Camino de Santiago. Pilgrimage of sounds.

I find myself on a pilgrimage. I thought I was tagging along with my wife's hiking group through rural, Northern Spain as a disabled person. But instead, I find myself on a pilgrimage. A pilgrimage of sounds. Buen Camino

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Eureka! It’s a Pilgrimage 01:12  1

Sound sampler 02:12  1

Missed sounds. Still a story. 03:19  2

Travelogue 04:39  2

Day 1 to 4 Madrid to Villafranca del Bierzo 04:58  2

Day 2 to 4 Villafranca del Bierzo to Trabadelo to Herreras 06:52  2

Handicapped. Mobility or language? 09:21  3

Day 5-6 Herrerias and O’Cebreiro 11:08  3

Left out 12:43  4

Pilgrimage – handicaps, feeling left out 14:49  4

Rooster crows 15:29  4
Links
Marly Camino Guided Tours
Notes
Credits
Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, New Orleans Drummer, Composer

Photo by Linda DeRosa
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The Show
Eureka! It’s a Pilgrimage
I find myself on a pilgrimage. I thought I was tagging along with my wife's hiking group through rural, Northern Spain as a disabled person. But one of our companions, Mary, has been talking about the pilgrimage that the Camino de Santiago has been for centuries and is for her. I didn't take that in at first.  Since I can't hike, I thought I'd focus on recording and podcasting the experience. I was especially drawn to environmental sounds in my preparation for the adventure. My ears have become more sensitive as I walk or motor around my home town, Boston. More chirps, more barks, more chatter, more wind.
Sound sampler
David Bourne, from North Carolina has been educating me on recording sounds around me. Headphones and a shotgun mic amplify those sounds.

Woah! Listen to the range of sounds I've recorded.

Urban sounds from a balcony outside the town square in Villafranca del Bierzo
Rural sounds of a field with cows and their cow bells along a creek in Herrerias
The sounds of my wheelchair as a I drive on a paved street in Trabadelo. You can hear the whir of the chairs electric motor
The sounds of my wheelchair driving on cobblestones in Sarria

Missed sounds. Still a story.
I've missed many sounds I wanted to record. I heard a rooster crowing. Took me 10 minutes to open the equipment bag, go outside, set up the equipment and start to record. I thought, “At least a rooster keeps crowing. I'll get it.” But no, it stopped.