LightFoot guide to Your Camino - Practical Preparation for a Pilgrimage
After years of answering frequently asked questions on Camino forums, the Internet, Camino workshops and on her Camino blog (amaWalker.blogspot.com) Sylvia Nilsen (aka Sillydoll), provides the answers to thousands of FAQs in a book called ‘Your Camino – on foot, bicycle or horseback, in France and Spain’.
Besides providing information and maps on the many different Camino routes in France and Spain (with links to Jacobean routes in other countries) it offers advice on the best time to go and how to get there, planning daily stages, budgets and accommodation, pilgrim and trail etiquette.
She enlisted the help of Greg Dedman (Camino pilgrim and backpacking expert) to help with chapters on technology, weather, food and language. Many other experienced pilgrims shared their expertise on subjects as diverse as disabled pilgrims, cycling, trekking with children, horses, donkeys and dogs. There are chapters on clothing and equipment covering boots, shoes, backpacks and sleeping bags, as well as medical matters, relics, Santiago Holy Years and pilgrim statistics.
Illustrated with delightful pilgrim characters, this 242 page reference guide covers everything from learning about the Camino on the Internet, books and DVDs, Confraternities and Forums, to taking a donkey on the trail, and how to ‘go’ in the woods!
LightFoot guide to Camino Lingo
If you only take one Spanish phrase book or dictionary with you on the Camino this is it!
Compiled by Sylvia Nilsen, an experienced Camino pilgrim, and her Spanish teacher Reinette Nóvoa, the Lightfoot Guide Camino Lingo - Spanish Words and Phrases for Pilgrims on el Camino de Santiago contains all the Spanish words you’ll need while on a Camino pilgrimage in Spain.
No complicated verb conjugations or rules on diphthongs and grammar.
A ‘cheats’ guide to speaking Spanish on the Camino.
Over 650 English/Spanish words relating specifically to the Camino pilgrimage with simplified pronunciation - including a few curse words should you need them!
Useful phrases for travelling, accommodation, eating out, shopping, walking the path, health and medical and emergencies
Menu Reader including a list of Tapas
A list of words just for cyclists
“It’s about time somebody wrote a book like this for pilgrims. I can’t believe it hasn’t been done before! The pronunciation is easy to read and I’ve learned a lot of words and phrases in just a few days. Can’t wait to try it on my Camino!”
A guide to Slackpacking the Camino Frances
• When and where to start walking and how to get there.
• Three suggested itineraries for hiking daily stages of 10km to 15km: 15km to 20km and 20km to 25km.
• A 17-day, 5km to 8km per day itinerary for the not-so-able pilgrim wanting to walk the last 100km to Santiago in order to earn a Compostela.
• A list of Camino Tour Companies and Luggage Transfer services.
• Contact details for buses, trains and taxis along the route.
Slackpacking the Camino with beds booked and baggage transferred doesn’t mean that you won’t get blisters, tendonitis, aching muscles and a funny tan! You will have to hike up the same mountain paths in the sun or rain, wobble down the same rocky descents, and struggle through the same boot-clinging mud and sludge with all the other pilgrims.
The main difference is that your daypack will only weigh about 3kg instead of the average 7kg, and knowing that you have a bed and a hot shower waiting for you at the end of the day means plenty of time to have breakfast, to smell the wildflowers along the trail, enjoy a leisurely lunch and wait for an interesting church or museum to open, instead of racing to queue for a bed in a pilgrim dormitory.
Slackpacking the Camino Frances provides all the information and advice you’ll need to plan your perfect Camino.
Riding the Milky Way - Le Puy en Velay to Santiago de Compostela
Riding the Milky Way tells the story of Babette and Paul's journey, but it is not about hardships and heroes. In fact it was a motley and uninspiring crew that left Le Puy en Velay, France, in July 2005. The humans, broke, burnt-out and vaguely hoping that early retirement would save their health and sanity. The horses, plucked off the equine scrap-heap in France and still grappling with their new roles as something between mount and mountain goat. The dog, doing his best to understand why he was there. But 75 days later they reached their destination, overcoming the challenges, and most importantly, finding that they had become an inseparable team. Packed with sketches and photographs, this book will inspire even the most timid traveller, while also giving practical guidelines for someone wanting to do the same or a similar journey. And finally, it is quite simply an excellent, sometimes irreverent, guide to the St James Way. Much more than just a good read.
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