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I nosed around on the forums but didn't see the answer to this. Have there been any rumors or talk about the a digital Brierly Frances guide being available or in the works?
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Also available electronically through Apple iBooks and would suggest that it is more than enough for most.The maps only version of the Brierly guide is available as a Kindle book, but that's it.
Or at least it was in 2016 when I bought it.
I’m still fairly analogue. I cut off the extraneous cover and pages fromI cut the back binding off of mine, ran it through the scanner, and saved it as a PDF. I then saved the PDF to my Google Drive, and iBooks on my iPhone. A couple of steps, but not too difficult.
I think I am left behind in the techy race I like carving in stone And the astrolabe is a bit cumbersome for my rickety fingers! I think a fair amount of us back in the olden times bought TWO copies of Brierly, one to leave in the bookshelf and the other to drag about on the trail, calmly tearing out each page as we passed along. Sigh, if only the paper had been softer !I take screenshots of all my guidebooks before I go, complete with the notes I've added in beforehand. It sounds like quite a task, but is actually quite simple and only takes about 20 minutes. I delete the pages as I go along.
I type up my daily musings in bed each night and print them out after I return home as my journal. Like you, I occasionally read through them to relive some of the details of my walk.I’ve carried a guide on each of my trips. I make notes in it, mark starting and ending points each day, record email addresses of people I meet, daily expenses, etc. It becomes my journal and a record of my trip. I enjoy pulling them out every once in while and reading through them.
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How much weight does deleting the pages as you go save?I take screenshots of all my guidebooks before I go, complete with the notes I've added in beforehand. It sounds like quite a task, but is actually quite simple and only takes about 20 minutes. I delete the pages as I go along.
Here is the link to Amazon's Kindle Books for Brierley.The maps only version of the Brierly guide is available as a Kindle book, but that's it.
Or at least it was in 2016 when I bought it.
Henry, I did the same thing. I tore out pages after I passed that point on The Camino. The guide book was pretty heavy at Zubiri, but it got lots lighter as I made progress along the Camino!!I’m still fairly analogue. I cut off the extraneous cover and pages from
JB’s ‘Maps only’ then throw away each page as it is used. I use my iPhone more than I should, but I’ve never had a book become inaccessible from lack of power or network coverage; not that a guide is really necessary on 90% of the CF for routefinding purposes.
No weight reduced, but by deleting the pages as I go it saves swiping through to get to the most current one being used for the day as there are well over a hundred pages.How much weight does deleting the pages as you go save?
I go out before I start to walk the camno and leave a trail of breadcrumbs so that I never lose my way...I’m still fairly analogue. I cut off the extraneous cover and pages from
JB’s ‘Maps only’ then throw away each page as it is used. I use my iPhone more than I should, but I’ve never had a book become inaccessible from lack of power or network coverage; not that a guide is really necessary on 90% of the CF for routefinding purposes.
You can also print to PDF on Android phones by default. The trick is that the app has to have a "Print" option. Most of the popular Camino apps I checked (Wise Pilgrim, Buen Camino, Camino Ninja, Camino Pilgrim, etc.) do not. E-books, I already have in an offline, easy to read format. Moving them to PDF doesn't really help much.
Interesting that there is a Kindle version for the complete version of the guide to the Sanabres and Invierno but not for the other routes.Here is the link to Amazon's Kindle Books for Brierley.
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Hi David. I found that a little odd myself. I thought that maybe it was because this was one of his new guides. But who knows.Interesting that there is a Kindle version for the complete version of the guide to the Sanabres and Invierno but not for the other routes.
gronze.com is a good example, Google Maps ... directions, etc... My Spanish is slowly improving ... Google Chrome on any web page, translate to English, and print to PDF.This is probably best used for saving material from a website like Gronze.com.
There was. I purchased the app (i think it was for my 2017 Camino), and it was the number one largest disappointment of any app I have ever purchased. Apparently the app did not belong to Brierly, but the rights to the info in the guide book was sold to an app producer (or some such thing). It was unwieldy, the distance info in it NEVER corresponded to any other info that was out there. I used it a maximum of 3 days before deleting it from my phone.I think there was one a few years back but it didn't generate enough traffic to make it worth it. Maybe I'm wrong, though.
I nosed around on the forums but didn't see the answer to this. Have there been any rumors or talk about the a digital Brierly Frances guide being available or in the works?
I did that for my 2020 canceled Camino. Will delete and redo with updated notes for 2022 or 23 Camino.I take screenshots of all my guidebooks before I go, complete with the notes I've added in beforehand. It sounds like quite a task, but is actually quite simple and only takes about 20 minutes. I delete the pages as I go along.
I did the same and turned it into a kindle book.I cut the back binding off of mine, ran it through the scanner, and saved it as a PDF. I then saved the PDF to my Google Drive, and iBooks on my iPhone. A couple of steps, but not too difficult.
I tore out my pages but didn't buy a 2nd copy for the shelf. I figured the next time I went, I'd buy the latest version. And that is the case! I do have other guides in the shelf that I didn't take with me, but alas, no Brierly from 2019. Just little groups of pages tossed in the trash along the way.I think I am left behind in the techy race I like carving in stone And the astrolabe is a bit cumbersome for my rickety fingers! I think a fair amount of us back in the olden times bought TWO copies of Brierly, one to leave in the bookshelf and the other to drag about on the trail, calmly tearing out each page as we passed along. Sigh, if only the paper had been softer !
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You know what they say: "You can't update the guidebook after the cuneiform is baked."I think I am left behind in the techy race I like carving in stone And the astrolabe is a bit cumbersome for my rickety fingers!
For the Camino de Santiago Guide link there is a note that it is not being updated after 2019 but is instead being replaced by The Yellow Arrow Guide to the Camino de Santiago.This app is rather good for planning: Camino Pilgrim - Frances and the following provides additional information for locales along the way: Camino de Santiago Guide
Your link didn't work for me.For the Camino de Santiago Guide link there is a note that it is not being updated after 2019 but is instead being replaced by The Yellow Arrow Guide to the Camino de Santiago.
Hi, I know this is an old thread, but Brierley for 2021/22 is now released in a Kindle version. I purchased it - but then returned as it does not follow the normal conventions of a Kindle Book so text cannot be resized etc... It feels a lot like reading a PDF, and given the size of text when used on my Kindle was close to unusable as the print was so tiny.I nosed around on the forums but didn't see the answer to this. Have there been any rumors or talk about the a digital Brierly Frances guide being available or in the works?