I hope you’ll check out my posts from previous caminos:

• Via Francigena 2019. A research trip as well from Lausanne to Rome, walked from August to October, with Theresa Elliot in Switzerland and Tuscany, and along in Northern and Central Italy.
• Camino De Santiago 2019. A follow-up research trip, walking two stages and biking the rest from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Muxia.
• Camino de Santiago 2018. A book research trip shared with Theresa Elliott from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Finisterre.
• Via di San Francesco, 2017 (Florence to Assisi). This year I led two groups – one from Florence to Assisi and one from Assisi to Rome. To read about our journey, start here.
• Via Francigena, 2017 (Lausanne to Piacenza). A gorgeous walk over the Great St Bernard Pass and down into the Po Valley to Piacenza, my 2016 starting point.
• Via Francigena, 2016 (Piacenza to Rome). I walked 550 km from Piacenza to Fidenza and Sarzana to Rome.
• Via di San Francesco, 2014 (Florence to Assisi to Rome). Walked 845km to research my guidebook, The Way of St. Francis, and its 614km route.
• Via di San Francesco, 2013 (Assisi to Rome). Walked 235 km in 13 days in Umbria and Lazio with dear friends. To read this camino story from the beginning start here.
• Camino del Norte, 2012 (Bilbao to Santiago). Walked 677 km in 28 days over this beautiful northern route in June 2012. To read this series from the beginning, start here.
• Camino Frances May/June 2011 (St Jean Pied de Port to Finisterre)  Walked 900km with my sister, Rocky, and my son, Luke. To read this series from the beginning, start here.
• Via de la Plata July 2010 (Puebla de Sanabria to Santiago) Had only two weeks, but wanted to walk a quiet camino during the busy, Holy Year. Total distance 253 km. To read this series from the beginning, start here.
• Camino Frances May/June, Aug 2008 (St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago). My first camino, walked 800km from St. Jean to Villafranca del Bierzo, but then interrupted by a family emergency at home. Returned to Villafranca in August with my former wife and finished late that month. To read this series from the beginning, start here.

Here are compostelas and credentials from each prior camino, now totaling 3710 camino kilometers:

2014 Assisi Testimonium

2014 Testimonium after walking Florence to Rome

2014 Credential from Florence to Rome

2013 Credential from Cammino di San Francesco

2012 Credential from Camino del Norte

2012 Compostela after walking Camino del Norte

Finisterre credencial 2011 – Santiago to Finisterre

Credencial 2008 Camino Frances from St Jean Pied de Port

Credencial from 2010 Via de la Plata (from Puebla de Sanabria)

Credencial from 2011 Camino Frances

Awarded in Holy Year on Santiago Day (after a three hour wait)

2011 Fisterrana – awarded at albergue in Finisterre

2011 compostela after a joyful pilgrimage