Early Morning Monday 23 September 2013 - "Well Hello Pilgrims"

Peter here: I write to you at 12:30 am from the Emirates Lounge at Melbourne Airport Its been almost 3 hours since we group hugged and I waved goodbye to John, Col and Eric from Melbourne Airport. I hear you say my dear readers what ever possesses a person to catch a plane that leaves at 2:40am in the morning. For those of you that have used Qantas Frequent Flyer points this should not come as a great surprise ! For 128,000 points you too can fly at this ungodly hour, take a more circuitous route than a ACTION Bus Route , play snakes and ladders with QANTAS beaurocracy and bathe in the success of having been able to use the frequent flyer points for the first time but I digress ... I have taken upon myself dear readers to be the religious editor for the Camino. This I know is an enormous burden for me to carry but as the only Catholic in the group I believe that this is my cross to bear (so to speak). I hope during my discourse to you to give you insight into the religious nature of the Camino and to explain some of mysteries and mystic of a pilgrimage. As an ex-student of St Stanislaus College I feel uniquely placed to unravel the relationship between the individual, God and Holy Mother the Church. Enough on this topic for the moment my dear readers. Time I believe to gurd my loins for the flight ahead. Given the topic of beans and chillis it is perhaps better that I am in a different plane - you can't fly with the window open can you :-)