{"id":24274,"date":"2025-09-15T18:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/24274\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T18:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:52:09","slug":"nz-twins-hike-camino-de-santiago-for-their-father-and-parkinsons-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/24274\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ twins hike Camino de Santiago for their father and Parkinson\u2019s New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cIt\u2019s such an isolating disease and, if you\u2019re not going through it, you can\u2019t understand it,\u201d Sophie said.<\/p>\n
Sophie Milne and her dad Richard Milne.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour brain slows down, your ability to move your limbs slows down, and there\u2019s a lot of fatigue and depression.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad always went to the support group meetings and he used to talk about how grateful he was to have that support and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n
The twins will complete the almost-800km Camino Franc\u00e9s route on foot and aim to complete the entire journey in 38 days.<\/p>\n
Starting in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in southern France, the trek winds through expansive countryside fields and forest paths toward Santiago de Compostela, a cathedral city in northern Spain.<\/p>\n
Originally a religious pilgrimage to the shrine of St James, today it is a mecca for people from around the world seeking reflection, and cultural connection.<\/p>\n
Inspired by their father\u2019s \u201clive-in-the-moment\u201d approach to life, both twins have quit their jobs to allow them the time and freedom they need to complete the adventure.<\/p>\n
Sophie was working as an outdoor education teacher in Hamilton, while Nick worked in a management role at a pharmaceutical in London.<\/p>\n
Twins Sophie and Nick Milne, 37, will embark on the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage across Spain this week for their dad (pictured).<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was something that dad was always great about \u2013 he would just love the journey,\u201d Sophie said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe bike rides we\u2019d do together, he\u2019d just enjoy being in the present moment, being grounded and focused on the people that you\u2019re with.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s inspirational for people living with an illness or have a family member who does. It\u2019s just about making the most of the life that we have here.\u201d<\/p>\n
An estimated 12,000 Kiwis live with Parkinson\u2019s disease according to Parkinson\u2019s New Zealand, which offers information, advocacy and education for Kiwis living with Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s such an isolating disease and, if you\u2019re not going through it, you can\u2019t understand it,\u201d Sophie said.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24832,95,24827,24828,299,2209,9064,2082,24833,305,24826,232,194,4507,117,111,43,139,69,24830,14152,24829,24831,199,165,1850,80],"class_list":["post-24274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-780km","tag-and","tag-camino","tag-de","tag-dream","tag-father","tag-fathers","tag-for","tag-fulfil","tag-have","tag-hike","tag-jobs","tag-kiwi","tag-late","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-parkinsons","tag-quit","tag-santiago","tag-siblings","tag-take","tag-their","tag-twins","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}