Every year around this time, I buy the soon to be outdated Altra Lone Peak. Lots of sites have the Lone Peak 8s on sale, in anticipation for the Lone Peak 9. I like to be a year behind because then I can check to see if there have been a lot...
Very interesting video. Thank you. I learnt many things about don Elias that I didn' t know
He was a hard worker and appart from painting arrows and mapping the Camino Frances from Roncesvalles when he arrived as a priest to O Cebreiro in 1958...
For years, I had to track accommodation details for the guidebooks, but I did it in a manner that was kind of haphazard. Over time, I got better! Finally, I realized that thanks to the wonders of google sheets, I could simultaneously have an...
Wow Dave! That's quite the spreadsheet. How in the world did you collect all that info and where did you find the time to enter it all into a spreadsheet?
Very impressive, and so helpful! 👏👏👏👏
Years ago, I was able to get a copy of this early version of his guide, published in 1971:
I also have his later, more polished guide, both in Spanish and English:
I'm away from home for the holiday, or else I'd share some interior shots as...
You're right on the cusp. A lot of places don't open until April, and especially given the very late Easter next year, there's less chance of them opening earlier. I track accommodations for the Primitivo here, and it's easy to scroll through...
This is great news and well deserved. I was curious about the documentary and it appears to be available online, for those of us far from the pilgrim office: https://www.agalega.gal/videos/154989-elias-valina-o-inventor-das-frechas-amarelas
I've done this, and had no trouble finding my way, but part of that was a byproduct of walking in late summer, when there was a river of pilgrims barreling towards me at all times, especially from Tui to Santiago. I think you'll have a quieter...
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