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  1. isawtman

    Help getting lodging past Sarria

    But this is more than just making time to visit Finnesterre and Muxia. The last 100 km continues to be a big concern to many pilgrims. It seems like every week or two we have someone, mainly new people, who are making a post about the last 100 km. I think a perfectly good technique for...
  2. isawtman

    Help getting lodging past Sarria

    Yes, they are different. But they also are both very positive things to say.
  3. isawtman

    Help getting lodging past Sarria

    Listen people, Finisterre/Fisterra is absolutely amazing. For people saying the last 100 km was more interesting/spectacular than that, well, I guess you get people like that. I'd say the last 5 km going into the Cathedral are the highlight of the Camino, but other than that, the other 95 km...
  4. isawtman

    Help getting lodging past Sarria

    I never said anything about running the last 100 km. I said for people to power through the last 100 km, which is different than running. I'm just saying that if you started out at St Jean, by the time you get to Sarria you are a seasoned walker and in better shape to power through the last...
  5. isawtman

    Help getting lodging past Sarria

    I would venture to say that most people would find Finnesterre more interesting than the last 100 km.
  6. isawtman

    Help getting lodging past Sarria

    The other thing that powering through does for you is it allows you to do something else that might be more spectacular. You might be able to hike or bus out to Finnesterre and stay the night. You may have had a more pleasant experience taking the last 100 km slow, but going to Finnesterre is...
  7. isawtman

    Help getting lodging past Sarria

    If you are hiking all the way from St Jean, then you will be a seasoned walker by the end of it. I would just power through the last 100 km. That's basically what I did, but I also was waiting for a friend of mine to catch up. He took a zero day in Leon, and was behind me from there to the...
  8. isawtman

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    Still not making any sense. If you move a bridge to a different location, that is not evidence that the same river flowed underneath it.
  9. isawtman

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    I'm not talking about a statue of a pilgrims. Instead I am talking about the type of statues that guide pilgrims to Santiago.
  10. isawtman

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    The London Bridge was disassembled and rebuilt at Lake Havasu City. Pilgrim Statues are still sitting there from 100s of years ago. They have not been moved. So, I'm not sure what your logic is.
  11. isawtman

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    Lake Havasu City is 5500 miles from the Thames River. The next town off the Camino is only about 3 to 5 km
  12. isawtman

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    As I have written before, I think an alternate route should be developed after Portomarin. Several little towns that are not on the current route have pilgrims statues in them, so, at some point, pilgrims did walk through those towns.
  13. isawtman

    LIVE from the Camino SJPP TODAY May 2, 2024

    I took the 12 noon bus from Pamplona which gets to St Jean at 1:40. I immediately walked to the Pilgrims Office and there was hardly anyone in line so I got in line. I got my credential and they asked me if I had booked a spot to stay that night. I said no. They told me to go up to the...
  14. isawtman

    If you had to choose to skip a part of the route. What would be your choice?

    I think the people walking longer distances have already seen it all. When I was hiking west of Sarria there were two guys hiking in front of me and you could tell they just started. One of the guys said enthusiastically "There's a forest, let's take our picture with the forest!" Well, since...
  15. isawtman

    Crazy things people do in the last 100 km

    I want to hear more about the Cat. Did you find it while hiking or was it yours to begin with? Do you have any good Cat on the Camino stories?
  16. isawtman

    Crazy things people do in the last 100 km

    When I hiked the Frances Route this happened. I was hiking in the afternoon just east of Arzua. I was reserved a bed at an albergue in Arzua, so I had already hiked all the way from San Xulien near Palas Del Rei. I met a couple from my home state and of course we talked for a while. Then...
  17. isawtman

    Re: My First Camino

    A suggestion for Number 1 is to go to the second cafe in the morning. Sometimes the Albergue that you start at has some breakfast, but it usually isn't very much. Then you start walking and you eventually reach a town with a cafe. Usually, the first cafe in that town will be really busy and...
  18. isawtman

    What would you change about the CF - if you could?

    As I have stated before, I wish the Pilgrims Office in St Jean would publish their daily numbers. They can do that in the offseason. I would like the Albergues in Roncesvalles to also publish their daily numbers, again it can be in the offseason. I started hiking from St Jean on Sept 2, 2022...
  19. isawtman

    If you had to choose to skip a part of the route. What would be your choice?

    I sailed through the Meseta doing it in just over 6 days instead of 8. I think that's the way to go. By the time you get to Burgos you have gotten more in shape and in tune with hiking, so you should be ready hike a bit farther. The Meseta is relatively flat, so it's an easier hike. The big...
  20. isawtman

    If you had to choose to skip a part of the route. What would be your choice?

    I would do the whole Camino Frances then if you are pressed for time take a bus to Muxia. You could also take a bus to Fisterra/Finnesterre, then hike to Muxia from there. That would be shorter than hiking to Muxia from Santiago. I was 64 in 2022 when I hiked from St Jean to Santiago in 30...

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