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  1. Tincatinker

    Via Peuceta Italy

    Anyone any experience of any of these routes https://camminomaterano.it/ ? The Beloved and I plan to be in Puglia and southern Italy for a few weeks in Spring. The route from Bari to Matera looks a possible delight and the rock-cut churches of the Sassi well worth exploring. We'll be mainly...
  2. Tincatinker

    That recipe - which one is yours?

    During my sybaritic career (career as in uncontrolled descent) along the caminos I've encountered some astonishing food. Some of it was even edible if I was hungry enough. Some of it was truly astonishing. One dish, a loin of pork, sliced longitudinally to produce a sort of "open book" shape...
  3. Tincatinker

    Bedbugs in Europe

    Pilgrims may have noticed a recent outbreak of Bedbug Headlines in newspapers and on the internet. This is perfectly normal for the time of year. There are several wars going on just now and an episode of the Olympics due soon. So, obviously, the media will do their very best to distract us from...
  4. Tincatinker

    Look behind you!!

    It seems to me that I am seeing more and more posts lately from people who have “lost” various items, from the crucial like credencials to the peripheral such as hats. We have seen posts about poles, cameras, necklaces, power adapters, sunglasses, guidebooks, even clothing. I wonder if it’s...
  5. Tincatinker

    Dull, boring, urban and sketchy (sketchy?)

    OK, so, well here we go. I’ve been seeing, and sometimes responding to, lots (it seems) of posts about, essentially, which bits of Camino to avoid. Urban bits; steep bits; roadside bits; bits where the cafés don’t get good reviews; industrial bits ( though apparently that bit on the Invierno...
  6. Tincatinker

    Seville: Feria de Abril

    OK, so, I’m going to be in Seville for La Féria and it’ll coincide with one of my birthdays. I’ve always said I was a lucky tinker. Now, can anyone tell me which is the worst bar / restaurant in Seville ‘cos I figure it’ll be the only one where we’ll get a table 😉 Otherwise I guess I’ll just...
  7. Tincatinker

    At @Anamiri's request

    @Anamiri, with the dogs' permission, here are two of my very best friends. Little Dog and Smeagol the Beagle.
  8. Tincatinker

    Another British Pilgrimage

    Just walked this little beauty today http://cuckmerepilgrimpath.org.uk/ It will take you to from St Andrews at Alfriston to St Michael & All Angels at Berwick; to St Mary's at Selmeston; St Pancras at Arlington; The Long Man of Wilmington (guess where); The Good Shepherd at Lullington and...
  9. Tincatinker

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD A song for our times...

    Just musing. Anyone wants the tune could try here: the "original" lyric went something like: http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/h/hardtmof.html Chorus: Oh the hard times on Camino On Camino there’s very hard times Sing: Pity all Peregrinos who’ve followed the call To follow the “Way”, and be...
  10. Tincatinker

    A Guitarist NOT on the Camino

    It'll come as a surprise to none that my amigo Richard Durrant will not be making his Bicycle/Guitar pilgrimage from St Mungo's in Orkney to Santiago this Autumn (Fall). It won't surprise many that local, community, Arts Centres are under the cosh. This is not a funding request. I just thought...
  11. Tincatinker

    Please Help A Guitarist on the Camino

    My good friend the, very talented, guitarist Richard Durrant https://www.richarddurrant.com/ has a marvellous adventure planned for this year - A journey on a bicycle from St Magnus' Cathedral in Orkney to Santiago playing concerts along the way. On parts of his journey he will be accompanied...
  12. Tincatinker

    The Camino does NOT start in StJpdP - discuss

    Members will be aware that I am neither a contrarian nor a provocateur but that I do like, now and again, to ask questions a little beyond which is the best bar to discuss the best sleeping bag in. So, as I viewed a thread started by a new member who is flying into Madrid and probably training...
  13. Tincatinker

    The Year Turns

    Yule. I'll spend tonight in anticipation of the Suns return and then I'll party till the logs burned through (the harder the log the longer the party ;)). Some of you'll have to wait a few more days for your sons return. Some will probably just smile and join or not join the festivities that...
  14. Tincatinker

    Invierno in Otono

    Off in the morning. Madrid, Ponferrada: Invierno. The Beloved and me and our packs; @peregrina2000 's excellent guide and some scribbled notes from @ranthr 's excellent thread and from other kind contributors too. Thank you @Charrito, @KinkyOne and @Ribeirasacra. Really looking forward to this...
  15. Tincatinker

    Any etymologists want some fun?

    I was musing on the meaning of Camino - road; path; journey: and then journey and its sense of transition and then I hit an earlier meaning for camino - furnace. I thought of Vulcan and his forge and Hephaestus and their works wrought by the fires of change. Providing strength and protection as...
  16. Tincatinker

    Meet a moderator

    Any members in Santiago tomorrow (wed 14 June) l will be at SY's members meet up and would love to meet you. Sunshine in Santiago: oh what a happy little tinker I am.
  17. Tincatinker

    Prayers please

    Prayers please for Ivan Thomas, a Pilgrim, an anarchist and a gentleman of the road now passed to new roads and further horizons. Tincatinker
  18. Tincatinker

    Are we making it all too easy?

    A few recent posts and members' scratchy responses (me too) have made me ponder one of those questions for the Internet Age. The one posited in this thread title. The first time I went hiking in Spain the 'The Leader' was still on his throne and the Guardia Civil certainly weren't civil to a...
  19. Tincatinker

    Good Friday in Ponferrada

    A good friend and a primer peregrina starts from Ponferrada Good Friday. Can anyone advise on local festivities?
  20. Tincatinker

    LIVE from the Camino Burgos to Moratinos 25/11 and on

    Well, this has been lovely, and enlightening. I'm on the way with a loose bunch of about 8 peregrinos. We are doing the usual meetings enroute over coffee and such and assembling in albergues at night. At Hontanos Albergue / Meson Puntido "abrir todos ano" was shut. The municipal "closed in...

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