Open only to XirCammini Members. From Le Puy-en-Velay to Conques ⎸ This is a French segment on the Via Podiensis bound for Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The Via Podiensis is one of a number of trails in France heading towards Santiago de Compostela traversing beautiful French / Basque countryside. Dates are tentative depending on demand…
We’ll meet again next to the Domus Romana (Google Maps: VCP2+24 Rabat ) . John Darmanin will lead this walk. Tucc and I will also walk with you. The walk starts at 7:30 p.m. (please be there there before). We walk to Wied l-Qlejja (Chadwick Lakes) , Qolla l-Bajda and passing through old hamlets surrounding…
We’ll meet again next to Rita’s Restaurant, Ghar Lapsi (Google Maps: RCHF+4F Siggiewi) . John Darmanin will lead this walk. Tucc and I will also walk with you. The walk starts at 7:30 p.m. (please be there there before). We will start with a grueling incline (John will decide which :) ), the ultimate aim…
Most of the coastal towers in the south of Malta were built following the Turkish incursion of 1614. St. Thomas Tower, built by Wignacourt had within its line of sight the church of St. Gregory (which doubled up as a watch tower) and the De Redin Coastal Towers built a few decades later. We’ll meet…
During our previous Wed Walk someone asked whether ‘Selmun’ was also one of the Wigncourt towers. Although it was built during the reign of Grand Master Alof Wignacourt (1607), Selmun is technically not a tower or fort but a castle. The Monte della Redenzione (a charity established following the death of Katerina Vitale to raise…
Torre della Paulina, known as the Madliena Tower is one of the De Redin Towers built in present day Pembroke in 1658 with an adjacent fougasse (a simple but devastating mortar) dug in the mid-18th century . We'll commence our walk from the Kristu Rxoxt Church at 07:30 p.m. (the Park and Ride Car-park of…
The Ghajn Tuffieha Tower (known also as Ghajn Mixquqa) is one of the Lascaris Towers built in 1637 with the Lippija and Nadur Towers in line of sight. They formed part of the Northwest coastal fortifications of Malta during the time of the knights. The tower is built on a former (medieval) look-out post and…
Open only to XirCammini Members. Some 200 years prior to institutional Roman Catholicism reaching to the British Isles Celtic Christianity was flourishing. After the overwhelming success of the Irish Caminos Summer 2019 - where 60 Maltese XirCammini trekkers joined another 60 Irish trekkers from the Cork, Kerry and Ballintubber societies, XirCammini will again be walking…
Open only to XirCammini Members. Some 200 years prior to institutional Roman Catholicism reaching to the British Isles Celtic Christianity was flourishing. After the overwhelming success of the Irish Caminos Summer 2019 – where 60 Maltese XirCammini trekkers joined another 60 Irish trekkers from the Cork, Kerry and Ballintubber societies, XirCammini was planning to walk…
XirCammini will be combining 2 trekking experiences in la costa amalfitana and matera combining scenic panoramas of spectacular beauty across land and sea and also stepping back in time (the 9th century home to the remains of St. Andrew). Some general points of interest regarding these treks: We’ll stay in agritourismi / B&Bs in a…