where to buy the northern ways to santiago in english?

[megtemple]

My cousin has just walked from Bilbao and picked up a copy of the Northern Ways to Santiago in English in a tourist office there. I am trying to get a copy before I leave as I like to feel organised. She also had the accompanying accommodation guide. When I go on the website www.amigosdelcamino.com I can see a printable form (I don't have a printer), but can't see where I can buy them (I want a hard copy). I live near Portomarin in Galicia and plan to walk at the end of August.

 

[mikevasey]

I walked from Irun in 2012 and knew about this guide before I set off and thought I would pick one up when I arrived. Could not get one in English at all so ended up picking up the Spanish one, good for height profiles and distances. What I did notice on a blog of another pilgrim who walked a month before me was in a photo at his home in Singapore of all the equipment he was taking and there was a copy of this guide in the envelope which it had obviously been sent from basque tourist people. The forum members name was Evanlow and he was obviously more clued up than I was.

 

[peregrino_tom]

Were they ever for sale? I think they were distributed for promotional purposes to tourist offices and the like. The CSJ in London received several boxes of them and distributed them for free over a couple of years until they ran out.
To be honest, it's a nice looking guide but it wouldn't be my choice for actually walking the camino - there's no actual walking guidance about the route and it has some pretty weird recommended stages, although the height profiles can be useful as Mike says. It's the kind of thing to read before you go, but leave at home. If you are prepared to pay for a guide then you'd be better off getting a real one, written by someone who has actually walked the camino.
Cheers, tom

 

[JohnMcM]

Hello meg temple,
I found this on Amazon. It may be what you are looking for.
Buen Camino

The Northern Caminos: Norte, Primitivo and Inglés (Cicerone Guides)
Dave Whitson,Laura Perazzoli; Paperback
Sold by Amazon.com LLC

$17.45

 

[hyalinejim]

Hi Meg,

I don't know if this is helpful for you, but both guides you mention can be downloaded from here:

http://tourism.euskadi.net/downloads/tourist-leaflets/

 

[OzAnnie]

My cousin has just walked from Bilbao and picked up a copy of the Northern Ways to Santiago in English in a tourist office there. I am trying to get a copy before I leave as I like to feel organised. She also had the accompanying accommodation guide. When I go on the website www.amigosdelcamino.com I can see a printable form (I don't have a printer), but can't see where I can buy them (I want a hard copy). I live near Portomarin in Galicia and plan to walk at the end of August.

Hi megtemple
A couple of us have recently made comments on the Northern ways guide on another thread (a woman alone on the Norte).
We have just received hard copies of this guide. It is quite a heavy guide. After having used the Brierley guide on previous Camino Frances and Portuguese I guess we're used to that format and miss the daily incline charts.
It will be good reading and info but I may not take it with me. Maybe see if you can look through someone else's copy to decide if you really want to buy it.
Annie

 

[woodswoman]

Hello meg temple,
I found this on Amazon. It may be what you are looking for.
Buen Camino

The Northern Caminos: Norte, Primitivo and Inglés (Cicerone Guides)
Dave Whitson,Laura Perazzoli; Paperback
Sold by Amazon.com LLC

$17.45

The Cicerone Guide is NOT what you are looking for in this thread . . . I'd love to get the printed version (in English) of The Northern Ways to Santiago. So far all I have is the pdf, but I suppose I could print it out . . . at least the parts I need. And YES! I wish Brierley would do a Norte guide . . . his Camino Frances guide, and the one for Finisterre and Muxia (as well as the Portugues) are the best I've found. Perhaps someone on this thread knows how to buy or request the Northern Ways.