This is the 5th update in our Covid 19 announcements to XirCammini Members. Our underlying advice remains, “Keep calm | act sensibly | exercise discipline | (where permissible) carry on.”…
President’s Pen
From the President’s Pen
COVID 19: Keep Calm | Carry on (#4)
This is the 4th update in our Covid 19 announcements to XirCammini Members. Our underlying advice remains, “Keep calm | act sensibly | exercise discipline | carry on.” Introduction: Thank…
COVID 19: Keep Calm | Carry on (#3)
This is the 3rd update in our Covid 19 announcements to XirCammini Members. Our underlying advice remains, “Keep calm | act sensibly | exercise discipline | carry on.” Introduction: Thank…
Coronavirus emergency: can you trek or perform outdoor activities? (#2)
Massimo Clementi [source www.trekking.it] This is a useful think-piece by Massimo Clementi (www.trekking.it) coming from a country currently in lock down because of Covid 19. The underlying message remains the…
Covid 19: Keep Calm | Be Sensible | Carry on (#1)
As a membership-based association engaged in local and overseas trekking XirCammini (we) are committed to continue hiking; recognising the social, psychological and physical well-being benefits of this pastime. In the…
Universal Peace Walk – Progress Report 1
XirCammini are re-launching the ancient Universal Peace Walk of 1543 AD. Once launched, the walk will be complete with a pilgrim passport and certificate for independent individual or group hikers.…
Camino Mozarabe
INTRODUCTION There are catalysts, ebbs and flows to ancient pilgrimage practice. For Santiago 2 of the earliest dynamos generating momentum for the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela were the The…
Feel the Rain
Introduction While walking home late in the evening after a social engagement it started to drizzle. Ironically, as I walked past a bar, I could hear competing with the chatter…
Camino de San Salvador
INTRODUCTION As the old saying goes, “All roads lead to Rome.” This is also to a great extent true with Santiago de Compostela with so many European trails being re-created…
Because life is a journey … “all the Saints” and all that Jazz
Introduction All Saints Day is a special day for XirCammini. We say that the processing of our application as a NGO took from All Saints’ Day to the Feast of…