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  1. Davey Boyd

    Compiling a list of refugios that accept tents

    I use a Wild Country Zephyros 1 tent because of its light weight. 1.5 kilo. Anything lighter gets expensive real quick. Cheap tents may fail due to how much use it is going to receive. I had my Zephyros 1 on all my caminos and it stood up well, only having to replace the pegs. Though small the...
  2. Davey Boyd

    Compiling a list of refugios that accept tents

    Here is what I have where you can camp at an albergue. Some may be listed above. 1. The Parroquia at Zalbadika before Pamplona (the one with the nuns). They let me camp around the back. Seemed quite happy about it. 2. Sanjaunista at Cizur Menor (the Nights of Malta one). Always camped there...
  3. Davey Boyd

    Best One Day Walk on Any Camino?

    My favorite so far is Buiza to Pajares on the Camino San Salvador. Beautiful mountains! Done it twice, cannot wait to go back again! Davey
  4. Davey Boyd

    Am I in Spain or Heaven?

    So it is a thing! That makes sense
  5. Davey Boyd

    Am I in Spain or Heaven?

    Yes, I have had one or two over the years that made me sweat! And I am a chilli addict. There is much debate if this is even a thing or why it would happen though....
  6. Davey Boyd

    Nantes Cathedral on fire

    Police suspect arson https://news.sky.com/story/nantes-cathedral-on-fire-flames-lick-15th-century-facade-12031069#:~:text=Saturday%2018%20July%202020%2012,spewing%20from%20between%20its%20towers.
  7. Davey Boyd

    On the Camino, on this date in May...

    I have walked past there many many times. Never once seen the restaurant actually open!
  8. Davey Boyd

    Planning Tool

    Was it this one? https://godesalco.com/plan Davey
  9. Davey Boyd

    My ethical dilemma regarding a compostela

    Yes Tim, but in my mind there is a difference from a slight detour to not using a camino at all. I still think conscience wise you should not worry. By the way I disagree with the 'recognised route' rule. To me, if you are walking, it is valid. I'm not even sure why it was implemented at all...
  10. Davey Boyd

    My ethical dilemma regarding a compostela

    Actually to obtain a compostela you are required to walk the LAST 100km and it must be on a 'recognized route'. So, if I walked every step from Moscow but took a 5km bus ride somewhere past Sarria I would not qualify. Or if I made my own route into Santiago city which was not a 'recognised...
  11. Davey Boyd

    My ethical dilemma regarding a compostela

    Your conscience is clear. You have walked well over 100km. Don't bother reporting that you veered off the 'official' path. You know you have not 'cheated'. Why confuse some overworked volunteer who has enough on their plate. Claim your compostela with pride (if you wish to claim one). Davey
  12. Davey Boyd

    Win £200 for the best tip about European pilgrimage routes (UK residents only)

    You could give your excellent tips on whether to take your butler or not!
  13. Davey Boyd

    Mixed-method Camino - no distance certificate/compostela?

    I really thought using a horse/donk was 200km. I stand corrected! Davey
  14. Davey Boyd

    Mixed-method Camino - no distance certificate/compostela?

    As far as I can gather the OP won't have a problem. If from Berlin you walked, rode a biycycle, and used a donkey on different stages, as long as the last 200km (bike or donkey) or 100km on foot is on a 'recognized camino' in won't matter. It is that last section they will be checking in the...
  15. Davey Boyd

    Mixed-method Camino - no distance certificate/compostela?

    I have never experienced this. I can't remember a hospitalera checking my last sello for continuation. I have walked the Frances backwards three times and no one in any albergue said anything. (Well, apart from calling me loco). But maybe I just never noticed? Davey
  16. Davey Boyd

    Meaning of Rdo.

    All I found was the Spanish Chapter of the European Trade Organisation RDO (Resort Development Organisation) But I don't think it is that
  17. Davey Boyd

    "Prison and the Camino" on TVE tonight (Oct. 17th 2019 in Spain)

    Looks very interesting. I did not know that Spain also has prisoners walking the Camino. I know France and Belgium has young offenders walking as part of an early release (if they pass). I met a few French prisoners walking one winter, though they had to walk SJpdP to Santiago then the VDLP on...
  18. Davey Boyd

    All Welcome on the Camino

    I read (somewhere) that the word Pilgrim comes from the pre-christian Latin word Peregrinus that means 'the stranger that comes over the fields'. I don't know if this is actually true, but I like it. If you are a pilgrim in your heart, then you are a pilgrim in my mind. If you are searching...
  19. Davey Boyd

    A Nice Dogs thread

    In 2017 walking back to France I stayed in Granon and met this lot. Four people with 17 dogs walking for a doggy charity. They had a support van so no dog had to walk if it did not want to, and they all stayed in a huge teepee with their humans at night. The logistics were incredible! Here are...
  20. Davey Boyd

    A Nice Dogs thread

    Heres two cuties we met in 2015 in Penafonte on the Primitivo. We were setting up to sleep in the church porch and the locals came to say hello (doggy and human). The first one was this huge chap. Wasn't interested in my banana. Was very interested in my salami though! Then there was this...

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