Hang on, maybe best not to generalise or stereotype - and that goes as much for talking about young people on Camino as about older people.
I’ve walked 4 Caminos in the past 10 months, including the Frances, the Norte and the Portugues, and on...
Day 19: le Puy-en-Velay - Landos 27,5km
This is a continuation of my 2024 camino in France. For the first part, see my reports on Via Gebenennsis)
Through the night and in the morning storms and strong showers were sailing to and fro above le...
The VF del/nel Sud (other names are avaialble) goes from Rome to Bari (the embarcation point for onward travel to Jerusalem on the Via Egnatia) or on to Santa Maria di Leuca, the tip of the heel of Italy.
It is a beautiful, very quiet, extension...
Very interesting question.
Not that many people walk it and I think (based only on what I see on here and elsewhere) that most people - that is the kind of peope who have walked some of all of the path from Canterbury to Rome - see it as a...
I've done this stretch twice. The absence of cafés is the killer. Between Deba and Markina there is only one that I noticed, and that's a 24km stage. And the first stretch from Irun is best taken slowly and with a full water container.
The...
I walked the Norte in 2022. The section from SS to Bilbao has variety. Some segments have rough trail i.e. stones, irregular surfaces. Some is road walking. There are steep ascents leaving SS. Steep descents as you enter Zarautz, Deba and Bilbao...
I stayed at the monastery in Conques and saw the incredible light show. A priest was on the organ playing "The House of the Rising Sun", coordinated with the light show. It was surreal and a memory I will never forget.
There have been a few posts...
I couldn't find any posts about this on the Forum, so I thought I'd share...
One of the most beautiful stops on the Le Puy route is Conques. It's a picturesque French village featuring the beautiful Abbey of Sainte Foy.
Like many churches, the...
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