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  1. Tincatinker

    Prices on Gronze for rooms

    Gronze relies on its users to provide updates to information. It is, like this forum, a community. And then, as @Kirkie says, this is a holiday weekend. Prices will be elevated.
  2. Tincatinker

    Medication woes

    Andy, I’ve been in Italy for the last few weeks. Set off with an entire pharmacy it seemed. I noticed today that I’m down to the final 2-3 week supply. Though the reduced weight and bulk of medication doesn’t seem to have reduced my pack weight. Perhaps I should wash some socks 😉 I’m kind of...
  3. Tincatinker

    Pork in Spain

    Departing some short distance from this thread and definitely out to the fringes of this forum ( I won’t mind if this gets blasted) Several of our local “nature reserves” in Sussex are obliged to cull the deer that have multiplied to unprecedented numbers and wreak considerable damage in...
  4. Tincatinker

    Start where we are or walk the extra distance to the edge of Irún?

    There is no “official” start to Camino. It begins where you begin. On the assumption that you are walking to Santiago and the old boy’s bones I’d suggest “go West” and buen Camino 😉
  5. Tincatinker

    Return from Muxia to Santiago

    It’s unlikely the bus will be full, especially the early morning one. Fall back is the bus to A Coruna and the train to Santiago
  6. Tincatinker

    Pork in Spain

    It’s interesting, the meat question, innit. Most will never have plucked and drawn a fowl, cached and skinned a rabbit or even scaled and gutted or filleted a fish. Fewer still will have shot the game or even caught the fish. Even fewer will have taken kine or swine to slaughter or checked the...
  7. Tincatinker

    Book exchanging

    Not common but it does occur. A book left on a communal table may be appreciated or may provoke a frantic search for the owner… a note in Spanish and English “in search of a new reader” might avoid the maybe 😉
  8. Tincatinker

    Ride share Biarritz to SJPP, May 23, 2024

    It’ll be worth contacting https://www.expressbourricot.com/ They’ll do the hard bits for you. They arrange ride share
  9. Tincatinker

    Getting from Madrid airport to train station for trip to León

    https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/bus-schedules?p_p_id=SchedulePortlet_WAR_Alsaportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_SchedulePortlet_WAR_Alsaportlet_javax.portlet.action=searchJourneysActionSchedules&p_auth=AggEcrII
  10. Tincatinker

    Pacemaker Implant Surgery Tomorrow. A New Phase for Future Caminos.

    All the very best Dave. My brother offers a note: make sure that your surgical team know you’re a backpacker. The common site for the implant is just below the collar bone and just where your pack straps impose their presence. His surgeon was a keen climber, understood, and adjusted the siting...
  11. Tincatinker

    Can I use the same pilgrim passport?

    Great. You could, under the recognized scheme, walk from A Coruna to Santiago and qualify to request a Compostela as the distance walked on The Way of St James is counted into the requirement to have walked “at least” 100km to the shrine of Santiago. In the good old days you could have just...
  12. Tincatinker

    Can I use the same pilgrim passport?

    That will be fine provided it is a credencial issued by a body recognized by the Cathedral.
  13. Tincatinker

    New to the Camino

    And that’s weigh (pardon the pun) overweight for a May/June Camino. Sleeping bag, yes. I always carry one. Waterproofs, one complete change of clothes plus an extra pair of pants and socks. Toothbrush, soap and a towel, oh, and a corkscrew as well for me. Anything additional? Take a long hard...
  14. Tincatinker

    Ground conditions for cycling the CDN

    Hmm, most of the cyclists route on the Norte is on tarmac or other paved surfaces. You really wouldn’t want to take a bike over Purgatorio or many of the other coastal & off-road alternatives. Unless you like carrying your bike that is..
  15. Tincatinker

    Best time to reserve flights, trains, accommodations, etc.?

    @raycanuck l’m kind of with Don on this. Your question(s) are virtually un-answerable, though @Molly Cassidy has had a go, and dates and route were crucial information that you didn’t provide I’ll offer some suggestions: Flights; put your outport, destination and dates into Skyscanner and you’ll...
  16. Tincatinker

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    And isn’t that the whole joyful part of it all 👍
  17. Tincatinker

    Showers

    Now you can make an Eton Mess (confess), have some Oxford College (knowledge) but I cannot for the life of me June until September what a Cambridge refers to… probably for the string (vest) 😉
  18. Tincatinker

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    Thanks @SabsP. Walk, Eat, Sleep, Repeat. And when you get to Santiago you can even buy the T-shirt!!!! Let joy abound (she doesn’t get out much these days ☹️)
  19. Tincatinker

    Showers

    I remember a night in the old association Albergue in Irun. A very clear notice in multiple languages stated “No Morning Showers!” I was awoken at about 4:00 by the overnighting volunteer thumping on the shower room door. When the occupant emerged the volunteer thundered “No! Morning! Showers!”...
  20. Tincatinker

    Bus times Monbus

    Que? You wanted a bus to Sarria. A bus. Now you want wee-fee? Indoor plumbing? Be happy. You have a bus

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