New Camino Film Debuts

A new documentary about one man’s experiences walking the Ruta Francesa, the traditional trail across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela will be released 28 October 2008.  Mark Shea made the trip, hauling his own camera gear to record his journey, in The Way.

France on Foot

One of my favorite books about walking in France is France on Foot: Village to Village, Hotel to Hotel: How to Walk the French Trail System on Your Own. Bruce LeFavour, a professional chef with a penchant for get-away hiking with fine food and wine at the end of each day’s trail, describes his years [...]

Solo Woman on the Santiago Way

Rick Lemyre has a brief account in the Brentwood Press about Alexis Easton, a California woman who discovered many things about herself as she walked the final stretch of the Camino de Santiago.  And it’s nice to hear that many of the Spanish albuerges (pilgrim hostels) are still only $5 a night!  And she voices [...]