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  1. Michael Gray

    Planning to walk from Astorga solo, advice please!

    Don't miss the tiny Hermitage Ecce Homo just outside Astorga.
  2. Michael Gray

    Animals that I met (and was quick enough to get their photo)

    I forget where I saw this in October 2016.
  3. Michael Gray

    Camino music/songs

    There is a large and beautiful trove of medieval music directly associated with the Camino, performed by early music specialists. Among my favourites are two albums “Camino de Santiago” by the Studio der Fruhen Musik, directed by Thomas Binkley; an album “Un Camino de Santiago” by Ensemble La...
  4. Michael Gray

    All the ways that the movie “The Way” was spot on...

    I have to share this story from my CF in 2016. I want to believe it’s true. I stayed at a Casa Rurale in Hornillos del Camino. The host, Samuel, was the loveliest, most helpful guy. He had a poster of the movie The Way on the wall near reception, signed by Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez, and I...
  5. Michael Gray

    BBC Program "Celebs" on the Camino

    Like most "reality television", this is a form of voyeurism that does not belong anywhere near the Camino. I expect it will, sadly, rate its merino fusion socks off.
  6. Michael Gray

    Ethical question in the Albergue

    Such a sane and sensible answer!
  7. Michael Gray

    “A Cameo of Santiago”?

    I have been asked to give a talk to a club I belong to about my Camino last year. In the club’s newsletter, the topic has morphed into “A Cameo of Santiago”. I’m not sure if it’s a spell-checker error or an editor’s well-meaning but mistaken correction. However, it’s given me an idea for a...
  8. Michael Gray

    Intro and question about mass...

    Dear Eve I encourage you to go to Mass whenever you can. On my Camino France last year I went to Mass wherever it was available at the end of each day, and I found that around two out of every three days I could attend a Pilgrim Mass and Blessing in the city, town or village in whcih I happened...
  9. Michael Gray

    The second bar...

    Thanks, all. As usual, the Forum has the answers. Much appreciated. MG
  10. Michael Gray

    The second bar...

    On the Camino France last year I recall seeing a sign that said ""Second bar is always better" A. Schopenhauer". Can anyone remember where that sign was and let me know, please? And does anyone know if Schopenhauer really said that? Many thanks MG

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