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Hi Brian, I've just walked St Augustine's Camino and posted some comments which you might find useful in a separate thread. I enjoyed it a lot, sacred sites and lovely countryside. Hope you have a great time, if you decide to give it a go.
Sounds lovely, apart from the continuous rain. The NDW route sounds very attractive, I guess this is a major reason why people choose it over Watling Street. And yes, very different to the Camino Frances though in its day Canterbury was a major pilgrim destination like Santiago.
I was reminded of my first Camino (in the mid 1980's) last week while walking from Rochester to Canterbury along the old Watling Street route. This would have been the most likely direct way from London and was the basis for the fictional journey of Chaucer's pilgrims.
Trouble is, the route...
Thanks for that news. It would be great if the enthusiasm of BPT and others helps to revive British Pilgrimage routes. I agree that it is currently difficult to walk as a pilgrimage (as opposed to a walking tour) without much in the way of pilgrim orientated accommodation. Apart from the cost...
Have a great walk. I've got nothing helpful to add except I've travelled along that S Turkish coast ages ago ( not on foot). Some spectacular places, Fethiye tiny then.. A friend is also planning this for his next trip, was chatting about it a couple of days ago.
Personally I like both the...
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