The Way, My Way

In the vein of Bill Bryson's and Eric Newby's travel memoirs, The Way, My Way takes you on a unique journey along the Camino de Santiago - a book that's both deeply moving and laugh-out-loud funny.

“I’d never done anything crazy like this before – a pilgrimage walk. I was not a hiker and I wasn’t a Catholic. In fact, I wasn’t even sure I was a Christian. On the last government census when I had to state my religion, I said I was a Buddhist, mainly because they’ve had such a hard time in Tibet and I felt they needed my statistical support.”

And so Bill Bennett, an Australian based film director, set off on an 800 kilometer walk across Spain to Santiago de Compostela, not sure why he was doing it, particularly when his knee gave out and the rest of the walk became a “pain management pilgrimage.”

He kept his sense of humour though, and The Way, My Way takes you on a transformative spiritual journey that's both enlightening and also very funny.