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  1. mmmmartin

    Announcement Refuge Orisson

    I'm in logrono, so far everyone seems to be booking ahead at least one or two days. Tent used only once, it's a pain to carry
  2. mmmmartin

    Announcement Refuge Orisson

    Orrisson has accepted my booking and sent an email with a link to click for payment but the link doesn't work, it simply says on the next page there is no method of payment. I've emailed them pointing out this fact but had no reply. Anyone else having the same problems?
  3. mmmmartin

    Sarria - Is a stop over worth it?

    If you're UK based, my advice is to not buy a return ticket until about a week or two before you think you might go back. Then you can hang about wherever you want. Some days you'll feel like a long day but others will be rainy and you'll hide in a nice pension and sleep most of the time. I'd...
  4. mmmmartin

    Cooking on the Frances currently?

    On the Frances last September there were very few albergues offering communal meals. By the time October arrived the number of pilgrims was almost zero, and very many more albergues were shut, as were the restaurants - and i was in private rooms eating supermarket salads on my own. Restaurants...
  5. mmmmartin

    Merino wool gloves question

    Your money would be better spent on a night in a pensione if it turns cold enough for gloves. During the day you can wear socks on your hands with a plastic bag to keep warm, but you'll have to carry those gloves 500 miles for maybe one day's use. I was in Sarria when there was an inch of snow...
  6. mmmmartin

    LIVE from the Camino Albergue Lama

    It's a tedious road walk yet you go through trabadelo where there is casa suzie. If you wish there's always a bus (late afternoon takes 20 minutes) from villafranca up the hill to a village near ocebreiro then a flattish walk into ocebreiro.
  7. mmmmartin

    LIVE from the Camino Albergue Lama

    https://alberguelamas.business.site/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=referral The website of albergue lamas
  8. mmmmartin

    Question about raintrousers

    The best kit for rain is the Altus poncho, covers everything, has sleeves, and after it stops raining it can be worn like a superman cape while it dries out. It does become damp inside but then so does everything designed to keep the rain off. Can be hung up in an albergue to provide privacy if...
  9. mmmmartin

    Travel Insurance for an Irishman Help!

    All citizens of EU countries have equal access to the government healthcare system as the locals. The OP might be lucky enough to have an irish passport so he's an EU citizen, any travel insurance is likely to tell him to get healthcare from the Spanish system, it'll be free. (I post this as a...
  10. mmmmartin

    Cookwear lunchkit necessity?

    Hmmmmm. I wouldn't bet on that
  11. mmmmartin

    Cookwear lunchkit necessity?

    Absolutely not. The only time you might need stuff like that is at the end of the season when many albergues and restaurants are closed and you are staying in a pension and buying food in a supermarket to eat in your room. I did this last October. A corkscrew is €1 in a supermarket. You might...
  12. mmmmartin

    O Cebreiro Casa Navarro

    Suggest you print the email on paper and put it in an envelope then post it to them.
  13. mmmmartin

    Towel - Help!

    I use a nylon cycling cap. Rub your hands against your skin to get rid of most of the water then use the nylon cycling cap to absorb more water and then squeeze it to dry it a bit, repeat. When you're nearly dry, squeeze the cap almost dry then put on your head where it will dry. You can wear it...
  14. mmmmartin

    Compiling a list of refugios that accept tents

    https://3fulgear.com/product/lanshan-1-pro/ I have something similar. 700 grams. Say no more.
  15. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Do I need both Proof of Vaccination AND a Negative Test for bus from Pamplona to SJPP

    And as i understand it there are no land travel restrictions inside the Schengen area, only for flights.
  16. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Do I need both Proof of Vaccination AND a Negative Test for bus from Pamplona to SJPP

    You may wish to use the bus to travel from Madrid airport to Pamplona: it leaves from outside terminal four and with a change at Zaragoza arrives in Pamplona bus station. I downloaded the Alsa app to my phone and when i was safely landed and through customs i bought a ticket online then showed...
  17. mmmmartin

    Form from the pilgrims office

    Yes that QR code business is a bit of a palaver but it can done - even by me. The point to remember is that doing the form on your phone only tells the pilgrim office the overall numbers, for instance that do it for religious reasons only, where you come from, by foot or by bike, nationality...
  18. mmmmartin

    Doing the Camino Frances.

    That parador looks almost worth the €100 a night.
  19. mmmmartin

    Doing the Camino Frances.

    Am desperately trying - and failing - to look uninterested and not jealous in the slightest. Details please.....
  20. mmmmartin

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Spain Announces State of Alarm until May 2021

    At first glance it would seem to leave Caminos unaffected: the curfew unlikely to affect pilgrims, no restrict on crossing county borders unless local government brings it in, etc.

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