According to the Santiago locals, it's big groups of pilgrims -- the ones who parade into town singing anthems, shouting slogans, blowing whistles and sometimes using bullhorns to celebrate their arrival. They often leave drifts of litter in...
a pilgrimage goes somewhere specific. A pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago goes to Santiago de Compostela, maybe over time, but with that in mind. If you're showing someone around for a few days, it is harmless and nice, you may be on the...
Finding the most scenic short section of the CF is like looking for the proverbial needle in the haystack. It's in there somewhere but you have to work to find it. If you're looking for a lovely, short and beautiful walk, I'd recommend looking at...
In France wild mushrooms, nuts, blackberries and come to that, snails are available to anyone who finds them, as long as they are on public land. In Spain that may differ. I have often been freely given fruit. I have been told I can pick the...
There were tons of blackberries also on the southern reaches of the Vadiniense last time I walked. I asked a local about picking some, she said they're not popular fruit, they leave 'em for the birds to eat, so I helped myself! I had purple hands...
Regardless of where the fruit hangs, it belongs to someone. Even up in the mountains where you may think that nobody even knows the tree is there you can be assured that somebody does know. There is no wild fruit.
Stick to plucking socks off the...
don't mean to be inhospitable, but we in the non-profit network are dealing with great waves of short-trip scenery or wine-tasting tourists this year, who think calling themselves "pilgrim" means everything is free and no rules apply to them. It...
All pilgrims can walk how they like. But people who are doing short scenic tours with no intention of going to the saint's tomb are not, by definition, on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. The dedicated pilgrim albergue network is...
The Camino is a pilgrimage. If you don't intend to walk to Santiago, please stay at hostels and hotels, and leave the dedicated pilgrim-only accommodations for the pilgrims.
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