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  1. Charl

    Have you practiced, or received a random act of kindness on your pilgrimage?

    We were having coffee and pastries for breakfast at a local's bar in Aulla, on the Via Francigena. When I got up to pay, the bartender told me someone had already paid for our food! We suspect it was the parish priest, who we'd met briefly the previous evening, and had spotted in the crowd...
  2. Charl

    5 things most pilgrims don't do on the Camino (but should)

    What are they? Things that you see people NOT doing, that you know would improve their experience if they did. Crowdsourcing a series of articles I'm writing on pilgrimage. I'll post the links to Medium here when they're complete! TIA Charl
  3. Charl

    Via degli Abati

    I've just completed a piece I wrote on the little-known Via degli Abati. We walked it in 2017 while walking the Via Francigena, as an alternative between Pavia and Pontremoli. Fantastic experience. You can download it here.
  4. Charl

    What's on your pilgrimage bucket list?

    I wonder what routes are on the bucket lists of pilgrims who enjoy walking those long, long distances. Obviously for newcomers it'll be the Camino Frances, but what about others not only in Spain but in Italy and France? Would you consider doing a pilgrimage somewhere else in the world, and what...
  5. Charl

    What's in your mental backpack?

    As one prepares for a long pilgrimage, packing lists inevitably come to mind, ones that detail socks, hats and bandages. Here's a different type of packing list... http://walkingpilgrimages.com/2017/05/29/whats-in-your-mental-backpack/
  6. Charl

    Mapping apps: Galileo Pro vs Pocket Earth

    I've just completed a blog entry comparing Galileo Pro and Pocket Earth, for those wondering about taking a GPS app with on Camino. Here's the link to the story.
  7. Charl

    Camino de Santiago: A Pilgrimage In Black And White Photographs [Paid]

    Charl submitted a new resource: Camino de Santiago: A Pilgrimage In Black And White Photographs - Reliving and discovering the Camino through monochrome images Read more about this resource...
  8. Charl

    Tales from the Camino: The Carrefour Town

    Finally, the travelogue for the first fifteen days of Operation Camino is up on the blog, together with this little bonus story.
  9. Charl

    Like B/W photography? Take a look at my Camino Photo Book

    Tada! It's been about two months since we returned from Madrid after completing a 1140km Camino from Lourdes to Santiago. And finally my book of black and white photographs of the pilgrimage is finished and up on ISSUU. If you like black and white photography, I'd like to hear what you think...
  10. Charl

    LIVE from the Camino Day 15 Monreal to Puente la Reina: Goodbye, Aragones

    Note: This is our last day on the Camino Aragones. I wrote these notes with the hope it might assist future pilgrims on this less traveled route. I don't have any desire to write anything about our experiences on the Francés - dozens of blogs do that much better than I can. So I'm calling a halt...
  11. Charl

    LIVE from the Camino Day Fourteen - Sanguesa to Monreal: We get a raw deal.

    After last night's ten-in-a-room albergue accommodation complete with dysfunctional shower and dodgy kitchen we were in the mood for something a little more comfortable, so before we left Sanguesa in the morning we went past the friendly tourism office and booked ourselves a room at a casa rural...
  12. Charl

    LIVE from the Camino Day Thirteen: Ruesta to Sanguesa: We get tempted

    Today we submitted to sin. We stole. Well, that's what my mother would say. But it was just a little steal, and we couldn't resist. We'd left Ruesta quite early via a pretty forest path that first became a very steep pine plantation road, and then finally led onto open grassland. After two...
  13. Charl

    LIVE from the Camino Day Twelve: Arrés to Ruesta - Life among the ruins

    I walked the extra mile on the Camino this morning. I hope it helps me get to heaven. We'd left the Albergue in tiny Arrés early and started down the winding road out of town. Arrés is one of those typical Spanish villages that started life as a mountain fortress of sorts, and as such sits high...
  14. Charl

    LIVE from the Camino Day Eleven - Santa Cruz to Arrés: Catalans and air guitar

    So we're doing a brisk pace, about two kilometers down this out-of-the-way footpath from Santa Cruz leading down to Santa Celia. I've got the headphones on, jamming to Frank Zappa. I'm standing on a little grassy knoll playing air guitar; Adeline's gone ahead, too embarrassed to have me in...
  15. Charl

    LIVE from the Camino Day Ten -Jaca to Santa Cruz de la Seros. We are puritanical.

    (I'm writing and posting this from iPhone, and can't figure out how to insert pics into the post. Huge pity, because, as you know, every picture paints a thousand words.) Despite our best intentions, we were the last of the ten or so pilgrims staying in Jaca's well-appointed albergue to get...
  16. Charl

    LIVE from the Camino Day Nine - Sabinanigo to Jaca: The village stud.

    Excuse us if we emerged from our hotel in downtown Sabinanigo looking a bit bewildered this morning. Someone decided to turn on the radio speakers in our room, at top volume, at exactly 6am. So we woke up to an overly cheerful Pharrell Williams trying to convince us to be "happy, happy, happy"...
  17. Charl

    LIVE from the Camino Day Eight - Biescas to Sabinanigo

    Determined to stop our bad habit of late morning starts and to stretch our sightseeing time on the road we started out of Biescas at the crack of dawn. Well, almost, it was around eight or so. The night time drizzle had subsided, so we could set off sans our signature red ponchos that make us...
  18. Charl

    LIVE from the Camino Day Seven - Sallent to Biescas

    Our swish apartment was difficult to take leave of after the previous day's tough hike. We wandered around old Sallent, peeked into the local church and then set off on a quiet secondary asphalt road that runs around the local reservoir. We passed by Lanuza and Escarilla, two deserted tourist...
  19. Charl

    LIVE from the Camino Day Six - Gabas to Sallent de Gallego -The Going Gets Tough

    We're standing outside the front door of Chez Vignau, in Gabas, ready to take off for the day. A blue Renault with two old (very old) black-capped Frenchmen pull up. They roll down the window. '[French] [French][French] Santiago?' We nod. The driver's eyes widen and he puts his hand to his...
  20. Charl

    LIVE from the Camino Day Five - Kicking back in Gabas

    It's been raining since early morning, so glad we're not walking today. We had breakfast, the usual croissants, jam and coffee, but also a generous slice of Basque tart. I'm not used to a sweet breakfast but it's still good. With the drizzle still falling we spent most of the rest of the day in...

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