Other lives: Author of guidebooks to the pilgrim routes of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela
October 2022
A lesson in slow travel: walking the Camino de Santiago with my brother
When three siblings hike the Camino de Santiago, the fact that one has Down’s syndrome makes some things tricky, but the whole trip far more rewarding
March 2021
Secular pilgrims: why ancient trails still pack a spiritual punch
Where kings and abbots walked, tourists now follow. Are these increasingly popular trips just another holiday or are we getting more religious?
November 2020
A selfie set in stone: hidden portrait by cheeky mason found in Spain 900 years on
A British art historian’s painstaking study of the cathedral in Spain’s Santiago de Compostela uncovered a medieval prank
June 2018
Walking Spain's most spectacular coastline
Galicia’s new Lighthouse Way connects fishermen’s ways and farm tracks – and is a more meditative walk than the busy Camino de Santiago
March 2018
Faith, friendship and curses as seven celebrity pilgrims trek to Santiago
TV show broadcast as thousands find their spiritual sides on tough Spanish route and new pathways in Britain
December 2012
The Northerner
Caramba! Our pilgrim reaches his goal in time for Christmas Day
The Northerner
Final assault on Santiago
The Northerner
Over passes higher than Ben Nevis and into Galicia
The Northerner
Homage to Extremadura
The Northerner
From summer to winter in less than a month. Plus fascist drinking water
The Northerner
Spuds in blood, anyone? Our pilgrim passes the half way point
The Northerner
Cáceres, an intact survivor from the Middle Ages
November 2012
The Northerner
A 1000 kilometre walk starts with a single step
The Guardian Northerner's champion pedestrian Alan Sykes, whose march along St Cuthbert's Way in August was a big hit with readers , steps out on the pilgrim camino to Santiago. With a difference. He's not taking the usual route from the Pyrenees, but starting in Andalucia, the land of light.
October 2012
Andrew McCarthy on life, travel writing and the Camino de Santiago
Cif belief
The pilgrimage, the cat and the momentary lapse of atheism
Jessica Reed
July 2011
Codex Calixtinus manuscript stolen from Santiago de Compostela
Priceless 12-century manuscript, which contains Europe's first travel guide, went missing from a safe in Spanish cathedral
May 2011
The Way — review
Shortcuts
Modern-day pilgrims beat a path to the Camino
April 2011
New Europe
Spanish steps: the ups and downs of the Camino de Santiago
What's the appeal of trekking 500 miles through northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela? Tim Moore, who made the pilgrimage on a donkey, explains
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The NorthernerA 1000 kilometre walk starts with a single step
