Pilgrims to Rome
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Peter Robin’s site This has a huge volume of information on a variety of pilgrim routes including the Via Francigena. | |
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Movimento Lento site The ‘Movimento Lento’ is a cultural project created by itinerAria SAS, to encourage
and help the spread of walking and cycling. They provide GPS information on routes
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Pilgrim Sites & Blogs | |
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2011 | |
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Danny Sutherland’s blog September 2011 - Danny walked 767kms from Canterbury to Besancon. He had a fantastic time walking alone in France and is keen to share his experience with other pilgrims. His blog is interspersed with links to good photos and there is a link to the side of the text to play all the photos as a slideshow | |
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Paul Love’s blog September 2011 - Paul & Susan cycled on a tandem for 34 days covering 1218 miles from Canterbury to Rome. The site has a map of their route and detailed route descriptions as well as plentiful photos. The blog is part of a much larger site dedicated to bicycle tourists and their journals | |
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Bob Clarke’s blog April 2011 - Bob is making the epic journey, walking from Bradford (Yorkshire, UK) to Rome (Italy) in the footsteps of the Roman Legionnaire, starting next April and aiming to land around 3 months/ 1700 miles later. Whilst walking he will be camping, staying at hostels...and who knows what...and hopefully raising money for Andrea's gift (www.andreasgift.org.uk) in memory of his grandson, Callum. | |
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2010 | |
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Turlough O'Brien’s blog September 2010 Turlough O'Brien & his son Ronan cycled from Canterbury to Rome. After visiting Bobbio en route where St Columbanus founded an important Monastery, they followed La via degli Abati (The Abbots Way) and then on to Rome. Their blog has photos as well. In addition to the Via Francigena Turlough is using the blog to put up information about bike routes in Ireland and abroad that he has used. | |
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Keith Gregory & partner August - The blog covers the history, culture and culinary delights of the walk as well as the highs and lows of their particular trip. Keith will also be linking to some of the important web sites, finding stuff of interest and generally enjoying himself! | |
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Andrew & Sarah Wilson’s site August - Their project was not the typical VF pilgrimage, as they were working and writing to bring reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics. Martin Luther walked to Rome on the business of his Augustinian Order in 1510, and they did the same, following his route loosely. From Pavia southward they followed the Via Francigena, choosing it not because it was Luther's (he walked through Bologna and Florence on his way to Siena), but because it seemed to be a well marked and maintained walking route. Their site has photos, diary, maps and other useful resources | |
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Frank Burns’ blog August - Frank cycled from his home in Cambridgshire to Canterbury and then followed the Via Francigena to Rome. His aim was to raise funds to go directly to helping rebuild the elementary school built by the Claretians in Haiti. This school was completely destroyed in the earthquake. Frank is a keen cyclist and has completed many journeys including Land’s End to John O' Groats. There is lots of useful info in his blogs. |
http://frankburns.wordpress.com/categ ory/viafrancigenacanterburytorome/ |
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Alberto Conte’s Cammino Di Assisi blog August 2010, Dovadola to Sansepolcro along the Cammino Di Assisi Alberto walked part of the way towards Assisi in August. This section of his web site is in Italian and has the blog and a map showing the route and also Youtube interviews. The section is difficult to get to if you are looking at the pages in English which is why the direct link is given here. |
http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resour ce/trip/il- |
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Garry Ridgway’s blog July - Gary walked the Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome, dedicating his pilgrimage to the great work in Radiation Oncology at Canberra Hospital. His blog entries are concise but very reflective. | |
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Thomas Pascoe’s blog July - It took Thomas 69 days to cover the distance from Canterbury to Rome. He wanted
to raise funds for Marillac Care and in addition to write a report on the correlation
between the apparent prima facie link between Catholicism and acceptance of the European
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Cristina Menghini’s site July- Cristina walked from Canterbury to Rome, posting a daily diary as she went. Her site is in Italian but she uses ‘google translate’ to enable one to choose a different language. Some diary entries are translated manually into English. Her site also has a very useful list of her daily expenditure as well as her packing list. | |
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Andrew’s blog July - Andrew cycled from his home in Reading, UK to Brindisi. His aim was primarily to follow the Eurovelo 5 long distance cycle route but he followed the Via Francigena from Canterbury and initially in northern France and then rejoined the route in Pavia, Italy until his arrival in Rome. As well as a blog with pictures he has good information on route planning and maps as well as a stats table giving his daily itinerary, distances and cycle times. He has now (August 2011) published a book called 'Good Vibrations: Crossing Europe on a Bike Called Reggie', which is available to purchase from Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005HHSY4U | |
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Tarver’s blog May – July 2010, Ronchamp, France, to Rome Tarver is just starting to post details of the walk he did in 2010 from Ronchamp, France, to Rome. He believes he walked about 1700 kilometres and will go through the steps or stages he took, remembering what he can, conveying it using words and photographs. |
http://tarversiebert.wordpress.com/201 0/12/05/via- |
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Alan Steele’s web site April 2010 - Alan set off in April 2010 to walk from Assisi to Santiago de Compostela partly as a tribute to his daughter and her family, and to every other individual and family fighting leukaemia. He wanted also to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation. After 8 weeks and 1348 kms he reached Toulouse and decided to return home to spend his 60th birthday with family. He may well resume the journey. | |
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Babette & Paul’s blog March - A blog that describes the section between Arles on the St James Way (chemin de St
Jacques) and the Via Francigena. It is a record of Paul and Babette's journey and
efforts to raise money for the construction of a classroom for the children of Yabiro,
Burkina Faso. Paul & Babette run Pilgrim Publications - | |
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2009 | |
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Eric Sylver’s Web site May 2009, Rome to Otranto, Via Francigena Sud April - Eric walked the Via Francigena in 2007 and wrote one of the most thorough blogs on
the route. In 2009, he walked the Via Francigena du Sud from Rome to Otranto. His
site is in Italian and English and is one of the very few with details about the
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2008 | |
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Ann Milner’s site May - April - Ann walked from London to Canterbury and to Rome on the Via Francigena and then on to Assisi. In 2006 she walked from Santiago de Compostela to Rome. Both journeys were undertaken with spiritual motivations, in addition she hoped to raise funs for 2 charities that help homeless people. Her site has a blog and photos from each pilgrimage. | |
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2006 | |
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Kate Fletcher & Corwen ap Broch’s site July - Kate & Corwen’s site is actually about their walk on Olaf’s Way in Norway. However it has some very useful information about packing lists and lightweight equipment. The problems they encounter are similar to those of most pilgrims! |
http://www.ancientmusic.co.uk/pilgrim /Norway/olavs_way_blog_1.html |
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Silvia Nilsen’s blog June - Silvia and four companions walked to Rome in July 2006. They raised a substantial amount of money for Homenet Children’s Charity . Sil’s blogs are a mine of information about the Via F. The blogs of the actual walk in 2006 have photos and food diary | |
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Enrico Bizzi’s site April - In 2006 Enrico walked the Via F from Canterbury to Rome. In 2008 he went from Rome to Jerusalem, walking from Rome to Brindisi, then by boat across the Mediterranean to acri in Israel and finally walking from there to Jerusalem. His site is in Italian with plans for translation to other languages | |
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2005 | |
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Radio Rai 3 site April - In 2005 a group from Radio Rai walked the Via F from Novalesa to Rome. This section of the Radio’s web site records their progress. It also has the radio broadcasts they made along the way. The site is in Italian | |
Links to Pilgrims’ sites
The majority of links on this page are to web sites of people who have made a pilgrimage to or via Rome by walking, cycling, by horse etc. Some are members of the CPR, some not. Some sites have blogs and photos. Many have very useful information about planning and what to take and give some idea of what it is like to undertake a pilgrimage to Rome.
