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I am staying at a 300 year old Basque farmhouse slightly outside of St. Jean Pied de Port (SJPP) before I start my Camino. The owner, Melanie, is great and will do anything for the pilgrims staying with her! She provides full concierge...
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It was in 990AD that Pope John XV announced that Ziggy was to be appointed the 27th Archbishop of Canterbury. So, over 1000 years ago, and there had been 26 Archbishops already....Blimey.
Ziggy had been educated at Glastonbury Abbey...
I walked along the VF last spring, May 16-June 9.
It's a beautiful route, and a completely different experience from France or Spain. I haven't been able to put my thoughts in coherent order, even after 8 months, so this is just going to be a...
I grow my own at home in Wales. Now on the third or fourth generation from seed kindly sent to me by a peregrina here on the forum. Won't be any this year as I have been exiled from my house by major building work. But looking forward to getting...
Walking into Castrojeriz. You have the monastery ruins which are worth looking around. And in Castrojeriz, the walk up to the castle is amazing, and yet most people pass it by. You can look around the ruins, and climb to the top to get 360 degree...
https://www.fundacionjacobea.org/en/ways-of-santiago/the-french-way-the-mural-paintings-of-vilar-de-donas/
There is a small painting of The Christ awakening in the Tomb that ought to break your heart
Several on my list would be: Gitlitz and Davidson - The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago, Antxon Gabarain (trans. by Rebekah Scott) - The Great Westward Walk, Michener - Iberia and a shameless plug for several other novels written by Moratinos...
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