Starting the Camino Inglés in Cornwall

mazzarina

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CF (partial) '05
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• Jun 16, 2023

• #1

Today I walked the St Michael's Way, a 13-mile route from Lelant on the north coast to St Michael's Mount on the south, following the ancient route that Irish and Welsh pilgrims used to take as they made their way by ship and on foot to Santiago.
The route has been authorised by the Cathedral of Santiago as an official feeder to the Inglés in Spain, so if you do it, get the stamps, and take your credencial, you can get a Compostela walking from A Coruña.
It's a beautiful route with spectacular views, and with great waymarking provided by the Friends of St Michael's Way. My first camino to be fuelled by a pasty. Proper job!

 

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Vacajoe

Traded in my work boots for hiking ones

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Frances, Portuguese, Aragon, Norte, SJWayUK, Nive

• Jun 16, 2023

• #2

Love the bits of the CdS in the UK!

 

JabbaPapa

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• Jun 16, 2023

• #3

The most traditional route onwards is St Michael's Mount > Mont Saint-Michel by boat > Santiago. Probably only possible nowadays by privately hiring some local ...

Excellent walk, good on you !!

 

Saint Mike II

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cycled from Pamplona Sep 2015;Frances, walked from St Jean May/June 2017. Plans to walk Porto 2020

• Jun 17, 2023

• #4

A very big Buen Camino! What a great way to see some of SW England and also follow in the steps of those English pilgrims from a thousand years ago.
I join Jabba in wishing you an great Camino. Cheers

 

peterhore

Peter Hore

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CF 2012, others, hospitalero, resumed VdlP 2022

• Jun 18, 2023

• #5

Hi, mazzarina! I have previously posted about finding scallop shell markers in Cornwall https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...-uk-somewhere-near-st-ives.75770/post-1046770
And I walked north-south in Cornwall pre-lockdown, but I don't remember there being any stamp boxes - where, please, did you find your stamps?

 

mazzarina

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CF (partial) '05
Primitivo 19
Portugues 22

• Jun 22, 2023

• #6

peterhore said:

Hi, mazzarina! I have previously posted about finding scallop shell markers in Cornwall https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...-uk-somewhere-near-st-ives.75770/post-1046770
And I walked north-south in Cornwall pre-lockdown, but I don't remember there being any stamp boxes - where, please, did you find your stamps?

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Hi Peter, sorry for a slow reply. I used the list provided by the Friends of St Michael's Way on their website. The message at the top says they took the stamps away during Covid, but they are back now. http://www.stmichaelsway.net/passport/4594059506.html

 

smitchenblue

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Spring 2024

• Jun 25, 2023

• #7

Hi Mazzarina, my wife and I plan to do the walk within the next few weeks. I downloaded a list of participating churches from stmichaelsway.net. Did you find it easy to locate the stamps. Thanks Steve

 

mazzarina

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CF (partial) '05
Primitivo 19
Portugues 22

• Jun 25, 2023

• #8

smitchenblue said:

Hi Mazzarina, my wife and I plan to do the walk within the next few weeks. I downloaded a list of participating churches from stmichaelsway.net. Did you find it easy to locate the stamps. Thanks Steve

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Hi Steve, hope you have a good time! Yes, I did. I missed a couple (didn't start at Lelant itself) but found 5 or 6, using the website. The church in Marazion has two: one for Marazion itself, and one for St Michael's Mount in case you can't get on the island (e.g. on Saturdays, when it's shut).
http://www.stmichaelsway.net/passport/4594059506.html