Are Pilgrimages dead as Dinosaurs?

Are Pilgrimages dead as Dinosaurs?

  Day Five is when you are suddenly hit by an existential conflict, you are nearing the end of the pilgrimage, and suddenly you are filled with both relief and a strange kind of sorrow. And because it’s a sort of in-between day, we go from the sublime to...
Betanzos to Bruma on the Camino Ingles

Betanzos to Bruma on the Camino Ingles

Day Four on the Camino Ingles was the hardest day, with a steep climb out of Betanzos, and then later in the day, the longest and steepest climb from Cafe Julia to Visono and then a long stretch into Bruma. But you are rewarded with great vistas and an eye-blindingly...
The First Day on the Camino Ingles from Ferrol

The First Day on the Camino Ingles from Ferrol

The Camino Ingles is an authentic pilgrimage route for English and Northern European pilgrims in the middle ages, who came by sea from their homelands to La Coruña or Ferrol, and then walked to Santiago. Santiago de Compostela is roughly 60 km from La Coruña, and 120...

12 Questions on walking the Camino Ingles

The Camino Ingles is a medieval era pilgrimage trail in Galicia in Northern Spain. It is quieter, shorter and less popular than the epic Camino Frances, but it has a unique beauty and is not without challenges. Is it a valid pilgrimage? Ferrol to Santiago is more than...
Day Five on the Camino Ingles

Day Five on the Camino Ingles

  Day Five is when you are suddenly hit by an existential conflict, you are nearing the end of the pilgrimage, and suddenly you are filled with both relief and a strange kind of sorrow. And because it’s a sort of in-between day, we go from the sublime to...

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