We have heard rumours for a while now, that there would be an app for albergue capacity and bed availability during the busy season. Lots of privately owned albergues are already listed on sites like Booking.com and Hotels.com, but the municipals are not – they have always been strictly first come, first served. The idea … More The albergue app is here!
While walking Hadrian’s Wall Path we used the Trailblazer guidebook with hand drawn maps and lots of info and interesting details written into them to help you pinpoint where you are. The maps can be read both ways and the book worked surprisingly well even though we walked the ‘other’ (right!) way. The link above … More Guidebook fun!
Do you need a guide book to walk the camino? Short answer: No. You don’t actually need one. But you might want one, even if you leave it at home when the time comes to pack up your camino kit and leave. Guidebooks are great for planning. You can read the cultural and historical info … More Guidebooks
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A stream of consciousness
My new mystery novel Lost in the Fog will be published September 21, 2020 and is available for pre-order now! In the meantime, please enjoy my travel blog about the 4 months I spent in France, Spain, Portugal, and the Caribbean last year. Mahalo!
My times on the Camino de Santiago
One Man – 500 miles – No Proclaimers
Willing, Wondering and Weary: The Travels of J9
Notes from the Camino de Santiago
Talk the walk
Thoughtful wanderer in search of virtual meaning
walking together on the way of saint james
The tale of a chubby guy, lots of wine and over 1200km of Camino walking
Eating my way to Santiago - just a few tips for non-Spanish speakers to read menus in Spain
Santiago de Compostela
Follow My Life Changing Camino Travels
a few of my thoughts whilst walking
writing and adventure in a delayed gap year
Camino de Santiago de Compostela - before, during and after
