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  1. Alasdair Kay

    How do you prepare for the faith journey of the Camino?

    I'm an Anglican priest and I found a few things very helpful in preparation and during the walk 1. The Jesus Prayer ... or any other breath prayer as I walked. I found after a while my walking poles would strike to the rhythm of the prayer. Lord Jesus Christ, tap, Have mercy on me, tap, a...
  2. Alasdair Kay

    Anglican Chaplaincy on the Camino

    Anglican Led Ecumenical Chaplaincy in Santiago The Camino Chaplaincy has announced the development of a new, inclusive Anglican led ministry for pilgrims arriving in Santiago as the third and final part of its strategic plan. The Chaplaincy piloted the first organised Welcome Service for...
  3. Alasdair Kay

    any reccomended books (not guides) on the Camino Portuguese

    yes you are right it is the central route ... forgot there were a few ... thank you
  4. Alasdair Kay

    First Day in SJPP -- Time to Explore

    I would say if you are booked take them morning in SJPP and have a leisurely lunch and then miss the early morning stampede up the hill. you will also have less of a crush at the pilgrim office as well..
  5. Alasdair Kay

    any reccomended books (not guides) on the Camino Portuguese

    Hi can anyone recommend me any good books on the Camino Portuguese especially on the interior route from Porto to SDC. Or any youtube videos ... I find reading a book on other pilgrims journeys were very helpful to me when I walked the Frances in 2016 Many thanks Pax et Bonum Fr alasdair
  6. Alasdair Kay

    Refused a bed

    I only had this once when on my penultimate day in Finisterre a young family with a baby moved into the bunk next to me. I was really homesick and missing my wife children and grandchildren so to hear the baby quietly feeding in the bunk next to me was really re-assuring. The poor parents were...
  7. Alasdair Kay

    Young woman looking for a walking friend or group

    This is really good advice .... commentary made on walking buddies is very true at 6:46 https of this video .. Andrew gives great advice ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIgMAs4-J8s To be honest language and walking pace tends to sort out who you walk with... you will find plenty of companionship on...
  8. Alasdair Kay

    dresscode evenings in alberque

    Got a lovely memory of arriving just the other side of Sarria in a large Albergue and most of our Camino family were having afternoon drinks in the sun. We must have looked like a bunch of sunburned, dusty, footsore, tramps with agaffa tape around the feet. When suddenly in came two "Camino...
  9. Alasdair Kay

    dresscode evenings in alberque

    Dress Code tends to be ... no one cares .... Peregrino you leave all sense of looking good by the time you get to Roncesvalles especially if you go over the Napolean ... just try to not get stuck to someone else's Compeed in the shower.. and yes the Lycra is in abundance. Puts you off your...
  10. Alasdair Kay

    Anyone Stayed in Auberge du Pelerin in SJPP? New Pilgrim Needs Info

    back again when I was there I looked in on this Albergue and it was much more ot my taste Refuge Accueil Paroissial Maison Kaserna 43 rue d' Espagne 64220 SAINT-JEAN-PIED-DE-PORT Tél +33 5 59 37 65 17 The atmosphere was much more serene
  11. Alasdair Kay

    which restaurants or eating places would you recommend on the Camino Frances

    So I have a number of places that I will never forget for good in terms of eating on the Camino ... If oyu did it again where would you say whatever you do have a meal here !
  12. Alasdair Kay

    Comment by 'Alasdair Kay' in media 'Can;t remember where this was. Astorga?'

    very nice Italian restaurant just behind it highly reccomended if you are sick to death of a Menu del Perigrino it was here I ate one of my best meals on the whole journey...
  13. Alasdair Kay

    Anyone Stayed in Auberge du Pelerin in SJPP? New Pilgrim Needs Info

    Hi I stayed there at the beginning of my Camino in 2016 it was very full and whilst all you needed was there I found it not a great stay. My booking had got lost but thankfully I had the receipt that the money had been taken from my account so they gave me a bed. This is very subjective as I was...
  14. Alasdair Kay

    The New Brierley Guide

    Yes I would say so as once you've done a bit you get the bug and will return... by the way the Leon to Santiago section is stunning
  15. Alasdair Kay

    Splitting the First Day

    Hi Bob I would say yes definitely the first stretch form STJPDP is very physical from Hunto to Orrison. Secondly the view from Orrison is magical and twenty minutes over coffee to drink it in because you are in a bed race for Roncesvalles doesn't cut it. Thirdly take the first four days easy...
  16. Alasdair Kay

    Paramo jackets?

    Thank you Inroibo ... helpful and money saving advice.. by the way are you a fellow Franciscan ?
  17. Alasdair Kay

    Paramo jackets?

    what's your reason for saying that ? just cost?
  18. Alasdair Kay

    Paramo jackets?

    Hi .... I am planning on walking my second Camino next year in May and if Portugal is like Galicia when I walked the Frances I used my Goretex rain jacket a lot, (three solid days of mist and rain). However fellow British walkers have told me that by using a Paramor jacket I can eliminate the...
  19. Alasdair Kay

    The New Brierley Guide

    The following post is totally tongue in cheek and just a bit of fun as I have been misunderstood before. :-) So St John the "Unreliable distances" Brierly ... has a new guide out. Things to note for the new reader, people love or hate this guidebook with a vengeance, (I'm a fan). However you...
  20. Alasdair Kay

    So portugese or last 200km possibly Leon to Santiago again?

    Thanks yes I invested in a good goretex coat for Galicia last time. cheers for heads up on Albergue's

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