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  1. Cambridge Pilgrim

    Phone around the neck

    Great to read a thread with answers that by and large answered the question the OP asked! Often on here, and elsewhere, someone will ask a question such as... what’s the best app to take on the Camino? And the majority of answers will be... Why do you need an app?... Leave your mobile phone at...
  2. Cambridge Pilgrim

    Rabanal del camino to ponferrada

    Road for us too on this stretch. Good advice to walk against the traffic... with a little bit of crossing over at blind bends. It’s basically a case of choosing the enemy... slippery underfoot or the odd car/coach on the road.
  3. Cambridge Pilgrim

    Danger for pilgrims walking between Roncesvalles & Zubiri

    Is it right that I laughed at that?!? :eek::)
  4. Cambridge Pilgrim

    The alternative route down to Roncesvalles

    Highwaymen, malnutrition, and gangrenous toes notwithstanding, it must’ve been great walking the Camino in earlier times without any risk of being mown down by a juggernaut! I guess we can’t pick and choose what we accept as progress...unfortunately. :)
  5. Cambridge Pilgrim

    The alternative route down to Roncesvalles

    500metres is quite a distance when every step feels like walking on a banana skin laid on a bed of greased ball-bearings... as it did one July!!I I have VERY bad knees so the road is definitely the better option for me. Last time, I also saw the benefit on the descent down to Zubiri. My joints...
  6. Cambridge Pilgrim

    The alternative route down to Roncesvalles

    Thanks tpmchugh. :) It was more a safety thing really.
  7. Cambridge Pilgrim

    The alternative route down to Roncesvalles

    I consider myself told. Bad Cambridge Pilgrim, naughty Cambridge Pilgrim.
  8. Cambridge Pilgrim

    The alternative route down to Roncesvalles

    Being honest, (now!) I'm not sure why more people don't take the alternative route rather than risk life and limb (... well ankles and knees) through the forest. Much better scenery too!
  9. Cambridge Pilgrim

    The alternative route down to Roncesvalles

    Found it!
  10. Cambridge Pilgrim

    The alternative route down to Roncesvalles

    Ooooh! Do you divert off the downhill before the bottom? I'm busy scouting Street View on GoogleMaps now for clues! :D
  11. Cambridge Pilgrim

    The alternative route down to Roncesvalles

    We've walked the Camino twice; first time we approached Roncesvalles by the 'traditional' route through the woods. Last year we took the 'alternative' route down the road. Question... when you get to the bottom of the hill on the road route, is there a marked route which allows you to get to...
  12. Cambridge Pilgrim

    A Request for Bicyclists on Camino

    I’d be up for banishing cyclists from the trails if we can banish pesky wandering walkers from the roads. Now how daft does that sound? Trust me when I say I got closer to losing my life cycling on the road on the way to Santiago than a walker will ever come to being seriously injured in a...
  13. Cambridge Pilgrim

    A Request for Bicyclists on Camino

    When walking on roads... which another thread suggests make up a third of the CF... then walking peregrinos need to accept that cyclists are perfectly entitled to be there and that walking three abreast along them is not helpful or safe to any of the road users... including tractor drivers...
  14. Cambridge Pilgrim

    Stop Las Herrerías, La Faba or La Laguna before O'C

    We were having a beer at the tables outside the albergue when they all ambled past. He decided to stop no more than one foot from Peregrino Tez’s (my other halves chair) and check out the surroundings. Time stood still! :eek::D
  15. Cambridge Pilgrim

    Stop Las Herrerías, La Faba or La Laguna before O'C

    If staying at Laguna, just remember to stay out of the way of the cows and the accompanying big bull when the cows go for milking! Very nice relaxed atmosphere there... bulls aside :D
  16. Cambridge Pilgrim

    BBC Program "Celebs" on the Camino

    TBF the first day (or two in their case) is enough to break your spirits a little if you don’t know what to expect... and certainly if you don’t know that things get better. I think the scenery will definitely tempt a few :)
  17. Cambridge Pilgrim

    BBC Program "Celebs" on the Camino

    Episode 1 was a very enyoyable hour’s viewing! Some very nice cinematography which showed the Camino at its best and a good range of backgrounds of the celebs going into it which defined their preconceptions.
  18. Cambridge Pilgrim

    BBC Program "Celebs" on the Camino

    There’s a short interview with Ed Byrne - Irish comedian - in the latest edition of Wanderlust magazine. He’s one of the “celebrities”. He didn’t have too much (anything) positive about his experience to say. Something along the lines of it being a litter-strewn tourist-trap of a walk alongside...
  19. Cambridge Pilgrim

    Steep (really steep) descents on unsealed surfaces - how to avoid them?

    That's the one! :)
  20. Cambridge Pilgrim

    Steep (really steep) descents on unsealed surfaces - how to avoid them?

    This year, we took the road down to Molinaesca (from the last village before you get there - I forget the name). Having come down some of the way on the path, the road was infinitely preferable. The traffic was light and so long as you follow your rules I think the road is safe. It was a little...

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