pilgrims & pilgrimage

In her foreword to a new book " To Oldly Go " Dervla Murphy argues that because of the internet now the familiar is not left behind and the unknown has become familiar before one leaves home. The sunset challenge " where to sleep ? " has been banished by the ease of booking into hostel etc With...

'I'm, seriously thinking of leaving this community. I'm so tired of all comments about "to fast", "not doing it the right way", "what's the point if rushing by", "you can't see anything" etc etc etc. I think I have seen it all by now, latest in the thread about doing Porto->Santiago in 7 days...

I'm very interested to hear the views of others on this question. I first heard it posed by John Brierley in this talk Or at least a very similar question :) I think he merely asks, what is a Pilgrimage. (No need to watch the video......It's quite long) In fact he asks..."How does a long...

Hello Everybody, This is just a thread to let people know about a project that I have been working on.. I walked the Camino with my wife last year (our Honeymoon!) and as we walked, I took portraits of some of the pilgrims we met along the way. This was an amazing thing to do, as I heard some...

There's a massive volume of information in this place. I seek more insights about what it's like to be a Christian on the camino Are there Christians here who might point me in the right direction. Dax In Pune, (a work in progress)

A group of pilgrims arrive in Santiago after walking the Camino Frances in 1954. They are from Germany, France and Holland. (I have no more details) I post this in the "Camino Equipment" section... things have changed. :)

I was told by a friend that there are major pilgrimage years. Although I understand that people go every year I am under the impression that more people tend to go on these years in specific (ever four years maybe?). If this is true when is the next big pilgrimage year and would it be better to...

I am building myself up to walk to the resting place of St James in 2014. I know that for me, this is a deep calling and I wish to ensure that I do all I can to be appropriately prepared for the pilgrimage - the walking will be arduous and I know there will be privations. - They do not concern...

Hello, I consider myself an agnostic, from a catholic family. I have agreed to join my Uncle on his journey. He has been travelling from Le Puy in several stages. He was travelling with a friend who can no longer continue. The last stage, for which will be joining him is from Santander...

This is an attempt to provide some objective factual information to help people be aware of and explore further the inner aspects of the Camino experience. There's lots of expertise on this site devoted to the practical external aspects of the journey, but as we know, one thing that...