Female safety on the Camino under the spotlight again
The issue of solo women's safety on the Camino came under the spotlight again, following an incident where a female pilgrim abandoned her Camino two weeks in after an encounter with a masturbating man on the trail.The pilgrim* posted on the a Camino Facebook group that she was walking to *Astorga and encountered a man hiding his face behind a tree while starting to masturbate when she walked by.The incident took place just after she crossed the road of La Casa de los Dioses (David's place).She was alone and scared and reported that she does not feel safe on the trail, thus booking her flight ticket home and abandoning her Camino after only two weeks of walking. "I feel foolish for thinking I could do this alone, but also very angry that the world is like this," she said.She reported speak...