size: 108 x 191 Format Paperback | 96 pages Publication date 08 Feb 2022 Camino
Ingles: This ancient route was popular with pilgrims arriving by sea from
England, Ireland and Northern Europe in the medieval period. It all but faded
from memory but is quietly coming back to life and now ready to welcome pilgrims
seeking a more solitary way along the rugged rias of Northern Galicia. It was
previously combined with the route to Finisterre which was described as the road
less travelled but that acclaim has now passed to the English way (or Celtic
way) that starts in Ferrol or A Coruna and now fully merits its own edition. Few
pilgrims walking the Camino Ingles commence in A Coruna which, at less than 100
km, does not entitle the pilgrim to a compostela unless they have walked an
extra 25 km in their own country or combine it with the route from Ferrol. This
provides an opportunity to visit the only site in Galicia directly linked with
the life of Jesus - his first miracle in Cana of Galilee. By combining two
distinct starting points we also come to understand the variety of pathways that
the caminos de Santiago offer us, inviting further exploration. This guidebook
also seeks to find a balance between the outer and inner journey, between the
practical and spiritual, which is why it is subtitled A Practical & Mystical
Manual - that we might find a place to eat and sleep at the end of a hard day's
walk but also, and crucially, that we might find the courage to dive into the
mystery of our own soul awakening.