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Confraternity of St James
The website of the Confraternity of St James, a registered UK charity which
promotes the pilgrim routes to Santiago de Compostela. This is a must visit
site for any UK pilgrims: http://www.csj.org.uk
Ultreia
A Swiss site, specifically about the Santiago pilgrimage -"Jakobsweg".
Lots of info, lots of links, including links to "Pilgerberichte" -
pilgrim reports: http://www.ultreia.ch/index.html
Biketrip
The biker travellers forum - a very helpful site - info about places, tech pages, forum. However, it's closed at the moment (May 2007), but check back; Alex writes: "I will probably set up a 'read only' version while I'm traveling and there should be a brand new biketrip.org by early 2008" http://www.biketrip.org
Trento Bike Pages
The portal for bicycle touring and recreational mountain biking in Europe and
the Mediterranean. The main topics are reports of bicycle tours, and trail descriptions,
sorted by country. The site also carries general information, cycling literature
and announcements of events relevant to recreational cycling.
These pages are maintained by Andreas Caranti at the Department of Mathematics,
University of Trento, Italy http://www-math.science.unitn.it/Bike/
Spanish Railways: http://www.renfe.es/ingles/
Madrid underground: http://www.metromadrid.es
Heathrow longstay carparks:http://www.uk-airport-car-parking.co.uk/heathrow_parking.html
And to look at where you’re going ....
http://www.crtvg.es/camweb/index.asp?id=9&mn=COR
Useful Books....
Santiago de Compostela, the Way of St James
Catholic Truth Society, London, 2001. 86 pp. Price: £1.95
A historical and practical description of the pilgrimage, followed by reflections and devotions for pilgrims
The Way of St James, le Puy to Santiago: a Cyclist's Guide
John Higginson. Cicerone Press, Milnthorpe, 1999. 104 pp. Price: £8.99
A concise and practical guide, with basic information on monuments and on acommodation
Useful Maps....
Michelin Maps 441 and 442 (scale, 1 cm : 4 km)