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  1. Gareth Griffith

    Bucket List - What we must plan to not miss on the Way?

    Alun26, don't apologise for your query. There are a few people on the website that are of the opinion that there way of doing things is the only way of doing things. Remember "It's your camino!" You do it however you want. There is no wrong or right way. The chances are that you will not be...
  2. Gareth Griffith

    Bucket List - What we must plan to not miss on the Way?

    Calle Laurel in Logroño was something that I missed on my Camino and can heartily recommend as others have already done. I visited it several times last month on my drive home from the Costa Blanca to Bilbao. Pulpo a la Gallega is a gastronomic treat.(I know someone else has mentioned it too. A...
  3. Gareth Griffith

    Research about the Camino OFF this website!!

    Having visited Laurel Calle a couple or more times whislt in Logroño I can heartily recommend it to tourists passing through. The street isn't massively long or wide but what it does have is wall to wall tapas bars each with there own special offering. One bar we went to sold no food other than...
  4. Gareth Griffith

    Research about the Camino OFF this website!!

    Like I said, each to their own. Sleep in a hovel and good luck to you.
  5. Gareth Griffith

    Research about the Camino OFF this website!!

    It doesn't matter what you're doing, "If you fail to prepare, then prepare to fail." Benjamin Franklin.
  6. Gareth Griffith

    If you want to take 4 rest days on the CF, where would you stop?

    Logroño, just so that you can have two nights sampling the joys of Calle Laurel! This place is an absolute joy. I missed it on my Camino but caught up with it this week. The street is just Tapas bars. One of them specializes in just selling mushrooms grilled with olive oil, absolutely delicious...
  7. Gareth Griffith

    Research about the Camino OFF this website!!

    Well done David!! My dear departed Dad used to say, “listen to advice but make your own decisions, because only you know your own true position”. For “advice” insert “research” and you have the same scenario. Putting a man on the moon was a whim of Kennedy’s but the Americans didnt get there...
  8. Gareth Griffith

    Research about the Camino OFF this website!!

    Your point of the Camino is not the same as everyones’.
  9. Gareth Griffith

    Research about the Camino OFF this website!!

    Each to their own. To perpare or not to prepare. In business and in the forces they have an acronym : PPPPPP. Proper Planning Prevents P*** Poor Performance. My point is if you don't do a bit of preparation you may well be walking within a few yards of something spectacular, staying in a hovel...
  10. Gareth Griffith

    Research about the Camino OFF this website!!

    I met up with a chap in SdC who I'd met up with several times on his camino. He told me that he and his brother had found a decent place to stay in Santiago and took me and my companion to it. He said this place was clean, modern and had welcoming hosts unlike some places he's stayed at en route...
  11. Gareth Griffith

    Research about the Camino OFF this website!!

    I read a few books about the Camino, watched Six Ways to Santiago and The Way, spent hours doing research on this forum and watched endless Youtube videos. However, I didn't research the places I was walking through. I've previously noted that Logroño is the heart of the Rioja region and I...
  12. Gareth Griffith

    Autumn Camino

    Some people think very highly of the Ikea poncho on this forum. Makes you look like Dath Vader!
  13. Gareth Griffith

    An excellent reason to detour in Logroño

    When I did my Camino in 2016 I overnighted in Logroño at parochial albergue adjoining a church and then carried on the next day. Today I am busy planning my drive back to the UK from our apartment on the Costa Blanca. We are catching an early afternoon ferry from Bilbao which means making an...
  14. Gareth Griffith

    New to camino

    Peter, the number of trekking poles and whether they are needed at all is a very contreversial subject. Suffice to say that one is not enough and three is one too many. Two is the Goldilocks number. Regarding sleeping bags, there is a phrase that goes”It is better to have and not need than to...
  15. Gareth Griffith

    Express Bourricot - September 6th ride share

    Don't worry chuck, the bus will be bulging with peregrinos and the chances that you'll be on your own are nil!
  16. Gareth Griffith

    Dithering big time over Go decision.

    If you haven't done it, you don't know what you're missing. I got the plane to Biarritz, a nice lady in a mini-bus took 12 of us strangers to SJPdP and the following morning I had a wander round town, bought some lunch to eat en route and set off for Orisson. It was a joy all the way. A quarter...
  17. Gareth Griffith

    What did you do with your compostella/shell

    I stuck my shell on the wall of my office, I can see it when stuck at my desk. The big shell with the red cross on it I made myself and the smaller one I picked up en route. The compestella and my credential I had framed and stuck on the wall. I am sorry to say that three or four of the stamps...
  18. Gareth Griffith

    The proper way 'to go'

    Whilst we're on the subject of toilet signs
  19. Gareth Griffith

    spending the night in SJPP or Orisson?

    The suggestion that you could always cancel your reservation at Orrison isn't a good one. From memory you pay in advance and would be kissing your money goodbye! Even if you didn't pay in advance it isn't fair on any business to cancel the night before and cost the business money in lost trade...
  20. Gareth Griffith

    Women Solo Travelers

    I stayed at the La Faba albergue and found the place to be OK with a special church service thrown in to boot. Lyndsey, it is unfortunate that you had to suffer this unwanted attention. You need to keep your antenna working overtime to ensure your good nature isn't taken advantage of. If...

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