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  1. Dromengro

    Camino Frances Certificates.

    I had been told that it was a must, that when I got to SJPdP to report to her and I would receive her blessing and help, neither of which I received of course. What kind of help I didn't know, although I vaguely remember it was about finding cheap accommodation. It wasn't until many years later...
  2. Dromengro

    Gradient from SJPP to Roncesvalles

    I'm Scottish and brought up on the hills. I didn't know much about the Francis before going but I had heard about the really steep climb over the Pyrenees. I was expecting a rocky scramble, with maybe a nice scree run down the other side. I don't remember much about the climb, but I do remember...
  3. Dromengro

    Should Rock Stacking be Banned?

    I'm not a fan of rock stacking, however I'd much rather see a pile of rocks created naturally by passing pilgrims than the artificial concrete pillars and metal motorway type signs that there is now along the Frances.
  4. Dromengro

    What the ......

    I've met 2 old man of 80+ who had never travelled further than 10 miles from their homes in which they were born, never seen a town or city, no T.V. or many other things we take for granted. One was a crofter (small farmer) another a gamekeeper. Although "uneducated" they knew more about the...
  5. Dromengro

    Extra Precautions - For the Frances in Winter?

    I don't know about moisture but it does absorb the smell. I didn't think it would work, but we had a family friend who was staying with us who has the problem of smelly footwear and it worked great, a lot better than the charcoal bag inserts or charcoal insoles, bicarb, foot powder or anything...
  6. Dromengro

    Extra Precautions - For the Frances in Winter?

    Modern neoprene lined wellies do not make your feet sweat or give you blisters any more than any other footwear. I don't suffer from sweaty feet but I find they sweat more in goretex or lined leather boots and trail runners. I wear mine almost all the time ( not in the house tho) as they are the...
  7. Dromengro

    Extra Precautions - For the Frances in Winter?

    Wellies?
  8. Dromengro

    Talking about work while on the Camino

    What do I do? As little as possible and as much as I can get away with.
  9. Dromengro

    Credential...enough space?

    @Derrybiketours True it would be unusual, and with the heat and hard surface walking it can be more difficult than many mountain walks, but I wouldn't necessarily disbelieve someone who said they had done it in the time that @MhaelK said he had, although I don't think that many others have...
  10. Dromengro

    Credential...enough space?

    When was young and stupid, I would rarely walk less than 50km/30mls a day often with full backpacking gear over rough terrain for weeks at a time, and think nothing of it. I also used to cover 15-20mls a day grouse beating in the hills, walk back to the lodge unlike the others then go for a 5-...
  11. Dromengro

    The camino is boring landscapes, paved roads, traffic…

    @pepi Maybe give your friend a gift of a credential and shell, he could then try the Swiss section of the Camino, amazingly it even starts from his own front door!
  12. Dromengro

    first-timer packing list starting April 11

    Spreadsheets and now online tools !!! Whatever next?
  13. Dromengro

    “Cheating”

    I think today that most go for very different reasons, it seems that some are there just to tick it off their list of things to do, with the least amount of effort, or as a cheap holiday. Nothing wrong in that of course, (we don't really want to go back to the days of hair shirts and...
  14. Dromengro

    “Cheating”

    Yes she's the one. I don't know about being an Angel, but she was formidable. I can't remember what year I was there, probably around 84. I can't even remember how I found out about her or even the pilgrim route pre internet days, but somehow or other I was told that she was the one to go and...
  15. Dromengro

    “Cheating”

    I agree that many in the distant past had no choice but to walk, but since the invention of mechanised transport until even the late 1980s or early 90's the majority of pilgrims arrived by car/bus/train rather than on foot/horse/bicycle At one time the destination "the tomb of St James" was the...
  16. Dromengro

    “Cheating”

    The tradition of "walking all the way" is a relatively modern concept from around the late 1970s early 1980s. However since there is no official start then "walking all the way" is pretty meaningless. The rules for the compostela only apply to the last 100km and it's a bit sad that some feel...
  17. Dromengro

    Any wild life safety concerns on the French Way??

    It seems that bedbugs will now probably be the only wildlife you have to worry about. When I camped it in the 80s I was woken by the snuffling of wild boar and another time in the woodland a herd of cattle with a very large bull which sat on my tent. Also one area was infested with ticks...
  18. Dromengro

    Frances in 27 days?

    I would save the time, hassle and money by starting in Madrid, and follow the Camino de Madrid until it joins the Frances near Leon. Or is there a reason that you want to do the first part of the Frances or start in SJPDP?

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