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Hello, please forgive me if this question has been asked and answered before, I have been searching online and not found a definitive answer.
My understanding of the compostela/certificado situation is this:
If you can evidence a walk or cycle ride across the requisite last 100/200 km and...
Weather - lovely (after deluge going from SJPDP to Roncesvalles).
People - great company, whether pilgrims or locals.
Feet - 2 blisters but healing after a day´s rest in Viana where I did nothing more energetic than write postcards.
Other than a cold (which I am afraid is making me snore - sorry...
Since posting in Zubiri the weather has improved significantly.
We stopped at Pension Esclava in Pamplona (I had had less than 2 hrs sleep due to another pilgrim in Zubiri constantly switching his torch on and off and shining it my eyes, talking, rustling and unzipping bags - from 11pm to 2 am...
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