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.

Stretch a Leg in Luxembourg

The Independent recently provided a nice, concise introduction and update about “Europe’s smallest big country”, Luxembourg, including a mention of its diverse web of hiking trails, many of which connect to other Grandes Randonneés winding across the continent.  Read more >>>

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 [...]

Scott Smith Walking the Wild Side

Writing in the Pueblo Cheiftain, Scott Smith describes an idyllic dayhike in Wyoming’s Jedediah Smith Wilderness, climbing the trail to Table Mountain.

Tar Heels Hike the Mountains-to-Sea Trail

A nice update from Asheville’s Citizen-Times on the “work-in-progress” Mountains-to-Sea Trail that runs a thousand miles across North Carolina from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks.

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 [...]