![]() CSJ volunteers are working hard to develop and improve the route, so all the points made are being looked at … Julie, I’m pleased you saw difficulties as an adventure to be enjoyed. It’s a quintessentially English Camino so comes with the glorious English countryside, pubs, chalk rivers, medieval history and churches, the port of Southampton, fish and chips! All the beauty of England. Anyway its another Camino finished and like a true Pilgrim we suffered but we loved it. Speaking to locals en route the footpaths are always dreadful in summer, no one is keeping them in check which is quite painful for the hiker. Would have liked to have done less miles per day but there just wasnt the accomodation available. Accomodation was at Little London The Chapel, Alresford The Swan Hotel, Winchester 2 Bare feet, and Southampton Leonardo Grand harbour. Hopefully will get better as route becomes more popular. The places that we did find were fabulous. Definitely not enough places to get drinks. We had to hack the brambles and nettles back with our poles. Footpaths were near impassable, extrĮxtremely dodgy at Bishopstoke. ![]() Got lost a couple of times, just couldnt make sense of the directions. Definitely not enogh signage when you enter a field found it difficult to navigate out again. The route is lovely through wonderful villages. Having completed the French way 4 years ago this seemed like a good idea. Have just completed this route Monday to thursday last week. Instructions for using a GPX file to show you the route offline on your smartphone So far you can stay in Sulhamstead and Preston Candover.īuy St James’ Way Guidebook from Confraternity of St JamesĬlick to download route/s in GPX file format for your smartphone’s map app We are in the process of adding Sanctuaries to this route, more are due to be added soon. Holy Places listed in Britain’s Pilgrim Places book: Caversham Shrine & Well Headbourne Worthy Winchester Cathedral. Southampton Holy Water Conduit and Cenotaph Because there is no ferry service at Southampton, if you want to catch a boat from Portsmouth to Normandy or Spain, then walk the alternative Pilgrims’ Trail direct from Winchester to Portsmouth. The route follows the path Roman road from the remains of Silchester Roman City via the medieval wall paintings at Bramley, then Basingstoke to Winchester Cathedral, the historic place of pilgrimage where you can partake in the nearby ancient charitable institution of the Wayfarer’s Dole – bread and ale – at the Hospital of St Cross to send you on your way for the final push to Southampton. Rivers and canals are your (flat) paths, along which you find village churches (often dedicated to St James), riverside pubs and other historic places. Passing through the rolling countryside and open downs at the heart of the kingdom of Wessex, the route presents no particular physical issues for a pilgrim apart from the distance of 70 miles. The Reading Abbey complex would have cost half a billion pounds in today’s money- recently it has had a facelift, and looks very grand. Walk from the majestic ruins of Reading Abbey, the centre of the St James cult in England in the Middle Ages, to Southampton, a port from which pilgrims would have embarked on their onward journey to Santiago (Sant Iago = Saint James). If you wish to undertake the Camino de Santiago, why not begin your pilgrimage authentically in England? The Confraternity of St James have created a pilgrimage route in honour of St James. St James’ Way – 66 miles – 6-7 days – Reading to Southampton.
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