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  • By: Bill Bennett
  • Narrated by: Sara Brodt
  • Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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"I’d never done anything crazy like this before–a pilgrimage walk. I was not a hiker, and I wasn’t a Catholic. In fact, I wasn’t even sure I was a Christian. On the last government census when I had to state my religion, I'd said I was a Buddhist, mainly because they’ve had such a hard time in Tibet I felt they needed my statistical support.

I was also not an adventure traveller. For me, adventure travel was flying coach. All this backpacking and wearing of heavy boots and flying off to France to walk ancient pilgrimage routes was a new experience, and not one that made me feel entirely comfortable."

And so Bill Bennett, an Australian based film director, set off on an 800 kilometre walk across Spain to Santiago de Compostela, not sure why he was doing it, and not feeling entirely comfortable. His discomfort increased markedly a few days later when his knee gave out–so the rest of the walk was a “pain management pilgrimage.”

But he kept his sense of humor, and his memoir is at times hilarious, but also deeply moving and insightful. In the vein of Bill Bryson and Eric Newby, The Way, My Way takes you on a unique spiritual journey, and gives you a hearty laugh along the way.
©2013 Bill Bennett (P)2023 Blake Thompson
Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Europe
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Well written story of his walk

American female narrator for a male Australian really does not sound right to an English listener

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