In 2015, my 21-year-old daughter Juliet and I walked 500 miles from St. Jean Pied de Port in the French Pyrenees to Santiago in the northwestern corner of Spain called Galicia. It took us 35 days to walk 500 miles El Camino de Santiago, a 1000-year-old pilgrimage to the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela where […]
Experience The Tranquility Of The Variante Espiritual Camino De Santiago.
If you are researching the Camino de Santiago, I’m sure you’re already aware that there are many different routes to Santiago de Compostela and each route offers a different type of experience. I have extensive experience of walking along both the French and Portuguese Way, so I decided to research and walk the Variante Espiritual […]
A Woof Woof Camino. Walking The Variante Espiritual Way With My Furry Peregrino.
For those of you who follow my adventures or have read my book The Adventures of a Wild Woman on the Camino de Santiago, you’ll know that I have a furry partner-in-life, Camino Willy. I adopted William in 2012 from a rescue centre in Andalucia, Spain. Despite having little legs, William was born to roam. […]
Camino de Santiago: 2021 Holy Year Extended to 2022
The feast day of St. James, the patron saint of the Camino de Santiago, is officially celebrated throughout the Camino de Santiago on the 25th July of every year. When the feast day of St. James falls on a Sunday, the year is deemed to be a holy one. Indeed, St James’ Day falls on […]
What To Expect On The Camino During The Covid Pandemic (17.6.20)
Before the Covid crisis, pilgrims were free to come and go along the Camino de Santiago. As international travel to Spain and Portugal opens up once again allowing pilgrims to return to the Camino de Santiago, here’s what to expect on the Camino during the Covid pandemic. As at the 15th June 2021, both Spain […]
Wild Camino: Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
Buen Camino! I’m a woman who has made many personal dreams come true. I gave up the rat race to pursue a life with more meaning. The choice that I made led me to the Camino de Santiago where I found my purpose as a guide helping pilgrims on the long road to Santiago. I […]
Shanta Ranee On Serendipity And The Green House In Santiago De Compostela
Many people have asked me why I chose to live in Santiago de Compostela. I didn’t. It was more serendipity than choice. In 2018 the youngest of my two daughters was assigned to the University of Santiago as an Erasmus student as part of her year abroad. Neither of us had even heard of the […]