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  1. Desert Bruce

    Ashes on the Frances

    I left a little of my brother's ashes at the Cruz de Ferro.
  2. Desert Bruce

    Lost & Found Did you stay at Orisson May 30-31, 2023?

    I always have 5 or 6 large diaper safety pins to hang my clothes. They are useful for many things while on a Camino.
  3. Desert Bruce

    Wise Pilgrim Camino Frances App

    The app has no weight and is not a huge investment. I've used Wise Pilgrim on the Francés and the Portuguese Caminos. I especially like the offline map that shows where you are relative to the Camino for those times I'm not paying attention and wander off the Way.
  4. Desert Bruce

    Camino Frances preparation advice

    If you haven’t already watched Rob’s videos about the Camino, search for then on youtube. He offers many tips and advice helpful for your first or fifth Camino. Buen Camino!
  5. Desert Bruce

    LIVE from the Camino Update from the Nájera municipal albergue

    It’s a rainy day in Nájera today, light drizzle most of the day after last night’s rain. We had 5 Spanish pilgrims last night and 4 hospitaleros.Heidi, the second hospitalera arrived before the pilgrims, She immediately set about exploring the bits and leftovers in the refrigerator to create an...
  6. Desert Bruce

    LIVE from the Camino Update from the Nájera municipal albergue

    Yes Tom says HI! We are having dinner at El Buen Yantar with 3 other hospitaleros from Grañón and Mary Louisa the new hospitalera in Nájera.
  7. Desert Bruce

    LIVE from the Camino Update from the Nájera municipal albergue

    He was the first I have seen this year.
  8. Desert Bruce

    LIVE from the Camino Update from the Nájera municipal albergue

    Last night we had an interesting group of 11 Pilgrims; 4 Spanish, 4 French, one American, an Australian, and a Canadian hospitalero walking to Grañon for his posting. He had worked in Nájera several times so he was a wonderful source of information about the city and it’s citizens. No one from...
  9. Desert Bruce

    LIVE from the Camino Update from the Nájera municipal albergue

  10. Desert Bruce

    LIVE from the Camino Update from the Nájera municipal albergue

    We had 13 Pilgrims Monday night with only 11 Tuesday and Wednesday nights. They all seem to start their day in Logroño and arrive within an hour of each other. Given the shorter days, the cold, and the clouds threatening rain I would stop before dark too. After we open I sit outside reading and...
  11. Desert Bruce

    LIVE from the Camino Update from the Nájera municipal albergue

    Hi mspath, I found myself on Calle Mártires yesterday so looked for Mesón El Buen Yantar. I regret to tell you that it seems to have been closed for a while. I will go by again this evening after the Pilgrim rush, LOL, is over to make sure.
  12. Desert Bruce

    LIVE from the Camino Update from the Nájera municipal albergue

    Hola Robert, I remember you, you went on to Canfranc didn’t you?
  13. Desert Bruce

    LIVE from the Camino Update from the Nájera municipal albergue

    I didn’t meet Paul, he left the day before, it was from John who was frazzled by a nearly full house.
  14. Desert Bruce

    LIVE from the Camino Update from the Nájera municipal albergue

    I arrived at the Nájera municipal albergue last night to cheers from the pilgrims and a hug from the volunteer hospitalero. There were supposed to be two volunteers on duty, but one had left suddenly. There were 27 pilgrims staying the night. 27 was more than half the number that could stay and...
  15. Desert Bruce

    Band of Trudgers - Virtual Camino

    Hola, I finished the virtual Frances in Finistere last week. I am now on the Central Portuguese Camino having passed through the tomato farms into the vineyards 88 k along the way. Is anyone else on this Camino?
  16. Desert Bruce

    Band of Trudgers - Virtual Camino

    I wasn't feeling well yesterday so got a late start. I'll be coming to Foncebadon soon, there is a restaurant there that has the BEST hamburguesas on the Camino. It is a must stop for me. In 2016 six of us walked up to the Cruz de ferro after dinner with several bottles of wine. We watched the...
  17. Desert Bruce

    Band of Trudgers - Virtual Camino

    Hola todos, I am nearly to Saragun, the half way point of the CF. Maybe this time I'll get the half Compestela. In 2017 there was a line waiting for the clerk to arrive at noon on a Sunday. She was late, then took 10-15 minutes with each pilgrim. My friend and I were eight and nine in line. We...
  18. Desert Bruce

    Band of Trudgers - Virtual Camino

    I just passed through Estella. When I was here last it was early Sunday morning during a fiesta weekend, people will still drinking in the streets as we trudged by. The wine fountain was nearly bone dry, I got a single drop, then it was dry.
  19. Desert Bruce

    Band of Trudgers - Virtual Camino

    I am nearly to Pamplona. I began my second Camino there in September 2017 because I couldn't face the climb from St Jean. We spent the day before exploring, buying food and our credenciales. In the morning before starting off two ladies asked us if they could walk with us to find the way. One...
  20. Desert Bruce

    Band of Trudgers - Virtual Camino

    2020 is the first year since I first went to Santiago to volunteer at the Pilgrim Office in 2015, that I haven't returned. I enjoy the old town so very much. Pilgrims arriving every day finding old Camino friends and reaching their long held goal makes for such a joyous spirit. This virtual...

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