Brittany formed an important stage on the journey to Compostela for medieval pilgrims travelling from Ireland and southern England or even further afield. The main points of entry were Le Conquet on the Atlantic coast in the west, and on the Channel coast, St-Pol-de-Léon and Locquirec in Finistere, Paimpol in Côtes d’Armor and Mont St-Michel, [...]
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A Sense of Community on the Appalachian Trail and Camino de Santiago
“Hey man, is there any way you can come hike with me on the Appalachian Trail?” I anxiously asked all my close friends. “No, I’ve gotta’ work,” was the response I invariably received. “Well, how bout’ just going for a week or two,” I virtually pleaded with most of them. I was distraught. Fortunately the [...]
A New Camino Route in Italy
In 2010 a new Camino to Santiago has been restored and marked with 1000 stickers in Italy by the small association “Amici del cammino di Santiago da Venezia”. The idea was to give the same spirit as on the camino de Santiago . The new pilgrimage route is a connection into old pilgrimage routes in the perspective of [...]
Oveido to Santiago de Compostela
Stage Five: Primatevo Oveido to Santiago, May 2nd to May 14th We were flying by now. Yes out feet still hurt and at the end of the longest day of the whole trip (41km, a choice so I didn’t have to stay in a dormitory…) I thought I would die. But the next day our [...]
Saint Jean Pied de Port to Hendaye then Hondarribia to Oveido
Stage Three: GR 10 Saint Jean Pied de Port to Hendaye April 5th to April 10th This section wasn’t strictly the Compostela/ Camino. One of our hosts who only allowed you to stay if you carried your pack the whole way told us it would be fine to do this by train, but while we [...]
Cluny to Le Puy on the Chemin de St Jacques
Stage One: Chemin de St Jacques Cluny to Le Puy, February 17th to March 3rd It seemed we were destined to walk the Camino. Well, in retrospect. I had six months long service leave and we had a house in France. Okay we could have stayed and enjoyed the local food, wine and terroire but from [...]
Celebrate Your Retirement – Walk The Camino!
This is a guest post from Des O’Dowd, thanks. I retired on the 1st of September 2008 and I wanted to celebrate my new life and new freedom. The Camino de Santiago was the challenge and adventure I needed. So in late September, like children going on a school tour, myself and my fellow retiree [...]
The Road to Santiago
As I sat on the rustic Spanish bench alongside the Camino trail, I looked down at my two bruised and blue big toenails, free at last to wiggle in fresh mountain air from the containment of my Vasque hiking boots. Then I thought “how am I going to do this for another 5 weeks?” The [...]
Dara Haskins
Dara Haskins was my friend. He died, on the 18th Aug 2005 aged just 30, while I was walking the Camino in 2005. It was due to him that I found out about the Camino. He used to go on about this bloody walk in northern Spain. To me it did not sound like fun, [...]
Stone by Stone
This is part of Sue Kenney’s book “My Camino”. It is published by permission of the author. After reading it I asked Sue if I could publish it here, she graciously agreed. Adaptation Stone by Stone The next day I left in the stillness of the winter morning to walk 34 kilometers alone. It was [...]
