Experience

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  author

  • Ottawa, Canada

  • Author

    • Jun 2008 - Present
    • Ottawa, Canada

    Guy Thatcher walked the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrimage route, hoping to discover the reason for the compulsion that drove him there. What he found instead was the timeless land of northern Spain, beauty, silence, mountains and plains, rain and relentless sun, snow in May, heartbreaking climbs, fatigue, and injury; friendly and welcoming people, new friendships, despair, transcendental joy, birth and death, and churros con chocolate. He came away with a renewal of his belief in the remarkable goodness of ordinary people from all over the world as they shared an extraordinary journey.A Journey of Days is available online at Chapters.ca and Amazon.comIn 2012 I completed an 800-kilometre walk across France, over the Pyrenees into Spain as far as Pamplona. The next book, "A Journey of Days Continues" was published in October 2013. Exciting times for me!

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  Guy Thatcher

  • Motivational speaker

    • Apr 2007 - Present

    Guy's presentation about his walk on the camino de Santiago is inspiring thousands of people. At age 70 he walked over 700 kilomters across northern Spain. His presentation can be delivered in as little as 20 minutes or longer, depending on the audience and the available time. People tell him that the story about his journey is inspiring them to make their own dream a reality.

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  International Facility Management Association

  • IFMA Fellow

    • 1985 - Present

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  IFMA

  • member

    • 1990 - 2009

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  Carroll Thatcher Planning Group

  • Director

    • Sep 1984 - Dec 2006

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  Thatcher Associates (Canada)

  • president

    • 1983 - 1987

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  Canadian Armed Forces

  • Captain (Retired)

    • Sep 1955 - May 1980

    Career assignments included tank officer, army helicopter pilot, anti-tank missile instructor, computer analyst. Service in Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Texas, Alabama, various locations in Canada.