, The Mirror<\/a> reports that he made his tattoo decision after walking more than 90 miles along the famous Camino de Santiago trek – The Way of St James – after which many of those who complete it choose to have an inking as a lasting reminder of their achievement. The star, whose acting CV ranges from Soldier, Soldier to Granchester, suddenly decided to follow suit when he finally reached his destination.<\/p>\nAnd the result is a scallop shell on his upper arm. He joked: \u201cThat definitely wasn\u2019t in the script!<\/p>\n
“I have loved this pilgrimage on the outside but for me it\u2019s been more about the journey within. The walk seems to leave an indelible mark on anyone who walks it so much so that before they leave Santiago many pilgrims decide to commemorate it by getting a Camino tattoo.<\/p>\n
“And it turns out I am one of them.” He explains: \u201cIt gets under your skin and I have a feeling it will stay there forever and I have got the tattoo to prove it.<\/p>\n
“I had a feeling the walk was going to be a memorable one.\u201d The actor undergoes the legendary Camino in his new TV series The World\u2019s Most Amazing Walks which will air on U and U&Yesterday.<\/p>\n
It will show him tackling treks all over the UK and Europe but he admitted his favourite was the one in Spain. It dates back to the 9th century when it is said the remains of St James \u2013 one of Jesus\u2019 apostles \u2013 were discovered in Santiago de Compostella.<\/p>\n
The Camino is actually a network of trails across Europe which end up in Santiago in north Spain. The most popular is the 500-mile Camino Frances which can take six weeks.<\/p>\n
Green completed a shorter 90-mile section and along the way he stopped at hostels which have become overnight shelters for annual walkers. The trek features symbols to follow and Robson loved the story behind a scallop shell sign which is why he chose it for his arm.<\/p>\n
He revealed: \u201cMy favourite symbol is the scallop shell and there were images everywhere because years ago pilgrims collected from the Galician coastline as proof of their journey when they reached Santiago.<\/p>\n
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Viewers can accompany Robson Green on the World\u2019s Most Amazing Walks(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe shell was used as a drinking vessel or a bowl for food; however my favourite story is about the ridges on the shell as they say those ridges depict the routes leading to Santiago.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people who do this were all there for many different reasons, and each had a goal. When they achieved what they set out to do, the emotional response was deeply profound.”<\/p>\n
He added: “I was emotional with the rest of them – so much so, I got a tattoo.\u201d On his return to the UK, the actor went straight into filming the final series of Grantchester.<\/p>\n
His new tattoo was finally revealed when a guest star on the drama spotted it being covered up by the make-up artists. He said: \u201cI was in the make-up chair filming Grantchester recently and needed to show my shoulders in a scene.<\/p>\n
“And one of the guest actors saw the scallop shell on my shoulder. And he went \u2018oh, you walked the Camino. Buen Camino’.<\/p>\n
“So, I’m now a member of the Camino club. I\u2019ll definitely be going back without the cameras.”<\/p>\n
Robson Green: The World\u2019s Most Amazing Walks starts Monday 27 October on U and U&Yesterday at 8pm<\/strong><\/p>\nChronicleLive has created a dedicated WhatsApp community for What\u2019s On news and updates. You can join this WhatsApp community here<\/strong><\/a>. It will keep you up to date with things to do around the North East and breaking gig announcements, sent directly to your phone.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Northumberland favourite explains his first tattoo following an iconic Spanish experienceRobson Green has a first tattoo. Credit:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,45711,42068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-529845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-northumberland","11":"tag-robson-green","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115442446264646415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Robson Green has a first tattoo. Credit: The Mirror<\/p>\n