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  1. 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
  2. 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 (?)...
  3. 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/
  4. 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
  5. 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...
  6. Tincatinker

    Albergue San Juan de Ortega -- a question

    Sounds like me on a late autumn Camino. Made the Sopa de Ajo even more welcome. Not been there for years now. Do they still do that marvelous soup?
  7. Tincatinker

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    And isn’t that the whole joyful part of it all 👍
  8. 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 ☹️)
  9. Tincatinker

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    The first time I went to Spain my guide book was Laurie Lee’s “As I walked out one mid-summer morning”. Of about as much practical use as a chocolate tea-pot. I survived. But then I had had plenty of experience of surviving in a hostile environment: I’d been born a Tinker in England 😊 Nowadays...
  10. Tincatinker

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    Look carefully for the places that are obviously popular with pilgrims and then go somewhere else. That way you’ll get a good menu del dia, including alcohol, for 12 - 15€. Just remember that the true mdd is served during Spanish lunch hours not in the evening
  11. Tincatinker

    Getting from Orisson to Roncesvalles

    ...totally unnecessary hills - once you’ve got up ‘em you’ve got to get down’em again 😉 I remain astonished by the numbers of people determined to b*gger their Camino in pursuit of some romantic notion and a view. A “view”! If you need a view that badly you need to change your outlook on life…
  12. Tincatinker

    Ponferrada to Villafranca

    It needn’t be, nor should the route from Molinaseca. Find yourself some WiFi and download a couple of the apps
  13. Tincatinker

    Cheap bank ATM fees?

    I’m always slightly perplexed when I see “cheap” and “bank” in the same sentence. The concept of “safe sex” was an easy one even as a teenager. “Fair days pay for a fair days work” is a given. But cheap bank, c’mon, somebody’s gonna be requesting a free lunch next 😉
  14. Tincatinker

    Taxi? Can they find us in the middle of nowhere?

    In my experience if you have cash a taxi driver can find you anywhere. That said local bars are the best resource for taxis, possibly a bed that isn’t on Berking.con and even a drink while you’re waiting for the taxi
  15. Tincatinker

    Which route for 20-25 days?

    Muxia is a little further north of Fisterra but still on the coast of Galicia and with some amazing sunsets on the good days. It doesn’t have the iconic lighthouse of Fisterra (Finisterre) with its claims to be the “end of the world” as in end of the known world for the Romans and their empire...
  16. Tincatinker

    Which route for 20-25 days?

    Kinda depends on whether you’re making a pilgrimage to the bones of one who may have touched the divine or taking a stroll to “the end of the world”. Just teasing. Most of my pilgrimages have been to Muxia and our broken boat but I did make one to himself and offered my obsequies when I got...
  17. Tincatinker

    Guardia Civil returning lost passports to owners

    The Guardia Civil returning things? My how the world has changed 😊. I don’t suppose there’s much point in asking if they’ve found the small bundle of peseta they relieved me of in 1969? For those who wonder how safe it is to wander the Camino - I remember the days when the last thing you...
  18. Tincatinker

    LIVE from the Camino SJPdP “Completo” tonight!

    Are you saying that you have two reservations in Santiago and that you have no idea whether you will use them? Perhaps, if a few hundred others have done the same the fact that Santiago is “booked out” is explained
  19. Tincatinker

    Where to eat in St Jean Pied de Port

    A great source of food in St Jean is the fridge in the municipal Albergue. At 8:00am, when everyone has left it’s quite nourishing to discover how many have forgotten their packed lunch in their enthusiasm to leave. For an evening meal, and a bit of a treat, Oillaburu suits
  20. Tincatinker

    4-day 1st- time Camino.

    @Unweekends have you decided to disregard the helpful comments in your previous thread? https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/7-day-camino-sarria-to-santiago-110km.85948/ I urge you to consider that if you do want to spend time in Barcelona, Madrid and on Camino you are going to...

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