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  1. Adhemar78

    Compostela requirements clarification please

    Regardless of where you start and how far you have walked, the requirement is that the distance you have walked must include the last 100km to Santiago. Here’s the relevant Pilgrim’s Office information page on the matter: https://oficinadelperegrino.com/en/pilgrimage/the-credencial/ If you...
  2. Adhemar78

    Tradition…. When to start wearing your scallop shell?

    I purchased one from the Camino Forum store before my first Camino and wore it on my backpack from the start of both that and my second Camino which I recently completed. And from what I observed while doing both Caminos the vast majority of my fellow pilgrims generally did the same.
  3. Adhemar78

    When to Arrive at Auberge Orisson?

    I stopped at Orisson in September 2014. It didn't take me long to get there from SJPdP - about three hours, as I recall. I left sometime between 10am and 10.30am and I got to Orisson sometime between 1pm and 2pm. They didn't allow access to the accommodation section (I had booked a place in...
  4. Adhemar78

    Your Favourite Things About the Camino?

    1. My first night on the Camino at Refuge Orisson, sitting at dinner and conversing with people from all over the world. 2. Walking up towards Col de Lepoeder and feeling for the first time that I was going to make it over the Pyrenees and all the way to Santiago de Compostela - I believed I...
  5. Adhemar78

    Am I being a bit of a light-weight?

    I know how you feel, LesBrass. I am starting the Camino in about 16 weeks and I have only recently started to ramp up my own training, not least because I feel I need to lose some weight before I begin. I have been fortunate that, even though the weather has started getting colder here in Sydney...
  6. Adhemar78

    What is the most you have walked in a day?

    I have managed to walk 30 kilometres in a day at least twice I can remember. The first time was in October last year, when I took part in an event called the Seven Bridges Walk, the route for which took you around the western part of Sydney Harbour. One of the bridges I had to cross was the...
  7. Adhemar78

    Did movie: "The Way" motivate you...

    The film "The Way" was not the first I heard about the Camino. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, and a Master's in Medieval Studies. As part of the research for my Honours and Master's theses (both of which were on the First Crusade), I had to look at the practice of pilgrimage in the...

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