A pilgrimage article in The Telegraph

[David]

"A complete guide to the world's greatest pilgrimage"[sic] by Sarah Baxter.

In a British newspaper, The Telegraph. A right wing daily that does print interesting articles and essays.

MSN

Not behind a paywall. People we know are quoted in it.

 

[JabbaPapa]

A link to the article on the Telegraph website :

A complete guide to the world’s greatest pilgrimage

Here’s how to tackle the most famous of them all: the Camino de Santiago

www.telegraph.co.uk

I do like its overall accuracy, for instance it's overly unusual to see :

The Camino isn’t one route, it is legion. Ways of St James spider across Europe.

I do have one quibble. The author states :

The Camino demands simplicity. As Bennett states in his movie, your possessions are your burden. He recommends keeping your pack down to 10 per cent of your bodyweight.

... which is doubly misleading.

First, Bill tore down that notion pretty extensively in his original blog that led to the Book then the film, and I think the author has misjudged Bill's intended irony.

Second, the advice is only valid if you have no more than the height and weight of an "average man", so that it's especially valid for children and for many women who weigh less than that. It can be really bad advice if you're bigger and/or heavier than "average".

And, as usual (sigh) :

Will I get lost?

Probably not

The answer is of course, "Yes".

 

[davejsy]

A pleasant balanced read.

Bonus points for anyone who can name the village in the second photo?

 

[Jeff Crawley]

"A complete guide to the world's greatest pilgrimage"[sic] by Sarah Baxter.

In a British newspaper, The Telegraph. A right wing daily that does print interesting articles and essays.

MSN

Not behind a paywall. People we know are quoted in it.

Enjoyable, thank you for this.

 

[Jeff Crawley]

A pleasant balanced read.

Bonus points for anyone who can name the village in the second photo?

Agés?

 

[alexwalker]

A pleasant balanced read.

Bonus points for anyone who can name the village in the second photo?

Ages.

 

[joanneking]

Here is a left wing rag scare story in the Guardian, totally overstated.

Women walking Camino de Santiago speak of ‘terrifying’ sexual harassment

Sexual aggression said to be ‘endemic’ on route through Spain, Portugal and France with solo female pilgrims at risk

www.theguardian.com

Oh, here we go. Overstated, you say? Listen to what women have to say. It happens. A lot.

 

[SabsP]

Here is a left wing rag scare story in the Guardian, totally overstated.

Women walking Camino de Santiago speak of ‘terrifying’ sexual harassment

Sexual aggression said to be ‘endemic’ on route through Spain, Portugal and France with solo female pilgrims at risk

www.theguardian.com

Please there is already a thread about this!
No need for your remark.
Be gentle and nice.

 

[Mlambere]

My only point is it an article to scare folk.... when in reality the Camino is a million times safer than the streets of London, New York, San Francisco so why pick on the Camino.....

As a coutesy I will remove the post