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  1. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino The massacre of a dear resting place.

    I believe there is a different connection, according to some Spanish people I talked to: tourism pilgrims.
  2. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino The massacre of a dear resting place.

    It is beyond restoration.
  3. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino The massacre of a dear resting place.

    Between Villafranca Montes de Oca and San Juan de Ortega there was a great resting place with benches, totem poles andvarious wooden art. A place of good vibes. It is now completely demolished: someone has used chain saws to ruin it completely. The remains are now lying to rot. Not able to...
  4. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Current conditions on the Frances

    The Camino delivers. There are some who insist on booking hotels that are in some trouble but since they insist on rooms in stead of a bed, so be it. I have no problems finding a bed. In Villafranca Montes de Oca tonight. Beds available at 8 PM. Stupidity and unsecurity is widespread , IMHO...
  5. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Current conditions on the Frances

    Another evening in Granon today. No bed race. Normal or less.
  6. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Current conditions on the Frances

    In Azofra today. At 4.30 PM there are 20 pilgrims here. Total capasity is 60 (the WP app says 100). At 1.30 I was rhe second pilgrim to check in… Traffic is not huge: it is very relaxed on the Camino right now. Will stay in Granon (yes the one and only) tomorrow.
  7. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Current conditions on the Frances

    Yes, i abide by that. I am VERY rarely, if ever, walking after 2 PM. I sit with cold beer and just watch the bewilderment going on.
  8. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Current conditions on the Frances

    In Viana. It is nearly 3.30 PM. 7 pilgrims in the municipal with 54 beds capacity. I always get low bunks because i say I am retired (retirado/jubilado). @Becky 59 : you were there on a Saturday: Many Spanish use weekends for walking. Still you got a bed…😎 Met some sheepegrinos today: Possible...
  9. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Current conditions on the Frances

    I am back from the municipal albergue in Los Arcos. Spoke with two lovely hospitaleras. Never full this year. As of Saturday April 13th 6.15 PM there are 46 pilgrims in an albergue with 70 beds capasity. I will not follow up anymore: This so-called bed race is just nonsense. Waste of my time...
  10. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Current conditions on the Frances

    Dinner done. In the hostel. After yesterday’s food excess in Estella i felt for something lighter today. So it was bread, slices of choriso (lots), pata negra (lots), and flushed down with a bottle of fine Rioja at the price of 3.95 euros which is incredible for a Rioja. And after all, as they...
  11. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Current conditions on the Frances

    You will be at least 12 days ahead of me.
  12. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Current conditions on the Frances

    In Los Arcos. 26C and rising to 28 in the afternoon. Sunny Spain… Do not envy late walkers. This stretch although fairly flat, can be a hard one, so to speak. Weather forcast is splendid for the next days. Enjoyin a cana in town square. Will go for tapas/vino later. Life is good :cool:
  13. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino For those worried about beds...

    I am 4 days behind you. There IS no bed race. It seems to me so far that this is a less trafficed (!) Camino than usual. It seems, however, that there is a larger portion of panicked firsttimers. No need to worry. Everything is working on the Camino, unless you have been stupid enough to walk...
  14. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Current conditions on the Frances

    Very good, lots of food. And very filling. Greetings from sunny Spain.
  15. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Current conditions on the Frances

    I stay in Estella tonight in the Municipal. Clean, friendly, good beds. 8 euros. At 2.30 PM they have 25 beds taken out of total 78. In Cirauqui last night there were 3 beds not taken out of 26. last pilgrim came in at 8 PM. Seriously those who claim there is a bed race: I don’t get it...
  16. alexwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Current conditions on the Frances

    I am checking on the «bed race» frenzy. So far nada problemos; it is vastly overrated. Actually the CF right now looks simular to my fir st CF in 2008. More later : I have an appolintment now with a glass of Spanish red with Becky :cool:
  17. alexwalker

    Water, water...

    All people tell you to carry water. So I always carry (on the CF) 500 ml water. And I drink beer. That way I always have enough water, bc I don't touch the stuff.
  18. alexwalker

    Are you 70+ and still walking Caminos?

    Going to Pamplona tomorrow morning. Heading for SdC, slowly. Will be joined by my 47 yr old daughter in Burgos. I am 70 + 9 days young. Edit: Will most likely meet @Kiwi-family mother in Uterga. May bump into new Camino addict @MARSKA as well, as she should be in the neighbourhood. And who...
  19. alexwalker

    Camino Frances April 2024 advice

    Wrong date. Correct booking. Thanks.
  20. alexwalker

    Camino Frances April 2024 advice

    I have just booked a bed for Tuesday April 10th in Pamplona (just bc of all the howling about bed shortages: We'll see when I am "on the ground". No problems in Pamplona, and beds everywhere. Even on booking.con. I think it's time that people relax and let life flow naturally. This booking hype...

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