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  1. Derek Booth

    New mobile confession booths from Sarria

    This is one 'Booth' that will not need that offer. I'm not suggesting I'm a Saint, but.......
  2. Derek Booth

    For sale albergue in Frómista

    I stayed there in March 2019 and have wonderful memories of my stay.
  3. Derek Booth

    Between Pamplona and Najera

    For anyone planning the Frances for the future. I arrived in Puente la Reina on the 28th February 2019 or was it the 1st March??? having completed my first day after walking from Pamplona. That evening the whole town from the youngest to the eldest in one giant fancy dress festival. I was told...
  4. Derek Booth

    Processionary caterpillars are DANGEROUS!!!

    This year, it has! We arrive next week, Yippee!!!
  5. Derek Booth

    Processionary caterpillars are DANGEROUS!!!

    I make no apologies for 'Bumping' this thread. I apologise for I note that I am six weeks later than when I posted this thread last year. If you're about to visit Spain or Portugal for the first time, you may be unaware of these little blighters. Have a read and please, do not touch. Buen Camino.
  6. Derek Booth

    Train Times and Connecting from Porto Airport

    You start when your foot hits the tarmac. We're starting (hopefully) from Valenca Railway Station.
  7. Derek Booth

    Train Times and Connecting from Porto Airport

    I totally understand your frustration. I am walking the Portugese in April with my two grandsons, and, because of school holidays and commitments at my end, we only have a week between flights. Our plane also lands late evening on the Saturday. I was dubious on catching a late train to Valenca...
  8. Derek Booth

    Advice… please… 🙏🏻 (About starting time each day)

    The OP said," so I need your opinion on my plan of starting the hike around 8-9 am" Where's the Roll on the floor laughing emoji? Wait until someone wanders around the Albergue at stupid o'clock, tripping over bags while carrying the light on his/her iPhone on 'Stun' mode. Sleeping in is not...
  9. Derek Booth

    Bus and Train Hubs Along The French Camino

    When I 'did' the Frances in 2019 I flew from the UK to Bilbao and then bussed down to Pamplona to start there. With that in mind, I had a look at connections, flight wise from Paris to Bilbao. I have to admit I didn't look for August, looking as I did for April/May 2024 but notwithstanding...
  10. Derek Booth

    Sarria to Santiago March 2024

    Lucky? me? It didn't rain between 28th Feb and the 23rd March either! 29 days on the Frances without a drop (apart from a few drops while I was inside the 19th hole having a drink at the golf course west of Najera). Would this be a good time to tell you I'm walking the Portuguese with my...
  11. Derek Booth

    First stage from Porto on Coastal

    When I was 'walking down' after the Frances, (I was flying out of Porto) in 2019 I walked to the coast on the South side of the river out to the Ocean. If the view from the North shore is anything like the view I got, then I agree that walking that way would be the way to go given you would...
  12. Derek Booth

    Sarria to Santiago March 2024

    And just to be contradictory, it DIDN'T rain at all from the 24th-29th March 2019, Sarria-SdC. I know, I was there!
  13. Derek Booth

    Thefts in albergue

    You are right. It wasn't (isn't) worth much. It's PRICELESS on a 'Bad weather day.
  14. Derek Booth

    Roncesvalles to Pamplona on Sunday mid October

    In your OP you say you are, "walking through France". Are you starting in SPdP or further North into France? I ask because I was faced with a similar problem, only mine was in March. I worked it out that I was due to arrive in SdC on a Saturday and I wasn't convinced there would be onward...
  15. Derek Booth

    Coffee in the Morning?

    The only place I couldn't get my fix of con leche as soon as I stepped out of the Albergue was strangely in Astorga. I had to wander the back streets, 'off piste' but I found a Cafe 4 my Cafe.
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