The Way of St. James (Camino de Santiago) is a spiritual journey that pilgrims of all backgrounds have traversed for over a thousand years. Pilgrims walk the Way for various reasons: some to seed penance, others enlightenment, others for a sense of adventure. Several deafblind people will take up this challenge next September, a week-challenge that calls for visibility of the deafblind. This is an open proposal to deafblind people and their interveners, on the one hand, and relatives of the deafblind and professional volunteers, on the other hand. We consider two different options: by bike and on foot.
For those who prefer to take up this challenge by bike, you can come along with your bike or tandem, and we are planning to cycle a distance of 300 km. We are going to meet in Oviedo between the 12th and the 13th of September 2015 in order to start our long walk.For those who prefer walking, we will meet in Sarria, which is a strategic location, with good travel connections because of its coach and train stations.
We will walk 100 km, until we reach the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. A deafblind person and his intervener Once there, the bishop will be waiting for us to celebrate that we overcame the challenge. Our arrival is planned to be on the 19th at 12pm. Both the walkers and the cyclists, deafblind or not, will reach the Cathedral together in order to get the Credential of the Camino de Santiago, a document given to walkers to certify them as pilgrims to record their passage through distinct locations along the routes.
CALL FOR INTEREST if you are a deafblind relative, a volunteer or a professional in this field and you want to take part in this activity.
Please contact EDbN for more information: edbn@edbn.org