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Would someone please point me at the authoritative policy for the number of stamps needed to qualify for the compostella when walking.
I understood (when I did my camino in 2016) that the rule was:
One a day if starting more than 100km distant from SDC
Two a day if starting at 100km from SDC...
Camino 1 Samos to SDC completed at very slow pace on average! Thanks to all who answered questions in this forum during the dreaming/planning stage. Carried a shell for Denise. Time was short so bussed to/from Fisterra. Camino 2 already in planning which will be SDC to Muxia via Fisterra in...
I was reading up on what to do with a Shell carried for Denise. That is clear cut - I deliver the shell to the nominated address.
I will be carrying shells in memory of family I have lost.
My question is whether there is any custom/tradition of what you do with such shells (not the one you are...
Does having your possessions carried from accommodation to accommodation (assisted pilgrimage) make it less of a pilgrimage?
It has been put to me that this imposes a schedule on one which does not allow the full experience of the path, the way, to be achieved?
Any thoughts?
I am planning on doing a solo short 100k pilgrimage starting mid April next year.
I am coming from Australia and then I will be a month short of my 69th birthday. I have not walked the Camino or indeed any long path before.
As far as I can determine the most popular route for this short...
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