Belorado made a decision in 2010 to celebrate the Jacobean year by creating a Promenade of the Driven (Paseo del Ánimo) along the camino as it passed through the town. It was meant to recognize both local and international people who, through their efforts, had made a contribution to the greater good. They would come […]

The little yellow arrow is always there pointing the way forward. But it never answers the question – are we there yet?? Pilgrims need not worry. Distance markers are a constant presence along the camino, placed to remind you that there are still many miles to go before you sleep (apologies to Robert Frost). You […]

Like the proverbial carrot dangling in front of the donkey, the scallop shell is always before you. Hanging from the many backpacks that you walk behind, embedded in the pavement of the streets that you tread, in the light standards illuminating the night or carved into the stones along the route, this may be the […]

Like Hansel and Gretel following a trail of pebbles out of the woods to find their way back home, the Camino walker seeks signs to point the way forward. Over the length of the Camino Francés, the ever-present yellow arrow shepherds the pilgrim onwards. This special marker is a recent invention (1984), the initiative of […]