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  1. David Tallan

    LIVE from the Camino First time San Salvador, here we go

    I met a Spanish couple who turned off onto the Salvador at the same time I did from the procession of pilgrims who were continuing along the Frances. They were using the Gronze Maps app to guide them on the route and alerted me to the river option which the three of us took.
  2. David Tallan

    LIVE from the Camino On the Camino de Madrid!

    Last summer I also read in Gronze that it was closed, but the spreadsheet I got from Ray and Rosa, which they assured me was more up to date, had it as open. I took my chances. You get the key to the local gym in the bar and, after gym classes are done for the day, they put a mattress on the...
  3. David Tallan

    "What a hardcore thru-hiker can learn on the Camino de Santiago"

    For us Camino afficionados, you are certainly correct. For the audience of this particular article, "Camino" is going to refer to the Frances or one of the more popular routes in Spain, for which he has provided a not inaccurate description. The percentage of people each year who walk a Camino...
  4. David Tallan

    The Pilgrim’s Guide to Etiquette

    So much for TLA. My training as a descriptive linguist inclines me to say that may once have been the case but usage has changed, and with it the meaning of the word.
  5. David Tallan

    The Pilgrim’s Guide to Etiquette

    I pronounce it tee-el-dee-ar.
  6. David Tallan

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    And what type of statues would those be? This is the first I've heard of them.
  7. David Tallan

    Little sculptures

    Also from Valencia, Palau de la Generalitat Valenciana.
  8. David Tallan

    Mid March Planning Head Aches

    I think that this is not a very charitable response. There is more than weather that goes into determining what is needed. And many people, either unfamiliar with long walks or familiar with different kinds of long walks, do not know at the outset what they will need. That's why they come to...
  9. David Tallan

    Primitivo accommodation advice

    I've stayed at two donativos that provided that kind of hospitality. One was Casa da Fernanda on the Portugues. They were welcoming people to their home and providing the hospitality that came naturally to them. I don't think they were making much of a profit. In fact, I think that their losses...
  10. David Tallan

    Best way to walk near unfenced cows/cattle

    I have met them numerous times. Sometimes accompanied by a nowhere. Sometimes not.
  11. David Tallan

    Little sculptures

    Also from Valencia, this one is on La Llotja de la Seda, the medieval Gothic mercantile exchange:
  12. David Tallan

    LIVE from the Camino On the Camino de Madrid!

    We ate in the Jubilado bar. It was just platos combinados, but high end ones.
  13. David Tallan

    LIVE from the Camino On the Camino de Madrid!

    That's a change from last year. Last year, there were 5 people who were supposed to have the key. But the people who were available didn't currently have it, and the people who presumably had it weren't available (at least, for a good 4 hours or so). This new system was presumably afterwards put...
  14. David Tallan

    What if fatigue is too much?

    Trecile's advice about giving yourself more time than you think you will need is my #1 piece of advice for all first time pilgrims. Planning within your limits is good, but if you are just nervous about emergencies, you can take the AlertCops app on your phone. That will enable you to easily...
  15. David Tallan

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    The source I have found for this anecdote, and that Father Elias was responsible for introducing the yellow arrows is Laurie Dennett, who I believe knew Father Elias personally and has a fair background in the modern revival of the Camino. Do you have reason to doubt her?
  16. David Tallan

    Primitivo stages & accommodation.

    Just a note that the stage to Berducedo over Hospitales can be shorter if you spend the night before in Samblismo or Albergue Los Hospitales.
  17. David Tallan

    LIVE from the Camino On the Camino de Madrid!

    Yep. Much easier to walk in 2023. Straight, flat but with the rails and big stones removed.
  18. David Tallan

    Camino Francés - Pamplona to Burgos?

    When I came at the beginning of the month we had one checked backpack and one carry on backpack (with stuff distributed for the flight in case the checked bag went missing). I was a bit worried about making our bus to Leon, which left a couple of hours after our plane landed. But I guess I got...
  19. David Tallan

    Little sculptures

    These little guys are in Valencia, where I am now, which I know is on a couple of Caminos.
  20. David Tallan

    Is this a thing I can do?

    Or, you could just buy them on the way (see post #2 above). This is one of the ways the culture of the Camino tends to differ from the culture of the major American thru-hiking trails. A lot less shipping ahead packages of the things you will need to pick uo en route and a lot more buying things...

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