Mike Timms has always been a wanderer - into the bundu ('back of beyond') as a child in 1950s Kenya, around Dublin during his college years and along pilgrim paths in Wicklow and southern France as he approached the end of his working life. He has never felt lost or alone, holding a faith in moving forward, one step at a time and finding a peace - and sometimes reverence - in the quiet.
So upon retirement, he embarked on his first Camino, setting out on foot just north of Carcassonne in France in the direction of Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain. He walked as a true pilgrim, with the scallop shell hanging around his neck, his pilgrim passport in his pocket and no guarantee of a bed in the albergues along the Way. Falling in and out of step with fellow walkers, he learned to trust them and to see the unexpected - injury, fatigue, detour and the generosity of strangers - as blessings in disguise.
With immediate and assured writing, Mike Timms takes us on a mindful journey as he moves through this ancient landscape, attuned to the histories, traditions and beliefs that have gone before him. To Walk the Way is his gently transporting account of taking part in them in his own unique way.
| ISBN: | 9781835940280 |
| Publication date: | 6th March 2026 |
| Author: | Mike Timms |
| Publisher: | New Island Books an imprint of New Island Books DAC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Genres: |
Pilgrimage Walking, hiking, trekking Travel writing |
Mike Timms has always been a wanderer - into the bundu ('back of beyond') as a child in 1950s Kenya, around Dublin during his college years and along pilgrim paths in Wicklow and southern France as he approached the end of his working life. He has never felt lost or alone, holding a faith in moving forward, one step at a time and finding a peace - and sometimes reverence - in the quiet.
So upon retirement, he embarked on his first Camino, setting out on foot just north of Carcassonne in France in the direction of Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain. He walked as a true pilgrim, with the scallop shell hanging around his neck, his pilgrim passport in his pocket and no guarantee of a bed in the albergues along the Way. Falling in and out of step with fellow walkers, he learned to trust them and to see the unexpected - injury, fatigue, detour and the generosity of strangers - as blessings in disguise.
With immediate and assured writing, Mike Timms takes us on a mindful journey as he moves through this ancient landscape, attuned to the histories, traditions and beliefs that have gone before him. To Walk the Way is his gently transporting account of taking part in them in his own unique way.
To Walk the Way features in the following genres: Pilgrimage, Walking, hiking, trekking, Travel writing
To Walk the Way is available in Paperback
To Walk the Way was written by Mike Timms and published by New Island Books an imprint of New Island Books DAC
To Walk the Way has 320 pages
£13.49