’One of the classier writers of the humorous travel book...A very entertaining read’--DBSERVER

’An absolutely cracking idea for a book; it’s got history, eccentric characters, personal growth - and plenty of really good jokes’--TIME OUT

Being larger than a cat, the donkey is the type of animal Tim Moore is slightly scared of. Yet intrigued by epic accounts of a pilgrimage undertaken by one in three medieval Europeans, and committed to historical authenticity, he finds himself leading a Pyrenean ass named Shinto into Spain, headed for Santiago de Compostela.

Over 500 miles of extreme weather and agonising bestial sloth, it becomes memorably apparent that for the multinational band of eccentrics who keep the Santiagan flame alive, the pilgrimage has evolved from a purely devotional undertaking into a mobile therapist’s couch.