Monday, June 20, 2011
La Voie Du Puy
This is a copy of a DVD, in two parts, that I made in 2010 for presentation to the Maritime Chapter of the Friends of the Camino at their annual fall meeting. It is a compilation of video clips that I took with my Flip Camcorder as I walked the Voie Du Puy Camino Pilgrimage route in southern France from Conques to Saint-Jean-Pied-De-Port in the spring of 2010. It was too long to upload to YouTube at the time and I just remembered that the file size limit has been increased so I though I would post it to my Channel. This is my second Camino walk I walked the Camino Francais across the top of Spain from Saint-Jean-Pied-De-Port to Santiago de Compostella in 2008. There is a copy of my slide presentation of that walk on my YouTube Channel. I hope you enjoy this little presentation and that it encourages some of you to try one of these long distance walks, they truly are the experience of a lifetime.
At the conclusion of my presentation I gave each person attending the conference a copy of the DVD and this handout:
Friends For Zambia
Thank you for listening to my presentation and watching my little home movie from La Voie Du Puy I hope you enjoyed it. I'm making this copy of my DVD available to you free of charge,(Who in their right mind would buy one anyway), but I would like to encourage you to visit the website of the Friends For Zambia an NGO founded by two of our membership Patricia Ellsworth and Mary McKean,who along with their friend Sally Moore are walking the Voie Du Puy right now (September 2010) ,and make a small donation to help build the school in Lilayi Zambia
http://www.friendsforzambia.org/
The Mission of Friends For Zambia is to support basic education for the children of Lilayi, Zambia. We believe that education is the key to a better future for these children and their families. We put particular emphasis on encouraging the education of girls.
Any donation will be greatly appreciated and if you should decide to be a regular monthly contributor for only $25.00 a month you could sponsor a child's annual tuition fee.
Thank you
Dale Calder
PS:
The official opening of the School is scheduled for July 2012 and if all goes well I plan to attend. I would like to encourage you to support this most worthwhile charity any donation no matter how small will be put to good use.
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2 comments:
Hi Dale, saw your email on the Atlantic Camino Group. Haven't seen you since the Spring 2009 camino get together at the Blue Canoe. I walked the Camino in Sept-Oct 2009, or at least 600 km of it. Loved it so much and would like to walk again, probably the Aragonese route linking up with the Frances.
Like you, I too support the Twitti School.
Gail Darby
Hi Gail good to hear from you. The Camino must have been beautiful in the fall with the grapes ripe and the fields golden. Not sure if I will be able to walk any of the routes again, a lot of arthritis this year. Who knows maybe I will do one sometime with my backpack transported. Good to know that you support the Twitti School too are you planning to go to the opening next summer?
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