Dawn Gibson
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Yup… clear information, divided into sensible stages with dining and accommodations etc… definitely give you a good sense of the route. It is a beautiful walk weaving along the coastI carried the Wise Pilgrim with me.
John Brierley has a Camino del Norte Guide????If you don't know Spanish then I would say that John Brierly's guide for CDN is an excellent choice.
I too loved the Brierley guidebook for the Frances, especially his simple to follow maps. I was initially disappointed he did not have a guidebook for the Norte/Primitivo routes, so I opted for this one in 2016. Once I familiarized myself with it, I could appreciate the differences and had no problem.HolaI would like to buy a guidebook on the Camino del Norte and wondered which ones my fellow-pilgrims here used? I walked with John Brierly's guidebook on the Camino Frances and loved it.
No, I don't think he does...
CICERONE publish a book entitled : THE NORTHERN CAMINOS which includes the NORTE, PRIMITIVO and INGLES routes. It is an excellent book and I have loaned it out many times. If you cannot get it , I will post it to you. Only on loan of course.HolaI would like to buy a guidebook on the Camino del Norte and wondered which ones my fellow-pilgrims here used? I walked with John Brierly's guidebook on the Camino Frances and loved it.
Any suggestions and experiences to share, please?I am initially looking to gain a feel for this northern route (no current plans in place to walk it at the moment, but I am always hopeful of the future. )
Thanks in advance.
Check out the Cicerone Press guide to del Norte and Primitivo, by Dave Whitson. They also do guide books to several other pilgrim routes. I’m planning to walk the Camino Frances in April using their guide written by Sandy Brown. Happy reading. https://cicerone.co.uk pilgrim trailsHolaI would like to buy a guidebook on the Camino del Norte and wondered which ones my fellow-pilgrims here used? I walked with John Brierly's guidebook on the Camino Frances and loved it.
Any suggestions and experiences to share, please?I am initially looking to gain a feel for this northern route (no current plans in place to walk it at the moment, but I am always hopeful of the future. )
Thanks in advance.
If you don't have time to watch the whole thing you can skip to 16:18 for his explanation.For those who might be interested JB explains in this talk why he hasn't written a guide to the Norte
Camino Talks with John Brierley - Why we need to slow down | Follow the Camino
Author John Brierley discusses why we need to take time to slow down and how the Camino can help us to do that.followthecamino.com
Used the Rother on line book. With perfect GPS maps. If the language is a problem you can load it with Google Chrome. Then it’s automatically translated.HolaI would like to buy a guidebook on the Camino del Norte and wondered which ones my fellow-pilgrims here used? I walked with John Brierly's guidebook on the Camino Frances and loved it.
Any suggestions and experiences to share, please?I am initially looking to gain a feel for this northern route (no current plans in place to walk it at the moment, but I am always hopeful of the future. )
Thanks in advance.
Thank you.CICERONE publish a book entitled : THE NORTHERN CAMINOS which includes the NORTE, PRIMITIVO and INGLES routes. It is an excellent book and I have loaned it out many times. If you cannot get it , I will post it to you. Only on loan of course.
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Plus @Dave Whitson is a forum member!Thank you.I will try and get hold of it. I've used Cicerone books before and liked them.
@ivar it looks like the Cicerone guidebook is currently sold out in your store. Any idea when you may have it back in stock, or should I look for it elsewhere?No, I don't think he does...
Sorry for late reply. There was an error in my stock, I actually have 6 in stock so try now@ivar it looks like the Cicerone guidebook is currently sold out in your store. Any idea when you may have it back in stock, or should I look for it elsewhere?
He's also behind the Editorial Buen Camino website and the Buen Camino app.Guía práctica del Camino del Norte: Costa y Primitivo by Carlos Mencos Arraiza. It's in Spanish, but IMHO it's the best. If you don't know Spanish then I would say that John Brierly's guide for CDN is an excellent choice.
Hi which guide did you get and would you get the same one. CheersHolaI would like to buy a guidebook on the Camino del Norte and wondered which ones my fellow-pilgrims here used? I walked with John Brierly's guidebook on the Camino Frances and loved it.
Any suggestions and experiences to share, please?I am initially looking to gain a feel for this northern route (no current plans in place to walk it at the moment, but I am always hopeful of the future. )
Thanks in advance.
I've never carried a physical guide book, though I do have the Cicerone guide as an ebook on my Kindle app.Hi! Do you think I need a guide book in paper? I am thinking about rother digits gps tracks. Or do you think free online resources (hello world, buen camino) and an OsmAnd map are sufficient? Going from Irun to Bilbao in a week… thanks
Buen Camino works very well and has real time gps locating, showing your position in relation to the indicated path. Very help whenever questions arise.Hi! Do you think I need a guide book in paper? I am thinking about rother digits gps tracks. Or do you think free online resources (hello world, buen camino) and an OsmAnd map are sufficient? Going from Irun to Bilbao in a week… thanks
No, but no printed guidebook is going to be up to date. Even when it reaches the bookstores, it will be months or more since the information was collected and assembled for publication. Perhaps there are different questions you might ask to help you decide:Hello everyone! The Cicerone guide was published in 2019, do you think it is still up to date? With covid and all.
Thank you for your thoughtful answer!No, but no printed guidebook is going to be up to date. Even when it reaches the bookstores, it will be months or more since the information was collected and assembled for publication. Perhaps there are different questions you might ask to help you decide:
I have walked with a 10 year old guide on the Gudbrandsdalen in Norway because it was the most recent English language printed guidebook available, and a nearly decade old copy of Brierley's CF guidebook. I supplemented these with information from various web resources. In both cases the information critical to me, the basic route information, was essentially unchanged. Information about accommodation, cafes and restaurants, etc was quite outdated.
- are there more recent publications from other authors that would be more suitable
- is the information so out-dated that it no longer helps, and if it is, does the publisher provide an update site you can go to to check for more recent information.
And you might ask yourself whether you need to take a printed guidebook in any case. I do normally, but not always, and find it useful for the content that isn't in the web apps. Nonetheless, there are many rich resources available on the web today that I wasn't able to access a decade ago in Norway, or eight years ago in Spain.
The Cicerone website publishes annual updates on the webpage for the book, and the author Dave Whitson also posts updates in a spreadsheet on this site.Hello everyone! The Cicerone guide was published in 2019, do you think it is still up to date? With covid and all.
I love looking at my physical guidebooks when planning my caminos and write in their margins and underline pertinent information on the pages. I now take pictures of those pages before I leave home, so no weight is involved. I then use them in conjunction with Gronzi while I am walking. I stil love owning my guidebooks!I'd recommend the ebook over the paperback, because you will save on weight.
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