Frances Penafort journeys on the Camino de Santiago trail and then authors a book about her adventure.
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So, she prepared extensively for the trip by exercising regularly. She took long walks, swam as well as practised Pilates and yoga. Before she knew it, it was time to begin her adventure.Penafort was comforted by Yap’s assurance that there would be toilets, cafés and other people on the trail. The weather was expected to be 24°C and Penafort packed accordingly.
She walked alone for six hours with a full bladder and an empty stomach. “I just wanted to sit there and just cry and cry and cry.” Feeling proud, she contacted Yap to tell him the good news, but his response was not what she expected. “He told me: ‘Now, you have to walk back. This is not your route. Your hotel and bags are back there.’”
Nevertheless, it was an impactful time. “Mentally, I thought that I could not walk alone. Emotionally, I felt ashamed of not knowing how to find my way. So, both [my] mental and emotional barriers were shattered.” She also wrote a book about her experience and launched it on July 11 at the conference – exactly one year after she completed her walk. She named her book “I’ll Never Walk Alone”.
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