In my experience, this phenomenon is largely a summer thing. That is when you find large groups of students from all over Spain and other European countries arriving off the Camino Frances. This same route has been followed for hundreds of years...
I missed out the pièce de résistance in my OP. In the cove on the other side of the point shown in the Ermita picture above, you can see the K/T boundary- that’s the actual horizon marking the moment when the asteroid fell in the Yucatan...
I arrived at lunchtime and immediately went out to check on the local geology. I have to say that I found it mind-boggling.
That’s the local beach on the left. And behold! The flysch. This is the stuff that you walk over on the descent to...
I think you are confusing efforts with responsibility and accountability. If someone offers a bed to a pilgrim, are they then responsible to ensure that all pilgrims are housed? If someone redirects a pilgrim back to the path, must they stand...
If you mean trail maintenance, provision of facilities (water, toilets) - perhaps, in some areas, but that’s not what is under discussion.
But accommodation? There are no "authorities responsible" !
Accommodation on the camino is not a right.
From sleeping in albergues I've learned most everyone snores a bit - relatively quietly - myself included. Loud snorers who can keep a roomful of people up are definitely in the minority.
Bingo!...works for me. I also never hear the early riser bag rufflers and am surprised when I finally wake up and take my ear plugs out, how noisy the room actually is by then with everyone rushing around, packing up.
As a sometimes snorer, and one who has had his toe pulled on occasion, and who has investigated alleviation practices without permanent success, I would state as follows.
If you are going to stay in a hostel realize as a fact that snorers come...
What have I learned from reading all the way through this thread?
That unicorns don’t exist.
That I still profoundly dislike Oliver Cromwell. Despite having a degree in medieval and modern History, I managed to remain in complete ignorance of...
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