Tall Ships Camino 2025

[nedspencer]

An adventure of a lifetime!!!

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In June 2024, 36 pilgrims took part in the Tall Ships Camino Ingles – including:-

Walking a short pilgrim route in the UK finishing at Fowey, Cornwall

Sailing in a tall ship from Fowey to A Coruña in Northern Spain

Walking the Camino Ingles from A Coruña to Santiago



This voyage is now being repeated in 2025, for which there are two planned sailing dates, in May and September.

If you have any questions, get in touch for more details -- nedspencer@point-systems.co.uk

If you would like to book a place on one of the two ships, visit:

https://www.fairferry.co.uk/tall-ship-camino

 

[Takahiwai]

Drat! Can never get time off in either of those months!

 

[Perambulating Griffin]

This is really not for me, but would be perfect for Dear Spouse...

 

[trecile]

How long is the voyage from Cornwall to A Coruña?

 

[Perambulating Griffin]

How long is the voyage from Cornwall to A Coruña?

I went to the site... it's 7 days.

 

[nedspencer]

How long is the voyage from Cornwall to A Coruña?

It should be about 6 days - weather dependent

 

[trecile]

I went to the site... it's 7 days.

Thanks. I checked out the site too, but clearly I can't read.

 

[Perambulating Griffin]

Thanks. I checked out the site too, but clearly I can't read.

I had to poke around a bit... there's a May journey, and a September one.

 

[nedspencer]

It should be about 6 days - weather dependent

Yes - they say 7 to be on the safe side
This year only took 5 days as weather was kind

 

[nedspencer]

Here is short video of last year’s sailing
Further videos of the walks will follow on this channel

 

[Perambulating Griffin]

I wonder how feasible this would be for someone who would have to get from North America to England... like if bad weather were to mean that the trip couldn't happen... a local person could return home easily and take a deferred start date I suppose.
@nedspencer can you comment on that? I would love to gift this adventure to my sailing-loving spouse (I, alas, become sea-sick on a little ferry ride from downtown Vancouver to the North Shore). My concern is that something similar to Hurricane Kirk (early October 2024) could delay or cancel the trip, and a person travelling from North America has little opportunity to wait it out...

 

[nedspencer]

I wonder how feasible this would be for someone who would have to get from North America to England... like if bad weather were to mean that the trip couldn't happen... a local person could return home easily and take a deferred start date I suppose.
@nedspencer can you comment on that? I would love to gift this adventure to my sailing-loving spouse (I, alas, become sea-sick on a little ferry ride from downtown Vancouver to the North Shore). My concern is that something similar to Hurricane Kirk (early October 2024) could delay or cancel the trip, and a person travelling from North America has little opportunity to wait it out...

People from US took part this year

No one can predict the weather

But personally I don’t think you can decide not to do things on that basis

Sea sickness can be avoided. People who sailed on Morgenster this year will be able to give advice

 

[AJGuillaume]

Walking a short pilgrim route in the UK finishing at Fowey, Cornwall

Sailing in a tall ship from Fowey to A Coruña in Northern Spain

Walking the Camino Ingles from A Coruña to Santiago

Thank you @nedspencer !
This is really interesting, and tempting.

As walking from A Coruña is less than 100 km, am I right in assuming that the short pilgrim route in the UK would be accepted by the Pilgrims' Office in Santiago as being part of the Camino Inglés in order to obtain the Compostela?

My darling and I are distance challenged slow walkers, and our stages are typically an average of 15 km a day. Can we walk our own stages, or do we walk set stages both in Cornwall and in Galicia?

Thank you!
Buen Camino

 

[nedspencer]

Thank you @nedspencer !
This is really interesting, and tempting.

As walking from A Coruña is less than 100 km, am I right in assuming that the short pilgrim route in the UK would be accepted by the Pilgrims' Office in Santiago as being part of the Camino Inglés in order to obtain the Compostela?

My darling and I are distance challenged slow walkers, and our stages are typically an average of 15 km a day. Can we walk our own stages, or do we walk set stages both in Cornwall and in Galicia?

Thank you!
Buen Camino

Santiago cathedral have told us that mileage covered sailing counts towards your Compostella. Participants this year received theirs even if not walking In Cornwall

There will be no set mileage for you to walk - you can walk (Cornwall & Galicia) at your own pace. So long as you don’t miss the ship departure!!

Let me know if I can help with anything else

 

[henrythedog]

Ned,

It looks like an excellent thing to do and I am interested. I’m probably missing the obvious, but what’s the price?

It’s OK, I found it. I hadn’t clicked on the ‘I’m interested’ button. Not unreasonable, vindidering what it entails.