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  1. 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...
  2. 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
  3. 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 !
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. Alasdair Kay

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

    Hi I've only got two weeks holiday next week to fit my Camino in and was seriously thinking of doing Porto to Santiago... but heard the route is a bit boring? Would I be better doing Leon to Santiago even though I hate the bed race? Advantage is I know the route and love the Bierzo wine...
  7. Alasdair Kay

    Post Camino can things ever be normal again?

    So I'm back from the most amazing 38 days ever walking from STJPDP to Finisterre and Muxia .... and life returns to normal. The problem is I've changed, and watching video's of the Camino makes me cry. Bizarrely I long to be awake in an Albergue at 5:30 am packing my rucksack and anticipating...
  8. Alasdair Kay

    Finding meal in Roncesvalles on Wednesday night 4th of May

    Hi I'm hearing the traffic on the Camino is high at the moment. I fly out to Biarritz on Tuesday and have booked albergue and meal in STJPDP but where and how do you eat in Roncesvalles ? I assume the Monastery does not get full
  9. Alasdair Kay

    Starting at SJPDP 4th of May flying into Biarritz on the 3rd of May 2016

    Hi I am flying into Biarritz on the 3rd of May .... staying at the Aubergue du Pelerin SJPDP leaving early on the 4th hoping to take the Napolean route if open to Roncesvalles. If not might just go for an easier day to Valcarlos and then do a bigger second day..... anyone else leaving on the 4th...
  10. Alasdair Kay

    Wooden Walking sticks on Ryan Air Cabin baggage

    Hi I wanted to know whether people who had flown Ryan Air (I am flying Stanstead Biarritz) had had any problems carrying their wooden staff and pack onto the plane as cabin baggage, (i know metal walking poles can't come on the plane ). It seems that the reg's are enforced in a variety of ways...
  11. Alasdair Kay

    A guide book from a Christian Perspective ?

    Hi I am doing the Camino Frances from StJPDP to StDC in May June 2016 as a Sabbatical ... I am an Anglican Priest and I am doing it as a Pilgrimage and wondered if there was a guidebook, journal, kindle book, pdf blog other than Brierely that people would recommend. I have read a couple of books...

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