{"id":84742,"date":"2015-02-25T12:29:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T20:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/mapping-the-camino\/"},"modified":"2015-09-29T19:41:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T02:41:47","slug":"mapping-the-camino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/mapping-the-camino\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping the Camino"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Arrow\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s a truism that one doesn’t need a map to walk the Camino. After all, there’s a yellow arrow painted or printed or engraved somewhere every twenty yards or so. If you haven’t seen one in a while, you’ve probably wandered off the right path.<\/p>\n

Having said that, I like maps. I especially like maps that represent terrain, distances, and directions. <\/p>\n

I absolutely love Camino maps that tell me the distance between each village by every possible route, and the amenities located in each village, town, and city.<\/p>\n

And throw in random cultural and historical notes? Absolute gold. No guide book required.<\/p>\n

In short, I love this map<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\"largemap\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It was absolutely invaluable. I talked about it in a number of blog posts from the Camino here<\/a> and here<\/a>, for example.<\/p>\n

Sadly, I no longer have it. I’m pretty sure I gave it or loaned it to somebody with the idea that they would need it before I would, and that I could just purchase the new edition when it came out.<\/p>\n

On my lunch today, I went by the site of the publisher, Pili Pala Press<\/a>. Imagine my disappointment to discover this:<\/p>\n

\"sad<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m fairly certain that my agonized, wailing scream could be heard as far away as Arz\u00faa. <\/p>\n

Needless to say, in my desperation, I’ve e-mailed the publisher:<\/p>\n

\n

Hello! <\/p>\n

In 2013, my wife and I walked the Camino Frances with one of your amazing Camino map booklets. We had researched any number of maps, and yours was by far and away the best. Just knowing which towns and villages had which amenities allowed us to plan our days. <\/p>\n

Sadly, that map is now gone.<\/p>\n

My wife and I are now planning our second Camino for 2016. I immediately came to your site to purchase another (perhaps updated?) copy. I was devastated to discover that you were no longer selling them.<\/p>\n

I’m writing now to beg. Surely there is at least one copy left somewhere that I could purchase? Did you check behind the sofa? Under the refrigerator?<\/p>\n

Please help me!<\/p>\n

cheers,<\/p>\n

thom<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Let’s see how they respond. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, 395 days to go.<\/p>\n

(Originally posted to Pilgrims on the Way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a truism that one doesn’t need a map to walk the Camino. After all, there’s a yellow arrow painted or printed or engraved somewhere every twenty yards or so. If you haven’t seen one in a while, you’ve probably wandered off the right path. Having said that, I like maps. I especially like maps that represent terrain, distances, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camino"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-m2O","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87144,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/some-lessons-from-the-camino\/","url_meta":{"origin":84742,"position":0},"title":"Some Lessons from the Camino\u00a0","author":"Thom","date":"08 April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"It has been several days and 10 journal pages since I last posted. 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