Two Pipers Piping

Kia ora koutou,

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Welcome to Holy Blisters, My name is Cynthia Piper and I live in Matamata, Aotearoa New Zealand, with two crazy cats and four lazy hens.  

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And my name is Jay (Cynthia's grandkid), I'm also doing the Camino. I live in Palmerston North Aotearoa NZ, with a bunch of chickens, a dog and my siblings.

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Holy Blisters is a website dedicated to travel and adventure, as my granddaughter and I explore the world. 

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In April, and May 2019, I walked the Portuguese Camino with five ladies,  a journey of 667kms – hence the name of the website Holy Blisters. The Camino gets into your spiritual and physical heart and mind. It keeps calling you back

 to do more. So in 2023, I decided to walk the Via de la Plata Camino from Seville to Santiago de Compostela.  But my plans changed!

When I came home after the 2019 Camino I told my family that I would love to take my one or two of my grandchildren with me next time. Jay, aged 13 years has accepted the challenge.  After reading about the different Caminos in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Ireland, Jay said they wanted to do the Portuguese Camino.

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This time we will  follow the same route from Lisbon to Porto, but from Porto to Santiago de Compostela we will follow the central route and if we can manage it, do the Spiritual Variant - time and fitness will tell.

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You are welcome to follow our  journey as we train and prepare. Please comment on our posts.

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