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  1. Tincatinker

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    Look carefully for the places that are obviously popular with pilgrims and then go somewhere else. That way you’ll get a good menu del dia, including alcohol, for 12 - 15€. Just remember that the true mdd is served during Spanish lunch hours not in the evening
  2. Tincatinker

    Getting from Orisson to Roncesvalles

    ...totally unnecessary hills - once you’ve got up ‘em you’ve got to get down’em again 😉 I remain astonished by the numbers of people determined to b*gger their Camino in pursuit of some romantic notion and a view. A “view”! If you need a view that badly you need to change your outlook on life…
  3. Tincatinker

    Ponferrada to Villafranca

    It needn’t be, nor should the route from Molinaseca. Find yourself some WiFi and download a couple of the apps
  4. Tincatinker

    Cheap bank ATM fees?

    I’m always slightly perplexed when I see “cheap” and “bank” in the same sentence. The concept of “safe sex” was an easy one even as a teenager. “Fair days pay for a fair days work” is a given. But cheap bank, c’mon, somebody’s gonna be requesting a free lunch next 😉
  5. Tincatinker

    Taxi? Can they find us in the middle of nowhere?

    In my experience if you have cash a taxi driver can find you anywhere. That said local bars are the best resource for taxis, possibly a bed that isn’t on Berking.con and even a drink while you’re waiting for the taxi
  6. Tincatinker

    Which route for 20-25 days?

    Muxia is a little further north of Fisterra but still on the coast of Galicia and with some amazing sunsets on the good days. It doesn’t have the iconic lighthouse of Fisterra (Finisterre) with its claims to be the “end of the world” as in end of the known world for the Romans and their empire...
  7. Tincatinker

    Which route for 20-25 days?

    Kinda depends on whether you’re making a pilgrimage to the bones of one who may have touched the divine or taking a stroll to “the end of the world”. Just teasing. Most of my pilgrimages have been to Muxia and our broken boat but I did make one to himself and offered my obsequies when I got...
  8. Tincatinker

    Guardia Civil returning lost passports to owners

    The Guardia Civil returning things? My how the world has changed 😊. I don’t suppose there’s much point in asking if they’ve found the small bundle of peseta they relieved me of in 1969? For those who wonder how safe it is to wander the Camino - I remember the days when the last thing you...
  9. Tincatinker

    LIVE from the Camino SJPdP “Completo” tonight!

    Are you saying that you have two reservations in Santiago and that you have no idea whether you will use them? Perhaps, if a few hundred others have done the same the fact that Santiago is “booked out” is explained
  10. Tincatinker

    Where to eat in St Jean Pied de Port

    A great source of food in St Jean is the fridge in the municipal Albergue. At 8:00am, when everyone has left it’s quite nourishing to discover how many have forgotten their packed lunch in their enthusiasm to leave. For an evening meal, and a bit of a treat, Oillaburu suits
  11. Tincatinker

    4-day 1st- time Camino.

    @Unweekends have you decided to disregard the helpful comments in your previous thread? https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/7-day-camino-sarria-to-santiago-110km.85948/ I urge you to consider that if you do want to spend time in Barcelona, Madrid and on Camino you are going to...
  12. Tincatinker

    Night stage recommendation?

    I think we all follow the light. Trouble is it doesn’t always bring illumination. I’ve been grateful for, and dodged the glow of a border guards cigarette more than once. Not recommended practice in these troubled times. From the middle of Dartmoor, on a clear ish night you can see the...
  13. Tincatinker

    Night stage recommendation?

    Someone somewhere is doing something? And presumably read on the internet. That seems a sound basis for a plan and/or an excellent excuse for some adventure. Walking the Meseta at night under a fullish moon or a blaze of stars can be a life memorable experience. The navigation is easy, as are...
  14. Tincatinker

    Bike rentals for delivery to SJPP

    A three word godgle search produced quite a few. I've heard of https://www.bikeiberia.com/camino/bike-rentals-camino/#:~:text=Our%20Bike%20Rentals%20for%20the,our%20High%20Standards%20of%20Quality. and gather they are regarded as at least OK ;)
  15. Tincatinker

    CF in July

    Hmm, you’ve not said where you’re from so I can’t have any idea of what sort of summer time temperatures you’re used too. Coming from the UK I find July & August in Iberia far to hot for walking and the prospect of hanging about in some of the Camino villages from noon until bedtime in an...
  16. Tincatinker

    Most Dangerous stage on Camino Frances.?

    Can I turn this? I’ll turn this. The most dangerous place on the Camino Frances, or any other Camino, is the gap between expectation and reality. Many have fallen there. Yes there are places where the footing is a bit challenging and there are places where very big lorries share the path with...
  17. Tincatinker

    Restaurant recommendations between Santo Domingo and Belorado?

    Godgle has Casa Leon as permanently closed. Otherwise most of the complaints on tripeadvertiser date from 5 or 6 years ago. Just put your rucksack down at the first opportunity. Out of the way of incoming or exiting customers. And definitely don’t do what I saw one prat do - put their rucksack...
  18. Tincatinker

    Is it permissible to skip Sarria to Santiago?

    Me, I’ve never sinned. But then my old guys wouldn’t even have a concept of sin, nor did Gran. There are parallels in the philosophies- “do right”,”do as you would be done by”, “do unto others…”, “don’t do what’s not done”. I’ve got my Compostela, like my Cycling Proficiency and my Audit papers...
  19. Tincatinker

    Is it permissible to skip Sarria to Santiago?

    No, not for a moment. But perhaps the Xunta de Galicia should reconsider their priorities
  20. Tincatinker

    Is it permissible to skip Sarria to Santiago?

    Que? Can you offer up one town that benefits from those thousands? Last year there were passionate protests against the money “squandered” on pilgrim infrastructure when what the local people wanted was schools their children could get to without an hour bus ride. A health centre that didn’t...

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