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from another group:
Something you can do when you see Apoyo pilgrims in
certified pilgrim-only albergues: Sit down and chat
with them. Find out what tour group they´re a part of,
and maybe even copy down the name and number of the
outfitter. Ask them if they know they´re out...
To be there (in an alberque) or not is not an issue of history to ponder on. Times have changed and alberques no longer give bread and salt and for the ill some lard.
It’s as simple as no bus/coach wanderers in an alberque. It’s no great fun to walk all your way and be declined as bus pilgrims...
I’ve no insight in what kind of coach pilgrims were in Larasoenna and made other pilgrims have to walk another 11 km's.
this message was of today by a pilgrim on his way to pamplona
IMHO coach pilgrims or any one with a support vehicle that's also used for transportations between alberques is...
a recent mail in and around Larrasoena gives a rahter depressing story as for pilgrims to have to walk to Arre to get a decent bed. Caoch pilgrims were already well and settled there
Dear Pilgrims
With the 5th anniversary of the yahoo mailing list Santiagobis on all aspects of pilgrimage to Santiago, i do like to draw your kind attention to the following.
Santiagobis has special goodies for pilgrims, not only the searchable archives and the daily ness from pilgrims on...
thanks
indeed Ivar
there were several pilgrim form the last stages of the Camino who were refused entrance
I'll copy them below in Spanish:
Mensagem: 4
Data: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:08:57 -0200
De: "LadyDu" <LadyDu@directnet.com.br>
Assunto: Re: Peregrinos...
according to new from a Brazilian group pilgrism were denied access to the cathedral durign the latest holiday weekend
they were refused on security reasons as the catherdral ws full with tourists...
messages came from Tomas de Nanjarin and the Brazilian listowner of Caminho de Santiago
Is...
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