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  1. Tincatinker

    Cammino Retico

    Limited time? A seven day walk takes seven days. Access and egress will add a couple more. That said it looks a great route for anyone who wants to go hiking in Italy rather than walk a Camino
  2. Tincatinker

    ATM colour chart

    Ah well, so much for the accuracy of information on the internet. Still, €2:50 / €4:50. Only about the variability in the price of a beer 😉
  3. Tincatinker

    Was planning to walk from Santander to Gijon commencing 18 June but now I'm worried about accommodation...

    Hi @Pegstar, welcome to the forum. You are asking a couple of the great un-answerables but I do understand why you're asking. https://www.gronze.com/etapa/santander/santillana-mar is probably the best resource for accommodation information and does specify which are bookable and which are not...
  4. Tincatinker

    Santiago to Muxia / Finisterre - break stops

    Gronze is pretty good at showing the facilities available at any given point on the route just look for the "beer mug" or "plate, knife & fork" symbols https://www.gronze.com/etapa/santiago-compostela/negreira
  5. Tincatinker

    Backpack transport

    I really am trying to be helpful but I’m lost in your question. Using luggage transport is not compulsory and is easily avoided by packing lightly. Packing what you need rather than what you can pack. If you’re planning to use transport some days and carry your full kit on others then you need...
  6. Tincatinker

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    Hey, could we make smoothies and cappuccino illegal as well? It’s cafe con leche or nowt
  7. Tincatinker

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    Okay, I think this is far enough for me. This far but no further. A Camino predator says he’s getting overwhelmed by the migratory herds. Sorry, a professional guide to the Camino says he can’t cope with the demand. Turismo Galicia have sown their seed and now they can’t find their sickle (?)...
  8. Tincatinker

    Camino fatigue?

    I’d kind of planned my swan-song Camino this year and then got distracted by Magna Grecia and the early Christian churches of southern Italy. The echoes of Byzantium on the walls of a monastery cut into the rock of ages gives a context I’d nearly lost sight of. The linear city we call the...
  9. Tincatinker

    No rooms available mid Sept in Roncesvalles, any suggestions?

    Yes. Just go to their website https://luzaide-valcarlos.net/es/turismo/albergue-municipal-valcarlos/
  10. Tincatinker

    No rooms available mid Sept in Roncesvalles, any suggestions?

    Nope. The one you see in all the videos is the Albergue. https://www.gronze.com/navarra/roncesvalles-orreaga/albergue-peregrinos-roncesvalles
  11. Tincatinker

    Someone in Oviedo who speaks Spanish and has some time on their hands?

    @Maartje1 it might be worth reaching out directly to the people at the municipal albergue https://www.gronze.com/asturias/oviedo/albergue-peregrinos-salvador Kind people are often kindly
  12. Tincatinker

    Injuries, Fatalities Since May

    OK, so, my assorted health tribulations are previously stated on this forum (the curious can search tincatinker/occlusion). In Napoli it is 70 steps up to my cold-water flat. The motorcyclists on the Via San Gregorio Armeno neither swerve or brake for anyone. Even their granny. The sneaky...
  13. Tincatinker

    Alternative to Monbus (Samos to Santiago)?

    Monbus are very reliable. Reviews on the internet are not. Edit: you could walk to Sarria, catch a (reliable) bus to Lugo and a bus to Santiago from there. You could just get a taxi if you’ve the budget and want to make a local taxi driver very happy.
  14. Tincatinker

    Difficulty/ dangerousness/ albergues on the Primitivo?

    Interesting stuff fog. People think it kind of sits and is. They don’t think it moves but it does, all the time. People think they’re walking in straight line and they ain’t - they’re following the fog. Drift a bit one way, drift a bit another - if you can’t use a map and a compass; if you...
  15. Tincatinker

    Ride share Taxis or shared rides available to Sarria/Samos from Ourense, Jun 1, 2024

    @catholicchiro, pull up a map of Galicia on your IT. Take a look at the journey you’re proposing. Plot it into rome2rio. Via Santiago be more practical but… what time do you expect to exit Madrid and do you have an accommodation reservation you are trying to meet?
  16. Tincatinker

    Ride share Taxis or shared rides available to Sarria/Samos from Ourense, Jun 1, 2024

    Try looking for a train to Ourense and then a separate train to Sarria. Or train to Santiago, bus to Lugo, bus to Sarria ( you may even find a bus to Samos otherwise taxi). Or fly Madrid to Santiago, bus, bus, (taxi). Or spend the night in Madrid and travel early the next morning. I don’t...
  17. Tincatinker

    Recent Smelly Pilgrim Test

    I try not to wash clothes on Camino. Wastes valuable drinking time and, curiously, there’s always space at the bar… On this current trip in Italy all the merino stuff has been fine with a cold water rinse and a drip dry by morning. Nobody’s complained so far, not even when visiting the Riace...
  18. Tincatinker

    Bus to cross Burgos

    It will probably be quicker to walk, and more pleasant via the “river” route. Otherwise you can catch a bus into the centre of Burgos from Villafria and a bus from the bus station out to Villalbilla de Burgos. Rome2rio should sort out service providers and timetables.
  19. Tincatinker

    Low fee ATMs. Where

    An aside: here in Italy on a ramble BNP, a partner bank with my home bank, elect to charge me €5 for any transaction (including a balance check, declined). None of the Italian banks I’ve used have charged any fees and, as I always decline the conversion, must presumably be offering a charitable...
  20. Tincatinker

    Low fee ATMs. Where

    Hi Bedspring, sorry if my post offended. The problem with forums, in my opinion, is that people ask inappropriate questions and receive answers to all the questions they didn’t ask. In your circumstance the best place to address your question would be Chase, Clarity and Barclays. They know who...

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