Day 21- MoissacA good start to the journey to Moissac as we had moved 3km after our last town yesterday to find last night’s accommodation, thus reducing today’s walk to 24km. The best news being Enda’s leg stood up to today rather well. Last night she used 4 bottles of beer to assist in pain relief and it
seemed to help. As a person who doesn’t touch the demon drink Enda was unable to use them as internal medicine, however, she found the bottles made an effective cold compress. Tonight we encountered a reflexologist and treated herself to a session with her. Today we met a 78 year old man with a 9kg pack walking all the way from Le Puy to Finisterre (on the coast after Santiago). A little later we encountered 2 French men also undertaking the same pilgrimage accompanied by 2 black dogs, Princess and Lilly. For Princess this is her third Camino. I wonder do they give a certificate to the dogs for their efforts. We arrived in Moissac tonight tired when Enda met a lady from Wexford (in Ireland) now living in Moissac and who with her husband owns and runs a Gite for pilgrims. She gave us a lift up the hill to a different Gite where we had reservations. Enda started to worry when the lady told us her story. Her husband walked the Camino some 8 years ago. The result being they up and moved to France to further his Camino dedication! The longer walk today (after Easter Sunday) reminded me of the disciples who fled Jerusalem immediately after the events of Friday and were walking somewhat confused and aimlessly down the road towards Emmaus. In a confused state, not recognising their Lord when he appeared to them and walked with them until the day drew to a close. Still unaware they invited him to stay the night with them. The Camino today encouraged me to think about this as we walked, hopefully not aimlessly towards our rest but in a state of mindfulness. Of course that invitation from the disciples to Jesus is supposed to be the inspiration behind the hymn “Ábide with Me”
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