Tag: pilgrimage
VIRGIN’S BACK: The return of ancient pilgrimage the Romeria del Rocio to Huelva in Spain’s Andalucia
By Livia Cockerell
FOLLOWING a two year delay, the ancient festival of Romeria del Rocio has returned to Andalucia in Spain.
Before the pandemic, the religious...
Pilgrims become litter pickers as they walk in bid to clean up Spain’s Camino de Santiago
PILGRIMS walking the Camino de Santiago are being asked to do more than just purify their souls, but to take on another form of...
German student completes Spain to Scotland trek with her trusty Shetland Pony
A GERMAN student is on the verge of completing a mammoth trek across Europe to help raise awareness for climate change.
Johanna Maria Wurtz is...
British widow completes ‘El Camino’ in northern Spain to fulfil late husband’s dream
Philip Dunlop, 53 had planned to complete another leg of the Camino to Finisterre, so his wife Joan decided to return on his behalf
Breaking Bad star walks one of Spain’s most famous pilgrimage during trip for new series
Bob Odenkirk, who played the charismatic Saul Goodman on the hit TV show, walked the religious route during a promotional trip for his new spin-off series Better Call Saul.
Phone app brings Spain’s historic pilgrimage El Rocio romeria into 21st century
A new phone app has added a 21st-century twist to Spain’s most historic pilgrimage
Death in the afternoon
I am a horse lover. I always have been. In fact you can include donkeys in that, I’d add mules too, but I don’t know them so well, writes OP blogger Mary Biles