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    Eucalyptus trees - when do they smell?

    You can read about the Benedictine monk Rosendo Salvado who brought the euclyptus to Galicia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosendo_Salvado There is a statue of him in Tui, his hometown but also a road named after him in Santiago - Fray Rosendo Salvado Street. There is a Camino...
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    Sun Sleeves?

    I take 2 pairs of sun sleeves and 2 leg warmers in place of long sleeve tops and trousers. I buy mine from soxfootwear.co.za. but 15 years ago I bought leg warmers in Spain. Photo: left 2011. Right 2022 on the Primitivo
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    Walking with my dog

    I can send you an article on walking with your dog that might be helpful. In the meantime, have a look at these websites for more info. www.traveler.es/experiencias/articulos/perros-pueden-recibir-compostela-camino-santiago/15917 https://caminodesantiagoconperro.com/...
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    Medieval "credencials"

    Credencial del Peregrinos Origins: The ‘Credencial’ or pilgrim’s passport evolved from letters of safe passage granted by the church or state (and sometimes the King) to people going a journey through foreign lands. Prospective travellers, both clerics and laymen, combining business with...
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    Deciding among a few Caminos

    The trail in the South of France, over the Somport Pass and the Camino Aragones, are well documented, historic trails. This is a less travelled trail with spectacular scenery. The route from Le Puy, also with great landscapes, is a modern Camino which was established on GR hiking trails in the...
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    Happy 19th Birthday to the Forum!

    The forum turns 19 this month! Congratulations Ivar and thank you for this powerful site, which has helped hundreds of thousands of pilgrims over the years. I joined in November 2004 when the site was focussed more on Santiago de Compostella itself but soon evolved into a Camino related forum.
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    Pilgrim reported "missing" because of broken mobile phone

    If one of my loved ones called regularly, and then suddenly stopped calling, I would also report it to the authorities and hope that they had just dropped off the grid, or lost signal or couldn't use their phone. In April 2015 the family of an American pilgrim reported her missing because...
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    Coming to the Camino Frances, a flood of tour groups

    Many European villages and towns had confraternities of James pilgrims that organised group walks for the town inhabitants to Santiago. It was considered much safer to walk with a group than to travel alone. In Catherine Gasquoine's book The Story of Santiago de Compostela, she describes how...
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    What’s going on?

    Yes - love of the Camino doesn't change, and the Camino doesn't really change either. Only the people change.
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    Have I been wrong all this time?

    In 2013 a lady from Ireland joined my Caracoles (snails) group of not-so-able pilgrims to walk the last 100km in 17 days from Sarria. She and her husband had started walking the Camino from Burgos in 1989 and had collected stamps for as far as Astorga. She'd had polio as a child and when she...
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    What’s going on?

    What's going on? Tempus fugit - and with the flight of time, so everything has changed. In 1994 there were less than 150 albergues on the Camino Frances. There was no Google, Wifi, mobile phones, GPS or Apps. Only 15 863 pilgrims claimed a Compostela that year. Last year 438 182 Compostelas...
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    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    Legend is that after their last stand at the Castle of Cornatel in the Medulas, most the Templars in Spain managed to flee to Portugal where they were absorbed into local chapters. Some were given land and were allowed to continue their activities, many under the Knights of Christ.
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    Getting your first sello

    If you belong to a local church you can get a stamp before you leave home. The cathedral in Oviedo has a lovely stamp and it is worth a visit, especially the Camara Santa - the Holy Chamber - which holds a number of ancient Christian relics including the Sudarium.
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    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    The Templars reworked the vast gold mining area south of Ponferrada at Las Medulas, once the largest in the Roman Empire. Many sources claim that at the beginning of the 12th century, the Templar knights took possession of the fortress and reinforced and extended it to use it as an inhabitable...
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    Camino Del Norte Special Certificates or Stamps

    You can find over 3800 sellos for all of the routes here https://www.lossellosdelcamino.com/
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