If you’re considering a Camino pilgrimage, or if you’ve already journeyed a route, the name John Brierley will probably be very familiar to you.

John is the author of several Camino guidebooks that are known for their strong attention to detail and spiritual commentary. He regularly walks the Camino trails and keeps his guidebooks up to date.
 

With titles such as A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino de Santiago and A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino Portuguese: The Portuguese Way of St James, and the subtitle A Practical & Mystical Manual for the Modern Day Pilgrim, John’s writings are a trusted source on the Camino route.



 

About John Brierley

Formerly a Chartered Surveyor in Ireland, when John was at a career mid-point he decided to take an opportunity for a business sabbatical, what he calls being “off the treadmill for a year!” 

He travelled to Scotland with his family to reassess life and his own impending existential crisis and ever since he’s ‘reordered his priorities towards a spiritual perspective’. John believes in the ‘idea of business sabbaticals as an antidote to burn out and pilgrimage as a way to reappraise life's purpose became his abiding passion’. This notion of self discovery and reflection is common amongst pilgrims along the Camino paths.
 

“My main emphasis and interest is the exploration of the inner spiritual pathways that lead to self discovery as opposed to discovery of the physical landscape alone. I find that taking time out from our ‘normal’ activities to adventure into nature invariably leads to reflection on the deeper issues of our lives and our reason for being here.”