Are you ready for this, there is a trail that goes from Canterbury, England to Rome, as in Rome, Rome! OK, find your boots and pack! Who would have thought?

My good Camino buddy, Lucia, is going to do some of it in Italy in the next few days. So, she is educating me. There is an excellent Wikipedia.

But, I am going to give you the short, according to Felipe, version, just because it is so much fun for me to think about. So, this was the way to visit the Holy See and the tombs of Peter and Paul in the olden days . It goes though England, France, Switzerland and Italy. The most notable pilgrim was, ready for this, Sigeric the Serious, a serious pilgrim for sure.

“Circa 990 AD, Archbishop Sigeric journeyed from Canterbury to Rome and then back again but only documented his itinerary on the return journey.[6] Sigeric’s return journey consisted of 80 stages averaging about 20 km (12 mi) a day, for a total of some 1,700 km (1,100 mi).[7]” (from Wikipedia)

From my reading I see that the trail is not as organized as the Camino in Spain. But they are working on it with Italy leading the way. So, check it out in Wikipedia and make history come alive, as they say.

OK, I have to go and tidy up. We are having company today. The Rev Bonnie Barnard is going to be here to visit. She is a friend of Annie’s and soon to be a friend of mine. She has a website that you could check out, bonniebarnard.com .

So until we met again, lovin your stuff, Felipe.