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  1. JohnnieWalker

    Supplement to the CSJ Camino Ingles Guide

    JohnnieWalker submitted a new resource: Supplement to the CSJ Camino Ingles Guide - Walking notes for the last section of the route Read more about this resource...
  2. JohnnieWalker

    Changes to the Camino Ingles - Guide Supplement

    Hola This year has very significant changes to this route in a number of places. Most of them are to the good and waymarking has been seriously upgraded along the way. I captured all of the changes in the newest edition of the CSJ Guide to the Camino Ingles which was published a month or so ago...
  3. JohnnieWalker

    New editions of CSJ guidebooks now available.

    Once Only Announcement NEW EDITIONS OF CSJ GUIDEBOOKS NOW AVAILABLE Every purchase helps us to help more pilgrims 2017/2018 Updated Guidebooks Camino Francés Camino Portuguese - Lisbon to Porto Camino Portuguese Porto to Santiago (inc Variante Espiritual) Camino Portugese from Porto –...
  4. JohnnieWalker

    Preparing for your Camino next year? Festivals in Spain and Portugal.

    Preparing for your Camino next year? Festivals in Spain and Portugal. There are many! Some are described in this article: http://johnniewalker-santiago.blogspot.com.es/2017/11/preparing-for-your-camino-next-year.html What's your favourite?
  5. JohnnieWalker

    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 pilgrims in Santiago which is now funded permanently...
  6. JohnnieWalker

    What routes need a new guidebook?

    Traditionally the CSJ produced guidebooks to the lesser walked routes. For example when I first wrote the guide to the Camino Inglés only 1000 pilgrims a year walked the route. Nowadays more than 12000. More pilgrims means more facilities and other commercial guidebooks are available. Job...
  7. JohnnieWalker

    New route from Leiro to Hospital de Bruma/Meson do Vento

    Camino Ingles - new route from Leiro to Bruma. For those soon walking the Camino Ingles I'd like to reassure you about this new route - I think it is excellent and of great benefit to pilgrims. Although there is still the elevation it is over a much longer distance and therefore is much more...
  8. JohnnieWalker

    Santiago is VERY busy...book ahead

    Hi - the city remains very busy indeed. Yesterday at different times I met 6 pilgrims who had arrived hoping to find albergue beds only to find all albergues are full. The Seminario Menor has been full by late morning. Even out in San Lazaro the albergues have been full earlier in the day. An...
  9. JohnnieWalker

    New CSJ Guide to the Camino Portugués Coastal Route and the Seaside Route

    New CSJ Guide to the Camino Portugués Coastal Route (Caminho da Costa) and the Seaside Route (Senda Litoral) This is the ONLY guide available in English which gives detailed and explicit walking directions to BOTH the traditional Coastal Route (which isn't always on the seaside) and the Seaside...
  10. JohnnieWalker

    Mass in English in Santiago

    The Cathedral of Santiago has now announced arrangements for Mass in English for this season: SEE POST 11 FOR 2019
  11. JohnnieWalker

    Free guided tours of Santiago

    Free tours of the city are being offered in Spanish and English. See the attached :
  12. JohnnieWalker

    Confraterntiy of Saint James Guidebooks on Kindle

    I’m delighted to announce that the famous guidebooks to many Camino routes provided by the CSJ are being made available on Amazon Kindle – for the US, the UK, Australia, Canada and many other countries – search for the title in the Amazon for your location. As of today the following Guidebooks...
  13. JohnnieWalker

    GPS data

    Hola Can anyone point me to a source of reliable GPS data for the Camino routes please? I'm not looking for maps, I'm looking for the data from which maps are made. Starting with the Camino Ingles perhaps? Best regards John
  14. JohnnieWalker

    Changes to rules for the Compostela from A Coruña

    CHANGES TO THE RULES FOR RECEIVING THE COMPOSTELA FROM A CORUÑA Historians and Camino experts have argued for years with the Cathedral that pilgrims departing from Coruña and walking to Santiago should receive the Compostela although the distance is less that 100 kms. Recently a delegation of...
  15. JohnnieWalker

    Compostela walking from Coruña?

    Let's hope that after our long campaign the Cathedral finally grants the Compostela to pilgrims who walk from A Coruña! http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/santiago/2016/12/13/coruna-santiago-piden-arzobispado-camino-ingles-permita-obtener-compostela/00031481634141174847929.htm
  16. JohnnieWalker

    Ponferrada remembers Denise Thiem with a mural

  17. JohnnieWalker

    BRAND NEW Pilgrim Guide to the City of Santiago OUT NOW

    BRAND NEW PILGRIM GUIDE TO THE CITY OF SANTIAGO OUT NOW A brand new publication from the CSJ has just been released – it is a pilgrim’s guide to the city of Santiago de Compostela itself, including all the information you need to follow the traditional pilgrim rituals on arrival, spiritual...
  18. JohnnieWalker

    Conference on the future of the Camino Inglés from Coruña

    With "money which must be spent by the end of the year" the Local Council in Coruña is paying the expenses of representatives of country pilgrim associations to a Conference to discuss the future of the route from Coruña. The conference which lasts a week is in collaboration with the cathedral...
  19. JohnnieWalker

    Percebes, Galicia and sisterhood

    http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2016/barnacle-queens-of-the-seaside/ Fantastic article!
  20. JohnnieWalker

    CSJ Guide to the Camino Frances 2017 edition

    Confraternity of Saint James Guide to the Camino Frances 2017 Published today. This guide is updated every single year. It is written by pilgrims for pilgrims. Thanks to everyone who sent up to date information on the route. The Guide has: The most comprehensive information on accommodation...

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