For those who are attracted to "The Road", it seems to me that more evidence than JC Ruffin can be interesting (but nothing beats personal experience ..) If I find in his work the feeling of "initiatory journey", his story emphasizes the differences that appear to be specific to it. As for me, not seeking solitude, I met many "pilgrims" with whom I shared pieces of existence, more comical to more intimate. Do not bivouacking, but spending the night in the cottages (with earplugs for snoring) I've never felt dirty or smelly and having taken the "path of francs" as he has followed that of the Atlantic coast , my memories come more raised at dawn to avoid the heat in the afternoon as humidity and endless rain. But I find in writing JC Ruffin, the magic of the Way and the freedom that comes back to the basics; This indescribable sensation of discovering a truth that seems to be born at home. Shared feeling with many pilgrims who grows from step to step and prepares each year of new beginnings. ... .
