My friend John Brierley, who has died of cancer aged 75, was the author of bestselling guidebooks to the pilgrim routes to Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain.
John believed that the Camino de Santiago experience could transform individuals for the better and that they in turn could transform our world. His guidebooks give walking directions and details of accommodation, and provide inspiration for what he called “the internal, spiritual journey”. The books were written from his own experience that walking long distances on pilgrimage could be a time for personal reflection, renewal and change.
