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  1. Bradypus

    Halfway point credentials

    I think you may be confusing credencial, Compostela, and other certificates. The credencial is the "pilgrim passport" on which you receive stamps along your journey and which gives access to pilgrim albergues. The Compostela certificate is only issued on arrival in Santiago if you meet the...
  2. Bradypus

    Partially unplugging from the world

    On the main Caminos mobile phone coverage is very good and you will very rarely be out of signal range between towns and villages. Even on the Via de la Plata dead zones were extremely rare. Even so I usually have my phone in airplane mode and with GPS disabled to save power but have my camera...
  3. Bradypus

    Paulo Coelho's "The Pilgrimage" to be made into a Netflix movie

    Probably not a coincidence. Just been looking at the book again and Coelho mentions Castaneda three times in the text.
  4. Bradypus

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    The cycle path is built on the track bed of a former railway line built to carry coal from local mines. It runs over boggy ground which must have been a challenge for the builders. In parts there are pools of standing water at the side of the path. One of them almost completely covered with...
  5. Bradypus

    Camino by Coach

    It does seem a tad extravagant. Shortly before Covid shut down international travel I made a trip from the UK to Japan and Australia. I walked a couple of the Kumano Kodo routes plus a couple of days of unfinished business on the Shikoku 88 temple circuit. Then a few days of sightseeing by train...
  6. Bradypus

    Camino by Coach

    There is a very upmarket version available. Costs about 19,000 euro per person for a twin room but you can have a single room for an extra 3,000 euro. https://www.captainschoice.co.uk/journeys/the-crux-of-the-camino
  7. Bradypus

    Camino by Coach

    The legend of how Venice acquired St Mark to replace the far less significant Theodore as their principal patron saint is bizarre but a great example of the value of relics in the period...
  8. Bradypus

    Camino by Coach

    No. They introduced the 100km rule about 20 years before they got around to changing the Compostela text. These things obviously can't be rushed!
  9. Bradypus

    Camino by Coach

    Same as my first and second ones. The new version in use since about 2014 has a different design and the additional text about distances, bikes and horses.
  10. Bradypus

    Camino by Coach

    There are specific rules for receiving a Compostela. Personally I disagree with those rules but it is within the rights of the cathedral to decide them. I think anyone who claims a Compostela should be honest and abide by those rules. I no longer ask for one. But there is a difference between...
  11. Bradypus

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Someone else obviously stopping here to think today
  12. Bradypus

    Camino by Coach

    I am constantly surprised that so many of those who want one have never actually read what it says or paused to consider the meaning. I would not want my name printed on a document which I had never read.
  13. Bradypus

    Memorable Climbs

    Absolutely! Up to the Cruz de Ferro? Just a gentle stretch of the legs. Down to Molinaseca?......
  14. Bradypus

    Camino by Coach

    I doubt it. It puts the minimum qualifying distance for a Compostela on any recognised route firmly within Galicia. The minimum distance rule was linked to the massive official promotion of the 1993 Holy Year which saw the first purpose-built chain of albergues. The Xunta saw the potential of...
  15. Bradypus

    Camino by Coach

    Santiago is probably the only major Christian pilgrimage destination where any fuss is made about how pilgrims got there. I think the decision in the 1990s to introduce a 100km minimum walking distance for the Compostela was a mistake - mainly because it moves the essence of the definition of a...
  16. Bradypus

    Paulo Coelho's "The Pilgrimage" to be made into a Netflix movie

    The book came out in 1987. The first yellow arrows were painted in 1984. So they should still have been fresh and bright.... :)
  17. Bradypus

    Paulo Coelho's "The Pilgrimage" to be made into a Netflix movie

    Perhaps they should make a film of the Shirley MacLaine book too and show them as a double feature....
  18. Bradypus

    Paulo Coelho's "The Pilgrimage" to be made into a Netflix movie

    Netflix Brazil are planning to make a film version of Paulo Coelho's book "The Pilgrimage". I've started reading the book several times and never managed more than a few pages before giving up. I wonder if a film version will be more appealing...
  19. Bradypus

    Memorable Climbs

    The entire route of the Camino de Santiago on Gran Canaria. Short but very impressive. Starts at sea level, rises up through steep rocky mountains to 1800m, then back down through forest and open hillsides to sea level again in less than 80km. Astonishing range of landscapes and climate types...
  20. Bradypus

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Cycle path between Pontarddulais and Gorseinon. I've posted a photo of this information board before but I think it is worth another mention. This morning started for me with an American diplomat talking on BBC radio about the long history of cooperation between the armed forces of the USA and...

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