Two British pilgrims had to be rescued last week after becoming lost on a section of the Camino de Santiago, the famous pilgrimage walk from southern France to Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain, where the remains of St James the Apostle are believed to be housed in the cathedral.
The pair spent five days in the open, and when their food and water ran out they drank from ditches and animal troughs. Eventually, realising the severity of their situation, they called the emergency services. A helicopter crew spotted a large cross made of brightly coloured clothes, and the lost pilgrims nearby.
