Thank you for visiting ClearskiesCamino.com, a website about my times on the Camino de Santiago. I am an pilgrim from Dublin, Ireland and have walked throughout Spain and Portugal over the last 10 years. Feel free to read my experiences, and if you have any questions, please let me know. I have a mailing list so you won’t miss out on anything if you leave your email address. Buen Camino!
Ever since I arrived into Santiago in June 2011, Spain has remained part in my heart and part in my head. I returned the following year and started to write about my walk on the Camino Francés. Over the years, this place is a great way to keep a light burning bright. And if I manage to help new pilgrims along the way, so be it.
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Clearskies Camino is an Irish blog whose main focus is the Camino de Santiago.
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Every Moment is a Fresh Beginning This is my first post of 2022, a first of many, I hope. I hope you all had a good break and enjoyed the New Year. To be quite honest, I have never been fond of New Year’s Eve. Are we celebrating the passage of time or are we looking forward to something unknown? TS ... -
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Osprey Talon 33 Backpack Just a quick post about the above. I've been eyeing it up for quite a while now, even before my recent Camino Finisterre. There are many different sites and forums that rave about it, because of it's many pockets, because it is well-ventilated and because it is probably the lightest pack on the market. However, this ... -
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My Future Camino Plans – 2022 And Beyond Clearskies Camino It has been a month since I returned home from my Camino and I have reluctantly returned to the swing of things. I was very grateful to have the chance to go and I met so many good people. I felt on a high when I returned. I felt free and even though it ... -
Weekend Watch #70 – Another milestone I remember starting out on my Weekend Watch adventure back in 2015. My goal was to give you one video about the Camino per week, one video from the (literally) hundreds of uploaded content on YouTube, Vimeo and Facebook. With this milestone, I am going to give you 4 because you are worth it....and because ... -
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