Dave had been thinking about this walk for many years and it had popped up in many contexts including the planning of our walk around the Isle of Wight in 2005. Then it popped up again when our friend Dave Shenton loaned us a book his wife Cheryl had given him, The Way is Made by Walking, by Arthur Paul Boers. It seemed to be a confirmation not to be ignored!
After much talking, planning, organizing, and procrastinating and a blatant push from our daughter, "Have you booked your tickets yet!?", a plan came together. Spreadsheets were prepared - in true accountant fashion - and an agent had been contacted to handle my part of the walk since I would only walk the last 110 kms. This decision made it possible for both of us to receive a Compostela - a certificate of completion. It also meant I'd be in a rental car following along each day and meeting the two Dave's in the afternoon.
There were some goodbyes at the airport, Dave Shenton's wife was not joining us, and off we went on the first leg of the trip to Montreal and from there overnight to Paris.
Shades of things to come:
The "little brother" and his phone camera at work!
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