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  1. timr

    Albergue / hostel with a Piano (on Primitivo in Galicia)

    Sorry in Rabanal in the Benedictine monastery next door to Refugio Gaucelmo there is a serious concert grand! But of course that’s not on the Primitivo. 🥲
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    Urdax monastery

    My almost universal experience in both Spain and Italy in past few of years too. And thanks so much for your updated report on Urdax. Really useful to have a reasoned assessment of a place. And thanks for letting Gronze know too. Tim
  3. timr

    BBC radio programme on the Camino

    As often, I am not quite sure if this is the right place. Mods please feel free to move. There is an interesting programme on BBC Radio 4, about a French amputee, Hervé, walking the Camino. It is in the BBC religious strand as part of a series called Heart and Soul which is actually native to...
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    only pilgrims.com...issues

    @lucygray thanks for the info. Sounds a very positive detail. Just a tiny point. When I was young even to phone another part of the UK was considered a major undertaking, and to call say Ireland, was rather like contacting Jupiter. I remember you had to book your call with the operator about...
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    Saint Bernard Pass

    Hello @B Squared This may still be useful. https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/gsb-a-guide-to-crossing-the-great-st-bernard-pass.59812/ But goodness.......where do the years go?
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    Stages on the Madrid?

    Yes I agree with @jungleboy I stayed in the "first" YH/AJ, the one on the left. It is called Villa Castora. I had a room to myself with two beds, ensuite. There was a group of teenage children in but they were very well behaved! It is a smartish place but a bit soulless? They served a basic...
  7. timr

    Luarca - for a break on the Norte?

    Yes I walked along the Norte a long time ago now. Didn't really do it for me somehow, but the scenery and the towns were very nice! And it reminded me of west Cork. With sun!
  8. timr

    Luarca - for a break on the Norte?

    This article is in today's Guardian. It paints an attractive picture... https://www.theguardian.com/travel/article/2024/aug/10/luarca-asturias-northern-spain-summertime-secret?CMP=share_btn_url
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    Cautionary tale about walking alone in the wild

    To simply answer your question, I wore it for the first time on Camino Ignaciano last November. No problem. And it charges very quickly (under an hour). It has a "unique" charger on the watch end of the lead but the other end fits into a normal USB-C plug.
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    Cautionary tale about walking alone in the wild

    Thanks @C clearly. A nicely presented and interesting piece. It is something I have thought of quite seriously at times. My choice is generally for the "roads less travelled" and while I enjoy company I am usually walking by myself. A couple of specific times I have acknowledged at least to...
  11. timr

    Irish in Pamplona 28 July 2024

    Well. It couldn't have been closer. Congrats to Armagh. My grandfather is dead 34 years...... He may have become more philosophical by now.
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    Irish in Pamplona 28 July 2024

    Right at the moment I am "abroad". I had better not say where. And I have just been sent an invitation to pop around to the embassy on Sunday to watch the match! Sorry this does not help you in the least.... ;) Best of luck in finding a TV and a crowd. I won't say who I want to win. Let...
  13. timr

    GPS tracks for Via Francigena

    Yes. Marmots to be seen there!❤️ Bit shy, but certainly not scared!!
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    GPS tracks for Via Francigena

    it depends what you mean by "impassable" ;) but the road to the GSB Pass will close towards the middle of October. Once the road is closed you are confined to the foothpath, and during the depth of winter you will be doing this on skis. So yes you will be too late to cross easily if you start...
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    St. Lawrence of Brindisi

    Often rivers, islands, cities, countries were named for the saint whose feast day or other celebration it was when they were discovered.....leaving aside the issue of whether they had ever been lost! Hence Easter Island, Christmas Island, Ascension Island, Asuncion, Saint Lucia, Sāo Paulo etc etc.
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    Irish in Pamplona 28 July 2024

    Writing to the head of RTE may work.....but paradoxically, in the past, writing to the head of BBC did. In the 1980s I lived in rural Nigeria and in the 90s in rural Kenya. Long before the days of internet or mobile phones and (as it was then) on the first and third Sundays of September the...
  17. timr

    Book from Alex Bodenaya

    I have just seen this from Ray y Rosa on Facebook. I don't think I can link to FB from here. We present to you the new book of Alejandro González Flores, better known as Alex Camino or Alex Bodenaya. "Vicarie Pro" is a novel set in the early 90s, at the beginning of the revival of the Camino...
  18. timr

    First day: Besancon to Foucherans or Besancon to Ornans ?

    I think it is something to bear in mind that in France generally, (and I approve greatly), they do take holidays and weekends quite seriously. And they often faire le pont if a holiday is on a Thursday or a Tuesday! In UK we are sadly entirely used to everything being open seven days a week...
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    First day: Besancon to Foucherans or Besancon to Ornans ?

    I remember being puzzled the first time by Swiss direction markers for walkers. They are plentiful and very comprehensive. They don't show the distance but the time it will take you to walk!
  20. timr

    First day: Besancon to Foucherans or Besancon to Ornans ?

    The path is much more defined in Switzerland and especially in Italy. You really need GPX/the VF app in France. In Italy you could almost (in 2018) just go by route marking, with GPX as back up. And I daresay that is more true today.

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