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  1. Isca-camigo

    December Camino

    Hi @Angus137 , I can't really talk about the other routes in winter apart from the Frances which in this year will probably get back or just surpass the 2019 pre pandemic amount of pilgrims walking it in Winter. You will know what the weather is like, when you walked in march you might have...
  2. Isca-camigo

    Confused about food safety - food in pack

    I have not seen it presented in packaging even in Lille, we would head off to a cheese shop and the guy would cut if off big blocks/boules, there would be several, all with different ages.I have only seen it once in the UK and that was 3/4 years ago at a deli counter in a Morrisons. I might be...
  3. Isca-camigo

    Confused about food safety - food in pack

    My partner was at Lille University for 3 years, when I was visiting her she got me into the local cheese Mimolette, which even if refrigerated still has health concerns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimolette But there is a cheese shop on one of the backstreets of Santiago which used to sell...
  4. Isca-camigo

    Confused about food safety - food in pack

    This, i walked with a French peregrina in 2014 and she kept cheese in her backpack, I have ever since because I realised queso gains so much flavour, it just needs wrapping up properly. The same for Chorizo, Serrano and other dried sausages you find on the way. I always make sure now my Serrano...
  5. Isca-camigo

    The Camino Isn’t A Pilgrimage Anymore

    This question comes up regularly, one wave of peregrinos look at the next and wonder about them and their motives. My 1st Camino was in 2010 and we were questioned by the previous wave to us, are we spiritual?, are we religious,? do we care for unique forms of hospitality on the Camino and the...
  6. Isca-camigo

    Is it just me? (Enjoying urban stages)

    Once I have started I walk through whatever arises along the way, but I will tailor my starting points for every camino if I can start in a more natural setting. I have done it in Santander, Lisbon and Montpellier. The Lisbon one led to me starting the CP on a variant which joined up with it...
  7. Isca-camigo

    Which Route? Have 27 days to walk.

    As suggested above the Camino Geira but start in Salamanca and do the Camino Torres to Braga which would be 24/25 i(ncluding the Geira ) days to Santiago, and would fit into the 600-650km range. On both options you might need some type of GPS.
  8. Isca-camigo

    How do you feel when you finish a camino?

    I have been in many emotions and even indifference once on arrival but I know the next time I am there I would like to find somewhere to go for a week or so for a retreat to help me absorb my experiences. I am usually like a cat on a hot tin roof when I go home, not quite adapting to being back...
  9. Isca-camigo

    Collecting Compostela for Someone Else

    It wasn't possible for me in Jan 2016, I arrived into Santiago with my partner on the 1st January, the pilgrim office was closed and my partner had to go back early to Madrid the next day. When I went on the 2nd Jan they would not give a Compostela for her credencial which I had taken along...
  10. Isca-camigo

    Any interest in a new virtual/planning thread?

    I don't normally join these threads but this one interests me. My friend who started in Mallorca when he arrived back in Catalonia he restarted his mainland Camino at Port de la Selva and looking at his photos they are quite beautiful days until you get to Montserrat, afterwards he went to San...
  11. Isca-camigo

    My Camino regret!

    I suppose my answer isn't much use for opening the conversation and I have had regrets on Camino and I nearly gave up walking them in 2012 because of them, I went away from that Camino took a little time out from walking and realized in that time I couldn't change outside situations but I...
  12. Isca-camigo

    My Camino regret!

    I sometimes start to indulge my regrets then remember that all the people I have met, special times that happened and insights gained might not have happened if I didn't experience what I experienced in the exact way that I did, and I use that to stop myself having regrets.
  13. Isca-camigo

    Restaurant Tips Camino Frances

    The only way I'm ever going to eat at Hotel Roma is if I turn up on a day Luis is shut, and that would be a Monday, and I always plan it so I don't go through Sarria on a Monday. I thought the Pandemic would negatively affect Luis and its customs of people sharing tables and plates etc , but...
  14. Isca-camigo

    Restaurant Tips Camino Frances

    The hotel restaurant Roma in Sarria, is very a highly recommend one, funnily enough I have never eaten there or am likely too, but people who live on the Camino who I know recommend it as one of the best restaurants, the reason I probably never go there is because there is Pulperia Luis in...
  15. Isca-camigo

    Winter Camino & Washing Clothes?

    The only items I might wash day to day in a winter Camino are my sock liners and my underwear, my other baselayers are merino wool so can take a good few days of use before I give them a clean, and because I usually have two types of the same outerwear then I can go 7-10 days without washing my...
  16. Isca-camigo

    San Juan fiesta 2021?

    Have look for Amandi, it is 2km past Villaviciosa on the Camino del Norte and on the stage before Gijon it has a big noche de San Juan, there is a chapel of San Juan nearby and because the estuary/ river is still tidally influenced they have several bonfires alongside the river. I went out...
  17. Isca-camigo

    AMC: CF Open Albergues June 1st interactive map

    I have copied this text from the Facebook of Casa Susi it shows some of the difficulties Albergues are having. .............................. We are feeling incredibly disheartened by the camino situation 😢 We are sharing photos of our sleeping area to highlight why we can’t open. The...
  18. Isca-camigo

    Religious, doubter, seeker, atheist, don't care, tourist, or whatever? Why are you walking?

    I'm not sure what I take from it, a little deeper awareness possibly working side by side with my everyday thoughts and in the present day with everyone being orientated towards quick visual impacts that is rare and precious. I saw a post on here recently saying that only practising Catholics...
  19. Isca-camigo

    What to do and not to do in a Refugio/Albergue

    Good list David. My friends who walked last year when restrictions eased up during the summer mostly stayed in hotels, pensions etc, but on the occasions they stayed in dorms they said be aware that some Albergues are lax on distancing etc, so my suggestion( if it is important to you from a...
  20. Isca-camigo

    What to see and do, or eat, for a few hours in Madrid?

    The last time I was in Madrid, January last year I went with my partner to meet a friend of hers, we met In the Cheuca district which isn't to far from Sol by walking, I quite liked the vibe and there seemed plenty to do for all tastes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chueca

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