Looking to make 2008 a summer of spirited adventure, we turned ourselves into a family of Pedalling Pilgrims for a six week journey along the Camino Frances, one of the ancient Pilgrim routes to Santiago de Compostela in Northern Spain.  Travelling with three children, on two tandems with trailers, our 1400km journey, from Bilbao to the Pyrenees to Santiago and then Finisterre, took us across an extraordinary slice of rural Spain, across mountains and meseta, through hamlets, villages, towns and cities on a journey with a history stretching back over a thousand years.

From this page you can get a virtual taste of this unique family adventure from the comfort of your computer, learn a little about the history and traditions of pilgrimage and find out what it’s like to travel as a modern pedalling pilgrim family. If you'd like us to come and talk to a group about our experience then do contact us . We've an entertaining talk and slideshow ready to go. You can listen to it below.

Visit our blog - for stories from the road

See our online map of the journey

Take a look at some snaps from our digital photo scrapbook

Listen to our Pedalling Pilgrims Talk as given to the Kirkby Lonsdale Institute in Yahoo Media Player
Or click here to launch the mp3 (60mB) of the talk in your own media player.