Health Benefits of Walking the Camino
A Long Walk to Health After I walked the Camino in 2011, I was invited by various people and organisations to give talks about my experience of what it was … Continue reading
Tiny – the Gentle Giant
A vignette from the past – and the lesson my friend Tiny Reid taught me. I first met ‘Tiny’ Reid on the day we both started primary school at St … Continue reading
Purchase books directly from author
Don’t want – for whatever reason – to purchase from Amazon? If you would like to get a signed copy of the paperback edition of book (which contains 16 colour … Continue reading
Health Benefits of Walking the Camino
A Long Walk to Health After my book Strangers on the Camino was published at the end of 2011, I was invited by various people and organisations to give talks … Continue reading
To Mask or Not to Mask?
The first time I visited Japan, I was surprised to see so many people wearing facemasks, of a type similar to what I used to wear when I was working … Continue reading
Reflections on the Camino
I was recently asked this question about my journey on the Camino:What words would I use to describe the feelings I had while trekking through each of the three distinct … Continue reading
The Illusion of Permanence
“And one man in his time plays many parts“: Shakespeare: As You Like It (Act II scene vii). I first met Sergeant Nimal at the time I started working at … Continue reading
The Albergue at San Nicolas
One of the most memorable nights we spent during our six week journey along the Camino de Santiago was at the Albergue San Nicolas near Puente Itero – a 10th … Continue reading
The Dangers of Diabetes
Data from the International Diabetes Federation reveals that in 2017 no less than 425 million people in the world had Diabetes. This number is expected to increase to over SIX … Continue reading
Sanjiva Wijesinha -writer and physician 
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