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  1. Tom Hagger

    what to do with pack while in a cathedral

    I believe that he ceased ever carrying an umbrella soon after that.😉
  2. Tom Hagger

    Churches and attire?

    How bizarre! Did you understand his reasoning? Or was he not quite all there?
  3. Tom Hagger

    Churches and attire?

    In fact, the same applies to men (and women, of course, although beside the point in this case) who are in church on military, police, fire brigade or ambulance duties, for example. They are not expected to remove their headgear, a part of their uniform and a symbol of their office, although...
  4. Tom Hagger

    How to get a Compostela without the crazy 100 k

    Perfectly understandable, Pafayac. Language, and particularly English, is so full of idioms and of words and phrases with more than one meaning. The current concentration on 'inclusive language' is a good example of this. After all, there are no words in the England language which are more...
  5. Tom Hagger

    How to get a Compostela without the crazy 100 k

    Quite right! Thank you, SabsP. and others. Done in haste and my mistake. Suitably amended.
  6. Tom Hagger

    How to get a Compostela without the crazy 100 k

    If you find the last 100 km boring, try it out of the main walking seasons. It is a wonderful walk, full of interesting villages, of ancient churches and other buildings of historical and architectural interest, varied countryside with many superb views, and plentiful accommodation, much of...
  7. Tom Hagger

    Not what I expected!

    JohnLloyd said: The flies... As you walk, you'll attract your own personal escort of salt-seeking insect irritants I have walked all the main Caminos and in all four seasons of the year and have never been troubled by flies. I have noticed them sometimes, with a certain amount of pleasure...
  8. Tom Hagger

    Not what I expected!

    Absolutely! And little things, like the friendly tooting of horns from passing lorry drivers on the less pleasant occasional main roads, the willingness of local people to give directions and to give snippets of useful information about everything from local farming practices to ecclesiastical...
  9. Tom Hagger

    Food on the Camino, what do you miss?

    Of course! But happy to be either, as long as there is no implication of over-fussiness or over indulgence!
  10. Tom Hagger

    Food on the Camino, what do you miss?

    No. But I do like my food!
  11. Tom Hagger

    Food on the Camino, what do you miss?

    No. Although I love gratin dauphinois, with most dishes I prefer the creamier potato dauphinoise, with its lower proportion of cheese.
  12. Tom Hagger

    Food on the Camino, what do you miss?

    On the Voie de Vézeley and Voie de Tours, fabulous food and wine, particularly as one gets further south near Limoges and Périgueux on the former and Bordeaux on the latter. And superb food throughout the Chemin d'Arles. But I was very disappointed in the Upper Loire Region at the start of the...
  13. Tom Hagger

    Food on the Camino, what do you miss?

    I agree with J Willhaus - Padron peppers. I cannot find a decent source in England. Any tips?
  14. Tom Hagger

    Storage in Albergues?

    A broad assumption, Anniesantiago! But I am sure that we all understand your embarrassment and realise that you would never dream of plonking your backpack on the bed. However, it provided the opportunity to reinforce an important point. So, well done! 😉
  15. Tom Hagger

    Storage in Albergues?

    This is widely considered to be bad practice and a probable cause of the unwitting spread of bedbugs. Many albergues and hostels have notices telling pilgrims never to put their pack onto their bed.
  16. Tom Hagger

    Storage in Albergues?

    Like hikentravel1234 and It56ny above, I have stayed in many albergues without lockers. However, unlike Anniesantiago and donalomahony, I have trusted several pilgrims whom, a day or two after meeting them, I instinctively felt were fine. I have never come unstuck in these cases. This is not to...
  17. Tom Hagger

    Storage in Albergues?

    Security can be a particular problem in the larger albergues. Thieves can easily enter many albergues and merge with pilgrims simply by wearing casual clothes and flip-flops or crocs. This happened at Los Arcos on the Camino Francés a few years ago, for example, and many pilgrims lost valuables...
  18. Tom Hagger

    Bathtubs and Other Essentials While on the Camino!

    We are all entitled to our different opinions and preferences, of course. However, Jeff, I would guess that you never played rugby and leapt into a huge bath with up to twenty-nine other muddy and sweaty chaps after a dirty winter game. Wallowing in your own 'dirty water' seems positively...
  19. Tom Hagger

    From front door to Santiago de Compostela

    Thanks, Wayfarer. Eamonn is a wonderful example to us all. We cannot help but wish every success to him and to the charity that he is supporting.
  20. Tom Hagger

    From front door to Santiago de Compostela

    Jolly good!

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