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  1. Felipe

    Most Dangerous stage on Camino Frances.?

    Challenging? Yes, some of the mentioned sections. especially with rain or frost. The final descent to Molinaseca is a good candidate. Dangerous? Nope, not really, but this is quite subjective. I would reserve this word for the stage from SJPP to Roncesvalles in winter; it was forbidden some...
  2. Felipe

    Accommodation in O Cebreiro

    A note about luggage transport services...The efficient "correos" service provides a list of registered albergues; on the other side, it says that other places are possible, provided there is a person at the reception to receive the luggage. Probably is the same requisite with other services. It...
  3. Felipe

    Accommodation in O Cebreiro

    I stayed in Casa Jaime in Linares. It was unexpected, because we intended originally to walk up to Fonfría, but the weather turned really awful. We stopped at the coffee shop, and the lady in charge told us that there were available rooms -which were, actually, very good and comfortable, with a...
  4. Felipe

    Backpacks only policy in Albergues: A common restriction?

    See Gronze (it is in a very simple Spanish, and you can use the translation opton of your browser). There is an item in albergue's description about "Exclusivo para peregrinos". If it says "No, pero orientado a los peregrinos", it means other kind of travellers (with luggage, I suppose) are...
  5. Felipe

    Camino legs

    I did the SJPP-Roncesvalles in one stage, when I was 62. No problem at all, and I saw other people my age or older. You may consider the "lower route", by Valcarlos (info in this same forum). It is a bit easier, scenic also. I would recommend a stop in the pleasant town of Valcarlos, so you...
  6. Felipe

    Advice: should we attempt SJPP to Roncesvalles?

    I would try the new option, the Auberge Borda; it has good reviews. And friendly managers are welcome news for this stage.
  7. Felipe

    Cacabelos albergue de peregrinos open or closed?

    I guess that your question could be rephrased as "Will the situation of the pandemics allow the more or less normal functioning of albergues next April? The short answer may be that nobody knows... The albergue is associated with the city hall. You can try to mail them...
  8. Felipe

    Is this man and shop still present in Castrojeriz?

    An "expendeduria" in Spain is a tobacco shop. In the newspaper note, don Amancio says that the shop started as this,, with his grandfather; then it evolved as a pilgrim bazar. Yes, a very kind person, and a shop that is a very useful resource for pilgrims. I bought there a raincoat and we...
  9. Felipe

    weather October rain

    In my last Camino, some years ago, I planned a stage from Ruitelan to Hospital de la Condesa. Weather was awful with intermitent rain and very strong wind gusts as I approached O Cebreiro, and I finally decided that it was wise to stop in Liñares. In the TV, I discovered that there was an...
  10. Felipe

    4-5 days in April, where would you walk?

    Roncesvalles to Estella. Five days, and it has it all: starting in a monastery high in the mountains, Basque food in Zubiri, the tradition of vibrant Pamplona, picturesque Puente la Reina, wonderful old buildings of Estella, which is quite well comunicated to Pamplona, Logroño or San Sebastian...
  11. Felipe

    LIVE from the Camino —Nájera

    I had an odontological problem (a broken teeth) and went to a private specialized clinic in León, apparently belonging to chain. Looking now at the map, I believe it was a Dentomedic, but I am not sure. The doctor told me that the problem was not grave, but could not be treated on the go, So he...
  12. Felipe

    The metal pedestrian bridge

    Here, in all its gorgeous weirdness, in google street view I was there in one of my worst walking days. So I was happy to cross it, as a sign that I was finally arriving.
  13. Felipe

    COVID Trouble contacting Orisson.

    Orisson is well known for answering mails when they are in the humour for it. They do reply, eventually...just be patient.
  14. Felipe

    Does the Pilgrim office in St Jean still have transport to the Cross?

    But anyway, we walk, we cross mountain passes, we ( sooner or later) arrive at our destinations. We are pilgrims.
  15. Felipe

    Does the Pilgrim office in St Jean still have transport to the Cross?

    I would suggest a ride just to the place of Orisson (or Biakorri) virgin, and start to walk from there to Croix de Thibault. It is only an additional 3.6 km, a not very steep climb, and you can enjoy a magnificent mountain view. To be clear, the Virgin is well after the Orisson albergue. Buen...
  16. Felipe

    Camino as 17 with 18 year old friend.

    Yes, DO check the migration aspect. Don't risk a bad, unsavory moment. No problem if you live in EU, but it may be another story when you go through int'l migration in your country, or arriving in Spain. As far as I know, the required age for registering at hotels in Spain is 16. You can find...
  17. Felipe

    Discouraged in Florida

    You have been given sound and practical advice. I would offer a somewhat contrary view: the Camino is not necessarily for everybody. Some people just don't like the idea (a friend told me, some time ago "We have invented carts, trains and planes...so why the need to walk?) or after some days...
  18. Felipe

    A bigger cairn on the Camino Francés

    ...and for the Ibañeta way when leaving SJPP. Just saying.
  19. Felipe

    What is the meaning (if any) of this bas-relief?

    I am not sure, evidently, but there is a tradition that the remains of Saint James were taken by his disciples from Palestine to Galicia in a stone ship. The image comes from the Santiago's Tourism Bureau.
  20. Felipe

    A Visigoth necropolis found near Grañón and the Camino

    I would not elaborate this, buy my guess is that the archaeologist in charge have mounted a media savvy campaign to get funds for the study of the necropolis and the establishment of a museum. Generally speaking, Spain governments are very receptive to the conservation of historic patrimony, but...

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