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  1. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Could I donate an "official" stamp to a monastery/ church/ cloister which doesn't have one but is on a signed route?

    Yep you're probably right, it's just pretty awkward to go in or telephone as they're only open mid morning on a couple of week days when I'm always at work (not the kind of job where I can take time out to make private calls). I'd better just write the letter as has been suggested! The...
  2. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Could I donate an "official" stamp to a monastery/ church/ cloister which doesn't have one but is on a signed route?

    yep you're probably right
  3. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Could I donate an "official" stamp to a monastery/ church/ cloister which doesn't have one but is on a signed route?

    Ah yes! I think the idea of writing a letter suggesting this is a good one (and then I can use the same letter and send it to all three near by likely options, or at least the monastery and cloister).
  4. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Could I donate an "official" stamp to a monastery/ church/ cloister which doesn't have one but is on a signed route?

    Thanks Kits. My German is okay (I work in an exclusively German environment) and I have a tangential connection to the cloister and access to names and addresses of the higher ranking nuns (they're publicly available because they run a charitable foundation) so I think I might try that, along...
  5. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Could I donate an "official" stamp to a monastery/ church/ cloister which doesn't have one but is on a signed route?

    This is how I'd like it to work 😃 I guess for the sake of €20 I could just do it...
  6. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Could I donate an "official" stamp to a monastery/ church/ cloister which doesn't have one but is on a signed route?

    I see what you mean, but setting up a table isn't really viable so the stamp would need to be left out in a publicly accessible location like the church porch, or held in the gift shop of the monastery or the information office at the cloister, so they'd have to be "on board". Both places and...
  7. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Could I donate an "official" stamp to a monastery/ church/ cloister which doesn't have one but is on a signed route?

    Thank you - it's what it should look like that I can imagine being especially ling winded to establish, but it's really good to hear you've managed it. I think I might well propose something to the cloister (for various reasons I think they might be the most likely to be interested).
  8. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Could I donate an "official" stamp to a monastery/ church/ cloister which doesn't have one but is on a signed route?

    Asking for a stamp from the business is a good idea. On another thread a poster has also discussed this idea and said that unfortunately businesses don't usually have a stamp on hand in the customer facing part of their business in Germany (rather it's in administrative offices which often are...
  9. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Distance certificate for Camino starting on less well known routes outside Spain

    Thanks Kather1na! You're right about it not really mattering about having a certificate - what would I do with it anyway... but it has a sort of appeal for some reason. I'm not surprised that places don't have stamps on hand especially not "on demand" at all times when the admin offices aren't...
  10. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Distance certificate for Camino starting on less well known routes outside Spain

    Thank you, that was suggested on another thread about stamps - I hadn't thought of asking for a non Camino specific stamp to establish location but its a fantastic idea!
  11. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Distance certificate for Camino starting on less well known routes outside Spain

    thank you, that sounds pleasingly simple ☺️
  12. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Could I donate an "official" stamp to a monastery/ church/ cloister which doesn't have one but is on a signed route?

    I did ask at the monastery (in the gift shop 🤣 which was the only staffed building - I know there are monks but I've never seen them except on the street when driving past). The volunteer working in the gift shop had never heard of the Jakobsweg and suggested I contact the administration office...
  13. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Could I donate an "official" stamp to a monastery/ church/ cloister which doesn't have one but is on a signed route?

    Following on from my distance certificate question, this is also something I've been wondering about. I live close to a monastery on an official Jakobsweg (German route to the Camino) route. Coincidentally I work a few hundred meeters from a cloister/ nunnery 20km further along the official...
  14. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Distance certificate for Camino starting on less well known routes outside Spain

    Thanks Trecile! When you say you kept track - did you give the volunteer a list of the length of every stage? A list of all the Caminos and total distance you walked on each? Did you write on your credential? Or did you simply say "I walked 2500km from X place via the Camino A,G, K and Z"
  15. WanderingtheJakobsweg

    Distance certificate for Camino starting on less well known routes outside Spain

    Hi I've started with the (North) Munich Jakobsweg - although there are official marked and signposted Jakobsweg (Camino) routes, there are no stamps available on a lot of the early stages. I wrote my start point into the credential but although there's a working monastery with a church and the...

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