Hello ShellToucher,
Could you recommend us your top 5 audiobooks or podcasts on the
Camino Frances?
I have a few hours of training every day and could use that time to learn more about it.
Thank you for your help & Buen Camino!
Gladly! I will eventually be doing a review of each me thinks on my channel also, so stay tuned for that:
http://shelltouchertipsandtraining.com
Note: I use Audible & AudioBook Apps. Also note, aside from listening to Camino books and podcasts, training hikes, for me, are also a great time to listen to spanish courses!
1) Off The Road by Jack Hitt (History, Humor & Profound moments...also, many scenes from The Way were lifted directly from this book! This was my intro to the camino almost 30 years back, and still one of my faves!)
2) The Only Way Is West by Bradley Chermside
3) A Sense Of Direction by Lewis Kraus
4) The Journey In Between by Keith Foskett
Also here are some that are maybe "supplemental" in regard to the trip itself:
5) Ghosts of Spain by Giles Tremlett
6) Iberia by James A Michener
7) The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett ( Fiction but the backdrop is building medieval cathedrals. think of it as a spoonful of sugar for art history!)
These are my favorite podcasts. When it comes to podcast about the Camino I tend to lean on the more academic ones, nothing boring but packed with facts and history of the camino up to recent times. I'll add a fun one too at the end!
1) The Camino Podcast by Dave Whitson (My favorite!)
2) The Scholarly Pilgrim Podcast
3) El
Camino De Santiago Pilgrims Podcast (This is a fun one hosted by Bradley Chermside author of The Only Way is West)
There are many more, and probably some I still need to discover but these 3 I definitely enjoyed a lot, found/find helpful and kept me motivated while training! (and still do)
Buen Camino Antero!