I’m just adding an edit to this blog post I wrote some time ago – with the best packing tip of all! People often get caught out with a 10kg bag: they fly with loads of clothes on, but when they go to pack their 10k bag for the bag transfer on the first day, […]
16 years on the Camino – what has changed?
It’s 2026 already, somehow! With the passing of another year comes the release of data from the Pilgrim Office in Santiago – a veritable rabbit hole of stats and trends from the Camino from the previous year. Needless to say, I’m fascinated by it all and I decided to have a look at how things […]
Comparing Camino companies – price and otherwise!
Sometimes some information falls into your lap without even looking for it. Last week, we quoted a group of 10 people for a week on the Camino in May 2026, from Sarria to Santiago on the last section of the Camino Francés. So far, so good, so normal. What I wasn’t expecting was the information […]
My First Experience on the Camino
My first Camino experience was a gift from my parents for my 21st birthday, which was in June of 2023. I had no expectations for the Camino, but I was excited to see what it was all about. We (me and my mother, Louise, or Luigi as some may know her) spent a few days […]
Shannon Airport – the Camino and other possibilities
Since our very first booking in 2015 (there were only 7 in that 1st year). Camino Groups has booked for schools, individuals, work groups, groups, charities and many more – a booking that involved getting them on a plane before that could dream of walking the Camino. That number today is well into 4 figures […]
When you try to be constructive, just don’t ask politicians for help!
When you recognise a problem, there are two ways to address it: A – have a good moan or B – try to do something constructive to address it. Option A is the easier and I’m prone to it as much as the next man, but this time, I decided to do something about it. […]
The Temporary Suspension of Reality
Kerri Bolger is a good Camino companion! It isn’t everyone you meet that can have a serious conversation with you yet not take themselves too seriously – good fun and interesting company at the same time. Kerri’s one of those gems, though our paths have only crossed once (to be remedied in 2022 hopefully). We […]
Covid and the Camino
Most blog posts will ramble (I just can’t help myself sometimes), but this will be short and to the point! Hopefully, the advice given here will be out of date soon, but for now (March 19th), this is how I see bookings panning out. It can be broken down into two simple points. In a nutshell, […]
New Beginnings – Where do I start the Camino?
The answer for a lot of people is Sarria or St. Jean but I’ll come back to that shortly! The idea of writing a blog had been on the radar for quite some time, so the idea of asking “Where do I begin?” had a very different connotation at the start. Doing a bit of […]
