Rosales Albergue warning

[Al the optimist]

Lovely albergue next to bar in small sports complex. Key from friendly staff in bar. However when I closed the door behind me at 7 in the morning I then turned the corner to find the gates locked! It was cold and wet so I climbed 4ft up a wall but had to drop 8ft the other side! Probably started my ankle problem off.
So please make sure they know you need to leave early.

 

[Camino2010]

Lovely albergue next to bar in small sports complex. Key from friendly staff in bar. However when I closed the door behind me at 7 in the morning I then turned the corner to find the gates locked! It was cold and wet so I climbed 4ft up a wall but had to drop 8ft the other side! Probably started my ankle problem off.
So please make sure they know you need to leave early.

Yikes! No way would I ever want to drop 8ft down the side of a wall, especially with a Camino backpack!

Brave pilgrim, you! And/or eternally optimistic.

 

[cher99840]

Oh that's not good at all. I hope your ankle doesn't continue to remind you of that adventure.

 

[SYates]

Hope the ankle recovers soon! Buen Camino, SY

 

[Waka]

What time did they expect you to vacate?

 

[KatefromOz]

Lovely albergue next to bar in small sports complex. Key from friendly staff in bar. However when I closed the door behind me at 7 in the morning I then turned the corner to find the gates locked! It was cold and wet so I climbed 4ft up a wall but had to drop 8ft the other side! Probably started my ankle problem off.
So please make sure they know you need to leave early.

 

[grayland]

I had a similar experience in a small albergue in a monastery on the Portugese Coastal route.

 

[SeaHorse]

7 is not really early

 

[Carel5]

Where was this? I remember that the albergue in La Peza was next to a fitness centre. But the hospitalero was there early to make breakfast, and the gate was open. He told me he would leave in a few weeks to walk some Camino.