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  1. caminka

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    Omigosh. Maybe when I'm on the train to my next camino. :)
  2. caminka

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    I completely agree it's impossible to say anything definitive without extensive research on the terrain. My knowledge of the situation is based on the occasional browsing of this forum and my last CF which was may-june 2022. I ran into one continuous cludge of pilgrims out of Portomarin (I...
  3. caminka

    Little sculptures

    Those are wonderful. There are actually several of them on Hospital de los Reyes Catolicos in Santiago and they pee/poo on you if it rains. These are baroque additions to medieval hospice/hospital.
  4. caminka

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    This is an interesting point, it gave me a suggestion: introduce permits for organised groups. Many complaints about lack of available beds are linked to groups booking most of beds in albergues, sometimes in unexpected off-stage towns with limited capabilities, and sometimes in municipals...
  5. caminka

    To those who brought a tent: How do I keep the total weight down?

    this is also my plan this year because I am doing some less travelled caminos in france and sometimes there is just a campsite. my tactic was re-evaluating everything and really thinking about what I REALLY need. I bought a tent I could afford (naturehike star river 2p) which is by no means the...
  6. caminka

    Online resources for accommodation on Via Gebennensis?

    Of course. Although, now that I am rereading it, I am finding lots of typos! 🫣
  7. caminka

    Online resources for accommodation on Via Gebennensis?

    Thank you, maybe a bit. It was your mish-madh itinerary from le puy to albi, I believe, that gave me the idea of going south from le puy. The first idea was the stevenson trail but it ended 'in the middle of nowhere' camino-wise. Then I discovered the regordane, but it ended a bit too east...
  8. caminka

    Via Gebennensis, Geneva to Le Puy

    hi! I have just posted in the resources my 'guide' for via gebenennsis with, I believe, all the information (or at least most of it) you are looking for. :) enjoy and happy planning! (pdf file is also in one of the other genebennensi threads.)
  9. caminka

    via gebennensis april 2024

    route description of via gebennensis from geneve to le puy en velay with accommodation and other services.
  10. caminka

    via gebennensis

    caminka submitted a new resource: via gebennensis - gebenennsis, geneva, le puy Read more about this resource...
  11. caminka

    Online resources for accommodation on Via Gebennensis?

    hello! I am planning to walk via gebennensis this summer too! (and then a mish-mash route south to carcassonne at least) but starting earlier then you. I have made this shorter (for me) description with all accommodations I could find online, including the 2023 update for the yellow guide which...
  12. caminka

    1765 map of camino real in gipuzkoa

    That is a very old hospice indeed. Although, this descriprion places the hospice very near to puente de santiago, not puente internacional. I once came across an article about salmon fishing in the bidasoa river by the priory on the french side of puente de santiago. It had close-ups of some...
  13. caminka

    Lourdes to SJPdP?

    but is it waymarked? if it is at all, I would guess it's in the direction navarrenx - oloron as this is the direction I've seen it mentioned.
  14. caminka

    1765 map of camino real in gipuzkoa

    oh, yes, I see know. I somehow overlooked the island bit. the river doesn't seem particularly shallow there on google maps (but maybe it is when the tide goes out?). perhaps the draw is the island where one could rest or hide if necessary.
  15. caminka

    1765 map of camino real in gipuzkoa

    I would guess that would be near today puente de santiago. the river there is wide and at low tide mostly shallow, as I recall. wooden posts were sticking out of the marshy ground most of the way along the pedestrian lane towards the bridge in the morning. (I read somewhere that these are...
  16. caminka

    Starting from Bayonne - getting a credential

    the 'office hours' of the pilgrim attendance at the cathedral should be 15h till 18h monday to saturday (except holidays) april to september, but I seem to remember not finding anyone there last may. (I wished to get the tampon.) in july, though, we hunted down someone on the way out who looked...
  17. caminka

    1765 map of camino real in gipuzkoa

    the thesis has other interesting maps, but is otherwise completely unhelpful basque. 🤨 I have been wondering about this crossing for some time because it didn't seem logical that the route would cross the river where it is very wide and marshy. but for now I only studied those pilgrim diaries...
  18. caminka

    1765 map of camino real in gipuzkoa

    I have not yet. I am not yet there. I am actually trying to solve the mystery of arnold von harff's litzauwe (between ernane and billafona), albert jouvin's litsaur (between ornita and iroulo) and guillaume manier's lichart (between andouin and billione). there is no village or town with such...
  19. caminka

    1765 map of camino real in gipuzkoa

    during my research about via bayona I came upon this thesis - I'm not sure what the actual title is, actually -, but on pages 32 and 33 is a beautiful map drawn in 1765 which shows the entire Camino Real de Coches in gipuzkoa. it shows both the old route via tunél de san adrián and the new route...
  20. caminka

    LIVE from the Camino 3 days on the Asturias/Viejo - Pamplona to Salvatierra

    It was updated in 2013 after I walked the route in 2012. Absolutely check the facilities before you go, but my other historic obsessions should be ok. :-)

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