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  1. Tincatinker

    watch/device to measure distance walked

    The responses above might satisfy your question. I rely on my Fitbit to advise me whether I’m still living or have passed. Its “steps” and mileage measurements seem to be remarkably accurate. It’s “three satellite GPS” probably helps there. But, and this is one of those Tinker bits, why do you...
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    Camino miracles

    A miracle? On my first Camino I had made a vow to collect litter everyday. One early morning I realized that I didn’t have a plastic bag to put the litter in. On top of the very first mojone I passed that day was a supermarket carrier bag with an over-ripe pear in it. So I ate the pear and...
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    Compostela Question

    As I posted above the Muxia/Fisterra route is listed as an optional starting point /route on the PO’s own website pre-registration. While leaping to conclusions is not my favourite form of exercise on this subject I’ll conclude that the route is officially recognized and qualifies for a Compostela
  4. Tincatinker

    Camino Frances: Villambistia

    Most other sources, Gronze, Berking and their own website also have them as closed. I guess there is a reasonable assumption to be made: they're shut, temporarily, for refurbishment
  5. Tincatinker

    Any advice for when you want to quit?

    I’ll make this statement. It is not made in any intent as a criticism of you or the of “the girl in Portugal” or of anyone else who has decided that Camino will be their great adventure. A Camino to the shrine of the Apostle, to the bones of one who may have touched the very divine is not “let’s...
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    When Temperatures Climb! Preventing Heat exhaustion

    Orujo!! Nah, seriously? Sunbrellas? Not a bad idea. Drinking lots of liquids? NOT always a good idea. Drink sufficient to maintain a reasonable level of hydration but not such that you’re peeing at a greater frequency than what is normal for you. Resting? Avoiding walking at times of the day...
  7. Tincatinker

    Why 100km for compostela

    That is an absolute possibility. The requirement for a compo-wotsit is two stamps a day for the 100km into Santiago. Where you started; how many mountains you climbed; how many menu purgatorio you have consumed; whether you believe in any of the available Gods or none: these matter not...
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    Any advice for when you want to quit?

    Hmm, lovely post @Pathfinder075 but I have to disagree with some of it. Yes, Camino can be hard, on feet and on our very selves. That’s not how it’s supposed to be. It’s supposed to be a journey to a place. That journey, especially the physical journey, can be hard on some. The...
  9. Tincatinker

    Compostela Question

    Tom, spot on! But according to the PO if you keep schtum about your previous visit to the bones you can get a bouncer for walking from a nice, quiet, little fishing village on the convoluted coast of Galicia. I seldom follow rules and never set them but those who do set them really ought to...
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    Compostela Question

    Students of absurdity may like to note that the Camino Muxia - Finisterre is available on the PO's pre-registration screen https://oficinadelperegrino.com/en/sigle-register/ My suggestion for anyone wishing to claim a Pilgrimage Proficiency Certificate is that you try not to wobble while...
  11. Tincatinker

    Compostela Question

    Me? I’d have thrown a wobbly. If I was that way inclined that is… It’s particularly obvious that the leg from Santiago to Muxia doesn’t count as a pilgrimage to Santiago. Even Little Dog can work that out. But the journey from Muxia via Fisterra to Santiago is a pilgrimage to Santiago and...
  12. Tincatinker

    Finally - real food in Santiago!!!

    I think I’d regard “cojones de atun” with some suspicion even given my eclectic approach to what’s edible 😉 I suspect, without any opportunity for personal research before late September, that there’ll be stuff on the menu you could enjoy @VNwalking but I’ll let you know thereafter 😉
  13. Tincatinker

    Finally - real food in Santiago!!!

    Ah mate, a good joke is never waisted 😉
  14. Tincatinker

    Injury - in Oviedo now

    Here’s some godgle results...
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    Injury - in Oviedo now

    Your first resort is the nearest Centro de Salud, search that on Godgle. They may refer you to a hospital. You should definitely contact your travel/health insurers. They may have preferred providers. They will certainly want to be on notice of a potential claim. Health care in Spain is...
  16. Tincatinker

    Do you drop any personal restrictions on Camino?

    Really? Really, how does that go? I’ve had conversations with several total strangers today and yet all I did was go for a ten mile walk in rural Sussex. I’ve discussed the weather (England: it’s even more exciting than our politics and much more common ground); I’ve discussed the proliferation...
  17. Tincatinker

    Do you drop any personal restrictions on Camino?

    I’m with you there. I think a shake of hands and an exchange of first names at least is important
  18. Tincatinker

    Do you drop any personal restrictions on Camino?

    Interesting question @David. Not an easy one to answer for me. I’ve lived my entire life with a philosophy close to: “I’ll do what I want to do when I want to do it”. Like you I buy locally produced food, in season, and adapt my diet to what is available: what I’ve grown, shot, foraged or found...
  19. Tincatinker

    Tides for crossing

    Ah, the price is the price. It's entirely up to the pilgrim to choose whether to pay it or not. €10 seems excessive so presumably there was either a lot of traffic or very little. Demand impacts prices for fishermen as it does for airlines
  20. Tincatinker

    Distance traveled by boat from foz de minho to Spain

    I'm sure Godgle Earth or Maps or even Rome2rio would give you a figure but there's so many variables depending on which boat you get with which skipper and which way the tides flowing: but 1km - 2km depending on the previous. It still counts towards your Compostela, so no worries :)

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