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  1. henrythedog

    Con Niños!

    Take the Frances - you know your family better than anyone; but in your place I’d want more infrastructure than the C de Madrid offers. Stating the bleedin’ obvious as usual: it’s going to be rather warm in Spain in July and no matter how accustomed your 4-year old is to walking, 15k/day is a...
  2. henrythedog

    Collapsible hiking poles

    I seriously think ‘we’ ought to cease replying with any degree of certainty to this interminable question. I try (and often fail) to only give advice of which I am certain, erring on the side of caution- cf the passport photocopy question - but on the topic of poles, all one can offer is...
  3. henrythedog

    Bag storage in Santiago for 10 days

    Correos do bag storage also. Check the opening hours of wherever you store it with respect to your intended collection time and day. https://www.elcaminoconcorreos.com/en/luggage-storage https://casaivar.com/luggage-storage-in-santiago-de-compostela/
  4. henrythedog

    BP on the Catalán, June-July 2024

    Mrs HtD and I stayed there for a couple of nights - on my own I’d be in the albergue. As you found, the food was average, the cost extraordinary (thus:take your own beer) - but the evening atmosphere during and after vespers - was great.
  5. henrythedog

    BP on the Catalán, June-July 2024

    Couple of thoughts on Montserrat: Go to vespers, whatever your religion or none. Take your own beer. (To Montserrat, not vespers)
  6. henrythedog

    Security Warning On Via de Plata

    I’m on an early flight out of Manchester to Barcelona in the morning and I’m not looking forward to it tbh. It’s about time the alcohol licence was removed from British airports.
  7. henrythedog

    Do some people not get stamps?

    You’re really from New York? 😇 Don’t forget once you cross over the river into Spain: two per day.
  8. henrythedog

    Ride share Taxi share Thursday 13 June 2024 Pamplona to St Jean

    Have a look for rucksacks in the taxi queue and make your first friends on the Camino.
  9. henrythedog

    LIVE from the Camino LIVE from the Camino de Catalán

    Another splendid example of the real value of this forum to those of us for whom a Camino is a regular event. A detailed journal full of practical information. Once you’ve got the ‘can I take my poles in hand luggage’ and ‘should I really book ahead if I want three adjoining private rooms, a...
  10. henrythedog

    Plantar Fasciitis

    Work on stretching and massaging your right calf muscles. A lot.
  11. henrythedog

    Hand drawn stamps between Astorga and Santiago

    When getting later stamps make sure to fully unfold the credencial so that wax stamp doesn’t get stamped on the reverse - they quite easily fracture.
  12. henrythedog

    Halfway point credentials

    The certificate available in Sahagun is unashamedly just a souvenir. That didn’t stop me collecting one once.
  13. henrythedog

    Type of bike for Camino Francés

    I often review something I’ve posted the previous day to improve the spelling, grammar and punctuation or - sometimes - delete it altogether.
  14. henrythedog

    Train from Chamartin to Leon

    No chance. Book a train the next day. You can overnight anywhere in central Madrid and take the metro to Chamartin.
  15. henrythedog

    Bronze Scallop Shell…Carry-on?

    Well; if it were me I’d let you on - but I’m unlikely to be on duty for a variety of reasons. It’s an expensive experiment if you’re going to chance it and the view of whoever you ask - even at the airport, and most certainly on the internet - may differ from the staff on the day. Of all the...
  16. henrythedog

    Help getting lodging past Sarria

    Perhaps inappropriately I recall an interview with an American smuggler operating in South America - he flew a tiny light aircraft which was often intercepted by military jets. The jets (I know nothing about the subject) have to maintain some set speed to stay airborne. The quote that sticks...
  17. henrythedog

    Train Advice - Santiago to Barcelona

    Can I reinforce the ‘buy early’ message for RENFE - I’ve often advised that on here. I’v just got an unexpected week free and, naturally, am heading to Spain to scout out the C. De Ebro around Zaragoza; flying into Barcelona. Usually I’d be reserving travel as soon as it’s available. My first...
  18. henrythedog

    Paulo Coelho's "The Pilgrimage" to be made into a Netflix movie

    I’ve read a couple of PCs books in the Spanish translation. The linguistic exercise partially compensated for the dire content.
  19. henrythedog

    LIVE from the Camino Current big wave at beginning of Francés

    Becky was posting towards the end of April; historically and predictably one of the busiest months on the Frances
  20. henrythedog

    LIVE from the Camino On the Camino de Madrid!

    @Bachibouzouk - your thread, along with that of @timr ’s, which greatly informed my CdMadrid a couple of years ago; is excellent. Thanks.

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