A few years back a fellow pilgrim was sending his pack ahead and was carrying just a snack and water.
I had stepped out of the albergue to check the weather. Back in reception I mentioned to him that it was a bit chilly for shorts and a shirt. When we met up 12 kms later in Hontanas I...
More than likely given how many use these two guides. i.e. Triacastela to Sarria.
My Michelin guide has O Cebreiro to Triacastela as its Stage 28 though.
.... The antipodean clock is ahead of us here in the UK as indeed you are on many other things. If only my father hadn't cancelled his £10 tickets in the 1960s.
This was a headline in the Gazeta de Vallodolid which I came across today.
It would probably be better described as “Old” Camino route identified.
I have paraphrased using Google translate.
It seems a dig by the University Archaeology Department to the north of the city uncovered the bed of a...
A few years back we arrived at our night's destination. The accommodation was a house which had 4 private rooms and no staff as such.
There was a pack in the hallway with a courier's tag and envelope with a date two days prior.
I phoned the pack transfer company who said a pilgrim had been...
I have seen it work the other way. A pilgrim we first met in Orisson had just a few days holiday and was due to finish in Puente. That night we said goodbye over dinner. Oh no, she said, I can't stop now. I've called my boss to take unpaid leave. She made it to Santiago.
Our last Camino we took the road for a change and can echo NL's comment on the road and bends. I was so concerned about being visible to drivers that I tied a bright red buff to a hiking pole and held it aloft as an alert to drivers. I think if its dry next time we'll revert to the rocks. If wet...
UK residents using a UK credit card have very strong consumer protection for purchases over £100. This requires the issuing bank to reimburse the consumer if the purchase is problematic.
Do you have something similar if you paid by credit card? Either statutory or as a protection from your bank...
To misquote LP Hartley
'Someone else's marriage is a foreign country: they do things differently there'
My wife and I do not live every experience together. How could we? We are not joined at the hip. We do however relate experiences whether she is telling me of her day at work or her meeting...
The marker in the OPs
There are others. There is a similar marker on a small triangle of grass as you exit Molinaseca.
The other that we have seen is in Japan on Shikoku. I attach two pictures of that one. We stayed in a zenkonyado just across from the marker and asked our host about it. He...
On a hot afternoon we were passing through Santo Domingo and in need of topping up our water bottles.
We either failed to notice suitable places but I think it was just that time of day. No shops and no bars and suddenly we were out of the town and had crossed the Rio Oja which was about as dry...
The credencial now serves us mainly as a record of where we stayed, visited etc..... This has to be on as paper to be part of the experience. The wine stain, the upside down stamp (me), coffee mug ring mark, etc.... can never be replaced by pixels.
In any case after our first Camino and...
I'll admit to some excitement on our first Camino as we waited in line outside the Pilgrims Office in SJPP for credenciales. A feeling shared by many if the buzz of conversation was any indicator. Not exactly matched by ordering on line or picking up in SdeC but I appreciate the convenience of...
I have been looking at a merino wool liner from Decathlon as an alternative to a sleeping bag. Just for late spring or early autumn months.
Weighs 400g.
Has anyone tried one who could give feedback?
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