lady and we chat as

usual, but she's smiling

and told to me, Don't

worry, I noticed Mary. This is a

beautiful new way.

Two steps more, we are entering

in the square of the cathedral. Great.

And then, Thank you, Elizabeth. Umm

And that was it. Until you see, I see.

You are brilliant.

You are my angel. Both of you are my

angel. And when

I went home, I told

Giovanna this story, and

she said. Ah, I

believe that everyone has an

angel, because

I grown up with my grandmother,

who was to say,Every

boy, when he is born, has

an angel. And

I believe in the angel, yes.

How would you describe a true

pilgrim?I have

a lot of rules about

to be a true pilgrim.

But the first is

you have to walk with your

heart open

in your hand your heart

heart yeah with your heart open yeah

open in your hand yeah you have

to listen your heart

yeah and do you find that your...

Soufiqrin is...

doesn't take a taxi

ohh I don't take a

taxi here. I walk.

I'm a true children.

Be careful. Just be careful,

because I will. Ah

There. Crikey. I've got an

acedar come here. 200 kilometres of

flat plains with very few villages in

between. How's my knee going to handle

that?I wonder how Balash

and Lesslow are doing.

Balash am walking, knee

not great up, okay.

Castro Ellis, where are you and Gel?

Oh gosh, that was quick. Yeah so

good, not sure Ellen, crossed our hearts,

freaking amazing. We'll try

to see you in Santiago, have to give you

a tail back. Smiley,

he learns he's cool, be cool with

cool.

What's he saying now?Leave forth, not

possible, keep tail.

No way. Eep, eep, eep, eep.

Posted back, gotta go. Adios.

Crikey, he's nearly five days there,

ain't he?And if he's leaving the 4th of

May, at my taste, there's no way I can

get to Santiago in that town.

Hey, B! What are you

doing here?

Hey! Ohh It's impossible to be here.

Why, you took a taxi?No, no, I didn't

take a taxi, I'll walk. Are you sure?

What about your things?It's

okay. Yes, it's good.

Look up there. At the top,

over there, they

started the beginning of the Mesetas.

Very hard. It's very hard to pass

through the Mesetas. But Piers, I know,

because you... Your

pain disappeared. Because you

are going to die.

well Yes! Come

on down! One Italian

priest last year

told me the Camino

was made-up of three stages.

The first stage was like

the light, with a lot of high

and low emotion, with a

lot ofjoy.

I can see that. Yeah. The second stage

was the Mezeta. Very hard.

Where is, well, you...

is dead. Yeah,

absolutely nothing. 200

kilometers of nothing. But

if you are able to pass the Mezeta,

you met the first stage of the

Camillo, the rebirth, as

you reachSantiago,

after you have passed all

the trouble, you are

ready, you are reborn in

a new man. HuhYeah. Hey,

so you're telling me that up there on the

Meseta is death?

Up there is death. Well, after

you. Hi, Bill. Hi.

We will see you up there.

Do you like something?I'm feeling good.

I'm gonna keep going. No kidding,

Bill. Well, Camino?Camino, Bill. I don't

know if Bill is a greedy man

or a stupid man. I

think he's a stupid man.

Lila, I thought you would

have done... Ohh It's good, it's really

good. I'm just gonna go and try and get a

bed. Oh, don't bother. They've been 20

people away all afternoon. I'll ask them,

I'll ask...

I can't believe you've got a bed.

Well, I asked without fear, maybe that's

the reason. I'd sleep anyway tonight. I

could sleep under a tree, right in a

panic. She matters to me. Really?How

about you electric creature comforts?A

big movie director, a five-star hotel, or

less?I'd be grateful for a bit anyway.

Thank you, you're welcome.

Thank you. Have you seen Balash or Lesnar?

Mm, not from Lesnar,

but Allage ispower him true.

He's maybe four or five days ahead of us,

but he's got to get back to Hungary on

the force. Do you know about ashes?

Yeah, I used to be a food boy. You're

doing okay. I need to catch up with

him and give him back a towel. A

towel?Yeah, a very high-tech,

expensive towel that I could use to put

on my knee and put ice on my knee, and I

need to get that back to him. In Santiago?

In Santiago. You're joking, right?

No, I'm not joking. So you want to walk

another 427 kilometers

on a knee that would put most people in

hospital. Just to give a man you met

two or three times a pal the customer of

60, 70.

That's ridiculous. Oh, he was very

generous and very kind to me, and I need

to return that generosity. By returning a

pal that he's probably forgotten about?

This has nothing to do with a towel. This

is about ego.

You want to show him that you're not old

and passive. And you want to show

yourself too. This is

about ego. Male ego.

I need something to see me through

this. Otherwise I could easily give up.

Finally, honesty.

Good. I

still think there's some male ego in

there.

Maybe.

What a perfect visual metaphor for

me on the Camino dying

slowly with its back

on its back.

HmmToo much headroom.

Uh, good. Perfect headroom. Oh,

my God. Is that hot?

Come on inside. Is that hot?Huh

What's that?Oh,

you're not that. What's wrong?

We told you were dead, ohh I agree. No.

Can I help you?Come on. Take it.

I've never felt shot alive in all my

life. Glad you're not there.

I shaved as mine. The thing is, I

shaved with a cheap disposable razor.

I haven't used a cheap disposable razor

since I first drew whiskers. But when

you walk the Camino, everything comes

down to white. Plastic disposable

razor blades way next to nothing. At

home, I use a razor which requires a

battery to make it vibrate to give me a

closer, smoother shave. It's blade

isn't just one blade, but four blades

with an aloe vera stripe to ensure that I

never have a shaving cup and my cheeks

are as smooth as a baby's bottom.

I mention this because as I set

out on my walk this morning, I'm asking

myself,When did my life become

four blades instead of one?Where has

the simplicity gone?The Kamino

demands simplicity. So

you're forced to look at everything you

have and ask, Is it

absolutely necessary?Because

your possessions are your burden.

Ah, buenos dias. Tubal espresso,

a grander

sack of yellow ice.

Gracias.

HmmHow many is that I've taken

today?Uh, what

the hell?I've got a climb to El

Sabrera coming up. Hi, how

you doing, cultural?I got a bun

knee, uh, and that, uh,

that's supposed to be a bigger challenge

than the first day of the Paptore on

Symbiosis, according to, really. Well, I

just go slowly. Little by little, poco a

poco, as the Spaniards say, and that's

how I get up the hills. If you

don't mind me saying so, I wouldn't take

too many of these pills. They might kill

you. Well,

anyway, if I'm going to get up there, I

better get going. I'll see you at the

top, and we'll have a drink.

Glen Camino. Yeah, well,

thanks for being my help, huhI'd

worry about my own health if I were you.

Hmm, crikey, he's that old fella. We

haven't even started to climb and he's

knackered. Oh, you going okay?Oh,

hello again. Everything's fine, I'm just

checking in this magnificent, you know,

look at it, it's wonderful. Are you sure

you're going okay?Brand new, everything's

fine. That's good. I'd like to stop and

chat, but I gotta crack on, you know

Finish it going at my own pace. I'll see

you at the top. I'll buy you a beer. Oh,

I should really hang back and walk with

him. Make sure he gets to the top without

carting. Dah, he'll be fine.

Hi there. Tent stop, need to

walk at my own pace. I'll see you at the

top, I'll buy you a beer.

So, well done.

And well done to you too, sir. How's the

knee?Sore, but the

drug seems, you know, that seems to keep

the pain down. You know, we talk about

being driven. I've been driven my whole

entire life. And, you know, I ended up

a career chief executor. Life,

two beautiful children, perfect life, but

like a swan. My wee legs

weren't going into the dozen

underneath to keep me going. I

became aware that this

image that people had of me of the the

successful chief executive, the

successful father of the family, the

ideal family and so forth, actually

wasn't the case. And I I actually

discovered this is a very

memorable moment when I realized

that if the people who love mestopped

loving me. If the stock

market crashed and I had no money in the

bank and no pension fund to rely on, if

my house burned down and I discovered I

hadn't renewed the insurance, then I

could pack a few belongings, two pairs of

socks, two pairs of underpants, two

t-shirts, etc., in a rack rucksack and

be very happy walking in the community of

Santiago. And that gave me

a tremendous feeling of reassurance. and

empowerment that's never left me

actually. You know I

found myself crying one day because it

was I was reliving childhood memories.

It's not something that men find easy to

talk about, I've discovered, but

I was sexually abused as a child for far

too long and I never told anybody. This

is a huge secret, of course, I dealt with

it much later in life, but it's a

powerfulIt sits inside you, I suppose.

It's extremely damaging memories,

but we deal with them. And I discovered

through walking that I could just

be myself. I think the message I got

through walking was if we don't forgive

ourselves, we're not going to forgive

other people. And I had to realise that

actually I'm a human being with

all my faults and foibles as well as my

good points. In many ways,

we're all in the same lifeboat.

Sailing towards Santiago. Only, we are

walking to Santiago and not sailing.

Safe journey as you go forward. Thank

you. Splanjivar. Splanjivar.

Hi.

HmmIsuri. Cold German.

It's incredible, you keep going. What do

you mean?I thought when you fall that

time, you you will go home. Oh,

no, that's not an option. What?

You're a stumbling, no?Well, I

need to finish this, you know. If I start

anything, I have to finish it.

Good.

What about you?I've seen you've gone into

a lot of churches.

Are you doing this walk for religious

reasons?

Not really. What

then?For

forgiveness.

Forgiveness. For what, if you don't mind

me asking?'Cause I'm a bad person.

Oh, I don't think you're a bad person.

You don't know me. That's

true, I don't, but I'm a very

good judge of character. I don't

see you as a bad person.

I've killed a man. You have?

But now, I seek for forgiveness.

How did you come to kill him?That's

another story.

I see this Camino as

an 800 kilometer long cathedral.

And all cathedrals have confessional

purses. And the

booth on this Caminothe

trails we walk, and the conversations

we hold with strangers.

We unburden ourselves to them, you know,

we tell them our deepest

fears, things that we are most

ashamed about, things that you'd never

consider telling anybody else,

because

we're free here. And then we

walk away, and we feel

lighter, we feelHealed

in summer. Simply

by releasing something that's

being bottled up inside.

I met him when I was young.

He was trying.

Very handsome.

Very rich. He was married.

He had got me. He he

brought me his jewelry scores

and and I became a

teacher.

Why did he ask?Why did he ask anything

from him?Just

stall.

Even though he loved

me, he loved his wife to

me, his beautiful

children. I was never just,

never. I was the last king to leave them

for me. I was

happy, and he was happy too.

But I didn't know what that

he was stealing. He was stealing to

pay for me and for our lifestyle.

He

was stealing from his charity.

That night, his shame great and

white.

He left his wife and children dead.

Of course they hated me, and they blamed

me.

And they called me whore

Perhaps I am

a female and a whole.

And then I I

discovered that I I was sick.

So I just come to believe that

God had chosen to punish me

byI poisoned in my blood. She

said it should

be. Because I've poisoned many other

people's lives. I deserve it.

And now, I

want to come here to

seek forgiveness for my sins

before I die.

Is that it?What

do you mean?What?Is that all you did?

I said that enough. I've killed a man.

No, you didn't think so. I'm just silly.

He killed himself because of his

shame and guilt. He was a thief

and a philanderer. You're not

responsible for his death.

I know a lot of people who've done far

worse things and have an affair with a

married man. They haven't come down with

cancer or whatever it is you've got. No,

God's not punishing you. You're

punishing you. You're making yourself

sick with your guilt.

Forgive yourself.

That's what you need to do, forgive

yourself and then you might

find thatYou'll get

better.

It's impossible. All the doctors said

that I cannot. I don't believe the

doctors. If you believe what the doctors

say, look, Darth. No, don't believe them.

This is the Camino. Miracles happen

all the time. Ah, yes. Yeah.

Forgive yourself and ask for a

miracle.

Hey, silly. Call Jen.

Oh, I didn't expect to see you again. I

didn't expect to see you again too.

New boots. Yeah, I bought a new one.

I had it like you saying, like the photo

with you. Oh, good. Are you well?

Yeah, I'm very well, and you?Oh, I'm not

fucking wretched. I've got to get to

Santiago by 5 p.m. tomorrow. To

return a towel to a bloke who gave it to

me. I don't think I'll get there. What's

the importance of that shower?Well, it's

expensive. But you can't post it, right?

No, I want to give it to him personally.

Why?Well, I just

do. You don't have to

suffer to be a baby. right?

Believe me, I don't want to be in pain,

but I have to do it. Look,

have you had breakfast?I'll just have the

coffee. Well, let me buy you breakfast.

Can we take a selfie?

Sure,

yeah. Okay. Okay with that?Yeah, that'll

be good, thank you. So,

three, two, one.

That's right and a nice head room.

Don't worry about the head room.

That's good. Thank you.

Hey, Bill. Hey, is that you?Ohh

I'm in hurry because Ruth and

Balazs wait for me at the

cathedral at 5 p.m. Okay.

OkayGo ahead. You You can be there.

Yeah, I'll see you. See you, see you.

Oh my god. It's the

spire of the cathedral.

I'm almost there.

I've done it.

I've done it.

Siri, call Jen.

Hello, darling.

Bill. Bill, what's the matter?

Bill, something wrong?I'm

sorry. What are you

apologizing for?

For being such a horrible person,

for such a terrible father,

for always putting work before you and

the kids, for putting yourself

first.

I'm being selfish.

demanding and patrolling and

insecure. There's

so much anger and

resentment and fury.

Ohh I've let you down so many times.

You've always stood by me.

You've forgiven me.

excuses for me. Anyone

else you could have left a few years ago?

Bill, stop it. You're not a horrible

person. You're a difficult

man, absolutely. You're demanding and

difficult, but you're also the kindest

and the most loving and the most perfect

person I know. Okay?Of

course you're a bit arrogant about

yourself, so it's okay. It's up for you.

Come on. I love you very much.

Now, you're sounding really, really

tired. I think you need to take a day off

walking. Whereabouts are you now?Ohh

I can see the

cathedral in the distance. That's

incredible!

You're just extraordinary. Where are you?

I've been trying to call you the last

couple of days. Oh, well, you know,

but I'm like, I left my phone somewhere

and I couldn't find it and the battery

went down. Anyway.

Sweetie,

I love you more than I can put into

words. I

love you too. Everything's okay.

Bye.

I can't do this.

I can't finish. I'm not

ready.

Certainly it will be over.

What will I do then?

Who will I be?

I guess I'd better find out.

Hey, Bill! Ohh I don't

believe in you, baby! Oh, good

to see you.

Did you take a taxi?No,

no

NoOhh For you. This is for you.

Good. The power plates it along with

about 10 packets of gill. You are crazy

with the power. We have to do

this. Good to see you. And you.

What's the funniest thing that you've

seen on the Camino?Probably when I saw

you for the first time.

I saw a man with a red

cap standing 5

minutes, then leaving,

then standing again 5

minutes. I say to

Giovanna, this

Pellegrino can't go.

Santiago. Yeah, well, you're wrong.

But then I meet you, and we are

right in Santiago. We're here, yep.

Salute! Salute!

And he's drinking beer, too, withcobbles.

So why did I do it?

Hey! Why did I put

myself through all that?

Can you tell me, please, said James,

so I don't have to apologize for you

anymore.

Believe you again halfway

there Seven bells to

court Riding

off the horses

And old soul awaits A

lion's heart An opening

heart And a soul as old

as sleigh Somewhere

along the way

Somewhere along the way I

hope you find a watch of the four

Somewhere along the way

Cellos on a soundboard

Beneath a field of stars

Crossing fields so far

Will you walk beside

me?Will you lead the way?The

steps by this mountain

Carrying me

away Somewhere along the way

Somewhere along the way

And hope you find what you're looking

El Peregrino Pentante

The bonus of the moon

Crest beneath the arches The

sunflowers in bloom

Words on parched paper

Filling an empty room

I hope this place is such as it

is Lions looking oval

Somewhere along the way

Somewhere along the way I hope you find

what you're

looking for Somewhere

along the way

Somewhere along the way

Somewhere along the way I hope you find

what you're

looking for Somewhere

along

Somewhere along the way

Somewhere along the way I hope you find

what you're looking for Somewhere along

the way Somewhere along

the way Somewhere along the way I hope

you find what you're looking for