Some recent popular pilgrimage articles

In this episode of recent popular articles on pilgrimage..

• Ed Byrne taking a pilgrimage
• BBC: Pilgrimage: The road to Santiago
• Nancy Frey: Pilgrimage in the internet age
• Ireland's old pathways connect to Camino trail
• Cycling the Via Francigena
• Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
• The world's 10 most spiritual places
• A coffee pilgrimage

Ed Byrne taking a pilgrimage

Interview in Wanderlust Travel Magazine with Ed Byrne on his pilgrimage part of the BBC series Pilgrimage: The road to Santiago.

"Ed Byrne: "I didn't go into it expecting to have a spiritual experience – I'm aware of my limitations"

Pilgrimage: The road to Santiago

More on the characters in the BBC TV series here.
Info on the BBC site here.

"Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago – Who are the celebrities taking on the epic trek?"

At the moment Episode 1 is on Youtube.


Pilgrimage in the internet age
Do you know Nancy Frey? Do you know about her (phd-thesis) book Pilgrim Stories. On and Off the Road to Santiago?

See her recent text PILGRIMAGE IN THE INTERNET AGE and the post recorded keynote.

Here's the text.

Here's the keynote.

Ireland's old pathways connect to Camino trail

Part of the 100 km needed to receive a Compostela can be walked on Ireland's ancient Celtic pilgrim paths. Find it here.

Cycling the Via Francigena
How to tackle the most beautiful cycling route in Italy. Click here for the article in The Telegraph.

"Atarget gives purpose to a bike ride, and the news that the pilgrimage route to Rome has been resurrected as a cycling trail is an invitation to saddle up. Completed in 2016 after a 10-year campaign of marking and mapping, the Via Francigena is the longest signposted cycle route in Italy: 620 miles from the Great St Bernard Pass to St Peter’s".

THE IMPORTANCE OF PILGRIMAGES TO THE HOLY LAND

"Pilgrimages to the Holy Land, however, are important not just for pilgrims coming from afar. They are crucial for the survival of the Christian community in the Holy Land and for the pilgrimage sites themselves."

Click here for the article in the Boston Pilot.

The world's 10 most spiritual places

Are these the most spiritual places? Look for yourself in this article in The Telegraph.
"The serene scene, with its bells and birds, temple tops and warming sunrise glow snuck in; got under the skin. There was a sense of a place greater than the sum of its colourful, crumbling parts. "

A coffee pilgrimage

Starbucks Lovers Can Now Make a Pilgrimage to Its 600-Acre Coffee Farm in Costa Rica.

"Starbucks aficionados might want to reconsider their next vacation. Today, the coffee giant is opening the doors (and fields) to its 600-acre coffee farm in San Luis, Costa Rica."
Find the Vogue article here.