It's a toss up..

[andywild]

So, I'm sat here, a day or so from Santiago and then I still have a few spare days before I have to fly back to blighty... The question is..
Do I do Santiago-Finisterra or do I do the Camino Inglés?
And whatever I decide where can I buy the wise pilgrim guide book (if there is one) (for the collection) in Santiago
Love and hugs
Andy

 

[mylifeonvacation]

My vote is for the Inglés - and there is a Wise Pilgrim for it!!

 

[VNwalking]

Walk the Ingles from A Coruna if you are tight on time. It's a LOVELY 3 to 4 day walk!

 

[Deleted member 83944]

You can walk the ingles with only gronze.com

 

[domigee]

So, I'm sat here, a day or so from Santiago and then I still have a few spare days before I have to fly back to blighty... The question is..
Do I do Santiago-Finisterra or do I do the Camino Inglés?
And whatever I decide where can I buy the wise pilgrim guide book (if there is one) (for the collection) in Santiago
Love and hugs
Andy

Hi Andy! There is a bookshop in the ‘main street’ of Santiago, where the old pilgrim office used to be, on the right handside. I bought the guide to the camino inglés there last Summer. (Sorry, the name escapes me, maybe someone else remembers...)
Depends how many days you have left. I did the CI (leisurely) in 5 days, Santiago to Fisterra can be done in 3 plus one day if you want to visit Muxía...

 

[Iriebabel]

You can just down load the electronic copy of the guide book ... less weight good luck... I agree with doing the ingles. I really need to catch up on your blog. Look forward to reading

 

[SabsP]

So, I'm sat here, a day or so from Santiago and then I still have a few spare days before I have to fly back to blighty... The question is..
Do I do Santiago-Finisterra or do I do the Camino Inglés?
And whatever I decide where can I buy the wise pilgrim guide book (if there is one) (for the collection) in Santiago
Love and hugs
Andy

Enjoy the next days whatever route you will choose.
If you are still in SdC on Monday the 8th of October I will buy you a drink!

 

[domigee]

You can just down load the electronic copy of the guide book ... less weight good luck... I agree with doing the ingles. I really need to catch up on your blog. Look forward to reading

Actually I forgot to say, none of the guideboks are a help on the Inglés at the moment as it was changed very recently (just after they were all published).
I thought @andywild just wanted it to add to his collection, maybe I misinterpreted.
The yellow arrows on the CI are very clear and there is no need for a guide book - and I say this as someone who ...tends to get lost!

 

[Iriebabel]

Actually I forgot to say, none of the guideboks are a help on the Inglés at the moment as it was changed very recently (just after they were all published).
I thought @andywild just wanted it to add to his collection, maybe I misinterpreted.
The yellow arrows on the CI are very clear and there is no need for a guide book - and I say this as someone who ...tends to get lost!

Aaah good to know thank you . Not sure if he meant for his collection. I seem to be collecting both electronic and paper
I just decided finally im doing the norte, just posted a thread.https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...rtle-takes-on-the-del-norte-april-2019.58340/
I may decide to do the ingles as well. I just use the guides for planning otherwise i follow the arrows/shells

Update: my bad...sorry he did say for his collection, i misread and misspoke. Disregard my original suggestion on the electronic copy

 

[andywild]

Yeah, it's nice to have on the shelf.. the only other thing is the albergue info. I know I can use gronze but if I split stages the info is trickier to decipher while trying to flick back a forth to the tiny map they provide when I use my phone

 

[trecile]

Check out the Buen Camino app. You can get the guide to the Camino Inglés for a few dollars, and I've found the guides to be excellent and up to date. https://www.editorialbuencamino.com/app-del-camino-de-santiago/
The website is in Spanish, but the app will be in the language of your choice.

 

[Dillwyn]

There’s another option: stay in Santiago and be still. Leave room for the unexpected, and soak up the greatest treasure of the Camino: all the pilgrims! Why keep running?

 

[Pierre Julian]

They're both great. I can fully understand wanting to keep walking. Santiago for me is always sad because the walking is finished and it's such a strange place - noisy, and touristy. My suggestion would be go to Finnistere, the idea of walking to the "end of the world" is very special and it's a beautiful quiet reflective journey. You can get a bus back. Inglés from Ferrol is also great, but quite suburban on the first day (which actually is great because Ferrol is a lovely city) , and the last day is a bit industrialish going into Santiago. The CdI felt a bit crowded when I did it, and not so friendly - maybe because it's so short and people are rushing and barely started before they finish, that said, there are some beautiful parts to it.

 

[mylifeonvacation]

the only other thing is the albergue info.

Even though several parts of the Inglés have changed substantially, the Albergue/accommodations info all remains the same as the path ultimately stops in the same villages/towns as always. Just follow the arrows!!

 

[VNwalking]

The yellow arrows on the CI are very clear and there is no need for a guide book - and I say this as someone who ...tends to get lost!

Indeed. My experience too.

 

[rappahannock_rev]

Explore SdeC! It has many wonderful sights most peregrinos never take time to see. (Sta. Maria Real del Sar, for instance....)

And you can always add an easy, inexpensive commercial one-day bus excursion to the coast....

 

[Miki Goldie]

After 3 Caminos, I finally kept walking to Muxia then Finnestere all up 5 days. I'm a very slow walker too. Dumbria is worth an overnight stay at the million dollar albergue built by the owner of Zara on the Way to Muxia. ( one certificate) Then one day's walk to Finnestere ( earning another certificate) both are gorgeous coastal towns. Haven't done the English C. yet....
Buen Camino

 

[Susan Peacock]

My vote is to walk to Finisterre by way of Cee and then on to Muxia if you have time. This was my plan last week but after I made it to Finisterre I just couldn’t leave. Everyday, I would lay on the beach and decide I couldn’t go the following day. I would return to the albergue and ask to stay another day... 4 in total. I enjoyed sunrise on the eastern beach and walked to the western beach for sunset. Relaxed does not begin to describe how I felt.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Andy, please post the link to your blog again. I do not seem to have it any longer, so had forgotten you were walking the Portuguese. I will be going in April and would love to read your observations and stories along the way...I really enjoyed your account on the Frances!

 

[Susan Peacock]

Andy, please post the link to your blog again. I do not seem to have it any longer, so had forgotten you were walking the Portuguese. I will be going in April and would love to read your observations and stories along the way...I really enjoyed your account on the Frances!

I just finished the Portuguese route and can highly recommend the Spiritual Variante. If you want to stay in the monastery in Armenteira be sure to make reservations well ahead. The only thing I would differently was to take an extra day on this variant in the charming small coastal town of Combarro.
https://variante-espiritual-en.webs.com/

 

[KinkyOne]

Andy, please post the link to your blog again. I do not seem to have it any longer, so had forgotten you were walking the Portuguese. I will be going in April and would love to read your observations and stories along the way...I really enjoyed your account on the Frances!

Last post on his blog:
https://firstcamino.wordpress.com/2018/10/05/end-of-the-world-day-3-santa-marina-cee/

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I just finished reading Andy's blog of the Portuguese camino. Although he is witty and it was a hilarious read, I'm not so sure this route is going to be all I'd hoped for when I plan to go in April from Porto. It sounds like lots and lots of asphalt and not very much natural beauty. Having already walked the Frances, Norte/Primitivo and the Le Puy, am I going "backward", so to speak, to choose the Portuguese? No money invested yet except a guidebook.
Maybe walking the Senda Litoral and Spiritual Variant will help?

I might add I was planning to walk the Fisherman's Way in southern Portugal first is why I added in the Portuguese camino.