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  1. MikeB

    New accommodation guide

    The Asociación de Amigos de los Caminos de Santiago de Madrid have published in June a new accommodation guide(in Spanish), together with telephone numbers and some route clarifications...
  2. MikeB

    Santiago Airport - No walking poles allowed

    On a more light-hearted note, in summer 2007, one enterprising pilgrim had checked in his pole - and it arrived at Barcelona shell intact! Mike
  3. MikeB

    Albergues privados

    I am pleased to be able to say that not all private albergue owners are like that. I walked from Burgos to Astorga from 23 to 31 December this year and had absolutely no problems - indeed, on an evening when I was alone, an angel appeared! Evening of 22/12 - Burgos - fine, even a party for the...
  4. MikeB

    Ryanair

    The info, complete with Ryanair's rather over-the-top spin, is on the Spanish section of their web site http://www.ryanair.com/es/novedades/ryanair-cancela-sus-3-rutas-internacionales-desde-santiago-de-compostela. And according to the Correo Gallego, Ryanair didn't even bother to turn up at the...
  5. MikeB

    Miam-Miam Dodo or Don't?

    Hi Laurie According to Amazon.fr, in previous years the annually updated MMDs to the Chemin du Puy and the Camino Frances have appeared in late November/early December of the preceding year. So I would have thought you'd be fine if you wait a little while before purchasing, and then get the...
  6. MikeB

    Language schools in Sevilla

    I totally agree with William's remark about Salamanca. Having walked the VdlP this year from Sevilla to Ourense (and will finish in October), the difference in the Spanish you hear is very evident. In Andalucia, and much of Extremadura, there is a very widespread missing "s". If the word starts...
  7. MikeB

    Heat heat and Heat

    If you want the weather forecast for (almost) each town on each camino, then try the following link. It gives the forecast for six days in advance. Choose your camino, choose your village or town. Easy ! http://elcaminosantiago.com/Weather-Camino-Santiago.htm Regards Mike
  8. MikeB

    Ryan Air schedules

    You could try Vueling http://www.vueling.com/?language=EN who fly from La Coruna to Heathrow, and you can buy one-way tickets, but their winter schedules are not yet posted either. I think the 1000€ you were quoted must have been with an airline like Lufthansa or Air France that does not like...
  9. MikeB

    Torremegia accommodations --new phone number Hotel Milenium

    I stayed in the Hotel Milenium on 9 April this year, and found it fine - clean, hot(tish) water, welcoming staff. The pilgrim meal was €6 for hotel guests, and €8 for non-guests, but quality-wise was very poor - for me it was as bad as the meal at La Espuela in Almadén de la Plata. However, the...
  10. MikeB

    BBC - Spain closes 15 airports due to ash

    You can get the info direct from the horse's mouth here http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?pagename=Home If you look at the Santiago airport site, it does not mention the problem, so use the main AENA site linked above. There are also two telephone numbers given which may be useful to note if...
  11. MikeB

    The spring is coming......................

    I'll go for Astorga, the church close to the new municipal Albergue. Sorry to say it's the glass protective roof that is ringing the bell here - rather ashamed I don't remember the superb facade! Or has it been covered up until recently? Mike
  12. MikeB

    Smart Packing and Unexpected Backpack Items

    For me, a needle, polyester thread, and a thimble, all in an old film cansiter - total weight about 20g. Saved my pilgrimage to St Davids (SW Wales) when the strap over my left shoulder snapped on my rucksack. Totally agree, and on the same day my rucksack snapped, I needed to use it. Why? To...
  13. MikeB

    The commandments of the Camino

    I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, as they are written in a language I find much more suitable to the spirit of the Camino http://www.mundicamino.com/Ingles/info_Bienaventuranzas.cfm As far as your memories go, I do remember seeing something on one of the health advice posters...
  14. MikeB

    From Toulouse Airport to St. Jean Pied de Port - Taxi anyone

    And there are shuttles (navette in French) every 20 mins from Toulouse airport to the SNCF station in Toulouse (well, they drop you at the Gare Routière, the bus staion, and the Gare SNCF is 100m walk). Just a point, you have to buy your bus ticket in the little booth by the bus stop, not on the...
  15. MikeB

    Motos (or lack of) on the Camino Frances

    I saw a couple last summer on the Camino Primativo on the part you would have hoped was the least likely to see them - on the wonderful isolated part from Borres to Berducedo that passes via los Hospitales. There were two of them and of course, the sound they made was so out of place in the...
  16. MikeB

    Napoleeon Route Alternative - Fear of Heights Issue

    Sometimes you swear they're ganging up on you as well !!
  17. MikeB

    Poles

    All poles that I have used will come apart to make the length much less, and hence should fit inside your rucksack. Undo fully the plastic rings that allow you to adjust the length, and gently but firmly pull out each section. This will reduce the length considerably. After arrival, you can...
  18. MikeB

    Downloadable Guide to the VdlP

    Hi Isabelle Thanks for confirming my suspicions regarding the dates, and also for the other guide to the VdlP. I do prefer these brief guides over the turn left here, go straight on 200m etc type guides - one of the joys of walking on the caminos is the waymarking, and you can concentrate on...
  19. MikeB

    Need help on heel care

    Picking up on a couple of points from Nell on the Brasher Superlites and from Nandy on the plantar fasciitis. I wore my new Brasher Superlites at Easter 2009 when I made my pilgrimage (with tent) from Winchester to Canterbury in southern England, a distance of a bit under 250km in 9 days...
  20. MikeB

    Downloadable Guide to the VdlP

    While researching my VdlP this year, I came across this downloadable 150+ page guide to the VdlP, complete with stage and town maps where appropriate. http://www.aucoeurduchemin.org/spip/-Via-de-la-Plata,574-.html?lang=fr and click on the document to download it. The guide is written in...

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