#camino-de-santiago

#camino-de-santiago

See them at low tide, scallop shells glittering on a scallop-edged shore, whittled by water into curvy rows the shape of waves that kiss the sand only to erode it. Today I walked that shoreline, humming, Camino Santiago, the road to St. James's tomb, where pilgrims traveled, scallop badges on their capes, and chanted prayers for a miracle to cure disease.

Henry Daubeney, a 19-year-old university student from Putney, completed a nearly 700km run from London to Spain to honor his late grandmother, Margaret Daubeney, who died from cancer.