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Particularly not on some of the less travelled routes where you may pass through pasture land with sheep and cattle. A nasty incident this week on the Via de la Plata when a pilgrim's dog scared cattle which then charged and badly injured two...
There never was a policy-- the Camino only has one policy, that for the last 100km before Santiago, you must collect two stamps a day if you want a Compostela.
Market pressure is clearly creating more accommodation spaces for dogs and dogowners...
So there was a dog involved.
Very foolish to take an uncontrolled dog on the camino. And i do include dogs that are accustomed to nuisance barking because "that's what dogs do" in that definition. Or dogs let off their leads.
Not only because...
Sounds like you've jumped ahead to Banos so this is probably moot. I took a bus back to Caceres for a rest day to get myself out of a bubble from Galisteo, but was going to suggest as an option Hotel Astaurius near Jarilla. I walked there from...
Hopefully, soon, the fine will be increased to 18,000 Euro and even higher. No one has the 'right' to put another person's life at risk, whether it is someone on the trek itself (like immature teenagers or children) or whether it is a rescurer...
If you haven't got the decency to respect the rules/laws of another country (let alone your own) then stick your hand out when it all goes wrong putting others lives at risk, a fine to me seems relatively minor. I wonder, in these circumstances...
Regardless of fines (which likely can be imposed by french or spanish authorities specifically for this route or endangering rescue personnel in general-i'm not inclined to research it) the rescue costs can be significant and since this article...
While the entire Frances route is wonderful, the excitement of finishing your walk by going down the stairs, past thr bagpiper and into the plaza facing the Cathedral can't be matched ( it just to me wouldn't seem the same to arrive from the...
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