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  1. JabbaPapa

    LIVE from the Camino SJPdP “Completo” tonight!

    Late April to early May, and September generally, are pretty much the busiest periods in SJPP. Because *everyone* is "avoiding the crowds" ... o_O
  2. JabbaPapa

    LIVE from the Camino Camino home to home, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

    I have worked out how to organise a new pair of Army boots. I am going to Paris next month for a Baptism, and there seems to be a Night Train from there to Marseilles -- which is where my boots come from. 😎
  3. JabbaPapa

    Airport strikes France April possibly May 2024

    Warning for those flying in to France -- there's a strike tomorrow April 25th, which likely will NOT prevent flying in or out of the country on international flights, but is very likely to affect flights between Paris and Bayonne and other regional airports. There's the risk of a similar but...
  4. JabbaPapa

    Cafe con leche different this year?

    Café con leche generally varies in its recipes from one region to the next -- though a certain particular manner of preparing it has become somewhat common in establishments catering towards pilgrims on the Francès. Not sure why. Personally, that's not my preferred recipe for it, and I would...
  5. JabbaPapa

    Cinque Terra - one way walking only

    I didn't. The people in question had not walked and were not walking the Way of Saint James. Their direction of travel was incidental, even though hikers not walking to Santiago but in that direction are given the benefit of doubt by those Albergues with stricter rules.
  6. JabbaPapa

    Cinque Terra - one way walking only

    When you walk in that area towards Rome or towards Santiago on the coastal Ligurian route, going down to the Cinque Terre leads you away from your destination and not towards it. The Cinque Terre are a beautiful cul-de-sac, but geographically they simply are not on the Camino, nor the road to...
  7. JabbaPapa

    Cinque Terra - one way walking only

    I have stayed in literally hundreds of Albergues over the course of my ongoing very lengthy home to home Camino, and that's actually not true -- but some Albergues do refuse to accept hikers who have no purpose towards Compostela and who are also not walking in the slightest to or via the...
  8. JabbaPapa

    Cinque Terra - one way walking only

    I did read the Telegraph article this morning, and they put up a sensationalist title for it grossly exaggerating the effects and extent of the local policy, suggesting for example that "Italy" has decreed it. I cannot pretend that I support this sort of initiative -- but if you look into the...
  9. JabbaPapa

    What's changed?

    Roman Jubilee years occur every 25 years, and they are unrelated to either this or that Pope or with other Jubilees or Holy Years in other Sanctuaries. It is not a universal Jubilee year as the Year of Mercy was, it's just the normal Roman Jubilee -- though Roman Jubilees do have some...
  10. JabbaPapa

    LIVE from the Camino Camino home to home, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

    Definitely not daily use !! It's really just to insulate against body temperature loss when I'll sleep outdoors (or on the floor indoors). I'll not much need it 'til I get back to France, and if it turns out to be rubbish, I'll just get a replacement somewhere. It's good enough to set out...
  11. JabbaPapa

    LIVE from the Camino Camino home to home, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

    This thing ...
  12. JabbaPapa

    LIVE from the Camino Camino home to home, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

    Just got my new backpack. It's smaller and lighter than my last one, but I think that's a good thing, as this will not be a winter Camino so I need less stuff. The Army sleeping bag fits in, and the new inflatable mattress is tiny when uninflated. Packing the sleeping bag tightly seems to...
  13. JabbaPapa

    LIVE from the Camino Camino home to home, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

    I love it when the world turns indigo :
  14. JabbaPapa

    New Camino Movie -The Way My Way - World Premiere

    And New Zealand.
  15. JabbaPapa

    GR653 VS Via Carcassone

    Sounds like you're contemplating the variant of the Arles route that goes via Carcassonne towards Toulouse. As far as I can tell, that route only follows the Canal du Midi on a few sections, whereas the Canal was built more or less parallel to that old travel route. And BTW for reasons very...
  16. JabbaPapa

    Credentials of Confraternity of St James

    Yes and I have responded to both aspects of the issue.
  17. JabbaPapa

    Credentials of Confraternity of St James

    I was blonde for the first few years of my life !! (now auburn) If that's what they want, then just order a new one and get it sent to you at home in SA rather than relying on the tour operator. After you receive it, go to your Catholic Parish Church, even if that's just once in your life, and...
  18. JabbaPapa

    Credentials of Confraternity of St James

    Nor do I.
  19. JabbaPapa

    Credentials of Confraternity of St James

    Pre-registration is optional -- however, for those taking a more "normal" and/or "conventional" route along one of the major Ways, it has the convenience pilgrim-side of speeding things up ; and the MASSIVE advantage Pilgrim Office -side of hugely increasing the efficiency of the volunteers...
  20. JabbaPapa

    One (water) bottle to rule them all?

    I use this :

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