GOOD LUCK ANJA

CLON WOMAN ON ST. JAMES WALK TO SANTIAGO

Clonakilty woman, Anja Bakker is started the St. James Walk last Thursday 27th May from St. James Well, Ardfield, just outside Clonakilty, and will finish at Santiago, Spain later in the summer. Anja has decided to engage on the walk, carrying a harp which she will play along the 4,000 km route, to raise funds for the “One in Four” organisation and Cork Sexual Violence Centre.

She says she was horrified like most right-minded people by the Murphy Report and Ryan Report into the abuse of children by those who were supposed to be caring for them.

She stated, “I believe, in fact, that we believe ‘abuse’ in not acceptable anymore in this society. And because I feel the point cannot be made strongly enough I am committing my summer to standing in solidarity with all whom have been and are still being abused. I am carrying a 26-string harp from St James’ Well in Ardfield, Clonakilty, West-Cork to Dublin and after that to Santiago de-Compostella in Northern Spain”.

She is currently on route to Dublin, and from there will walk down the coast to Rosslare, from where she will catch the ferry to Roscoff. She will follow the French coastline down to the mouth of the Gironde just above Bordeaux where on the Point Grave she will join the Voie Littorale one of the four medieval Camino routes over Bayonne where the way will come together on the Voie Francese a little before Burgos to finally finishing in Santiago de Compostella.

The Camino to Santiago or the ‘St James’ Way’ is traditionally one of personal growth and healing. People can follow her progress and make donations by logging onto her website: http://web.me.com/kees.vroege/From_here_to_Santiago/Welcome.html

Fair play to her. God bless her strength.