Terry Wiffen is still nursing the scars from her recent 700-plus kilometre trek – three black toenails, plus any number of unsightly reminders of the blisters suffered on such a long hike.
But the agony – “and yes, there were some really tough days” – was worth it, she tells.
Terry, a midwife with 38 years’ experience who works with high-risk mums, has just returned from walking the Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St James, in Spain.
Like tens of thousands before her, Terry (63), a grandmother of four, was on a pilgrimage of sorts, although not for the more usual spiritual reasons. Hers was to raise money to buy specialist breathing equipment for the neonatal intensive care unit at Wellington Hospital, which covers the lower North Island…
