Laurie Dennett

Laurie Dennett is an author, translator and fundraiser. She walked to Santiago de Compostela in 1986 from Chartres, France, and the memoir of her pilgrimage, A Hug For The Apostle (1987), became a Camino classic. Her writings and broadcasts on this and subsequent pilgrim journeys (London to Rome in 1989 and Canterbury to Jerusalem in 1992) raised significant sums for MS research in Canada and 11 other countries. Laurie chaired the UK’s Confraternity of Saint James from 1995 to 2003. She lives near O Cebreiro, Galicia, where she has created Spain’s first ‘Quiet Garden’ (one of 340 worldwide, open to visitors for contemplation and the enjoyment of nature) and a replica of the Chartres cathedral labyrinth.