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  1. Gillean

    Disparities between Wise Pilgrim and Brierley distances

    I would be a little reluctant to mistrust Brierley's distances based on his bio: John Brierley "Formerly a Chartered Surveyor in Ireland, when John was at a career mid-point he decided to take an opportunity for a business sabbatical, what he calls being “off the treadmill for a year!”
  2. Gillean

    Two stamps from Sarria to Santiago????

    I ran into a similar problem and ran out of space in my compostela. I collected one stamp per day in my compostela and two or more stamps per day in my journal. The Pilgrim Office accepted this as fulfilling their requirements.
  3. Gillean

    St. Jean to Roncesvalles elevation?

    My guidebook (the Rother book) shows Orisson at 800 m elevation rather than 1095m (630 m above SJPdP) and the "Vierge de Biakorri" at 1095 m. The climb to Orisson seems to be half way in elevation but only about 8 km in distance from SJPdP. From Orisson to Col Lepoeder is a similar 630 m...
  4. Gillean

    The Shame of Starting in Sarria

    I think I read somewhere that much of the infrastructure, albergues, etc., on the Camino Invierno (and despite its name) is closed during the winter. Worth researching.
  5. Gillean

    Burgos cathedral albergue

    I would think that your chances are not that good for that time and that date. I would suggest you find something that you can reserve in advance for peace of mind if nothing else. This is what the lineup looked like on May 17th last year at about 12:30. The albergue opened at 12:00. So by 1:00...
  6. Gillean

    'Rescued by the Bomberos from Burguette.

    Remarkable what a positive effect a warm bed and a good night's sleep can have on your mental well-being! Hope the rest of your journey is great! Good decisions come from experience and experience, at some level, comes from surviving bad decisions! Some might say the whole idea of walking 800 km...
  7. Gillean

    Where are the arrows?

    My first camino erroneously ended in the Praza da Inmaculada. I feel your pain! But did find some sort of marking all the way there. On other caminos I noticed that the last few hundred metres of the route into Santiago were not well marked. I think that might have been to avoid confusion with...
  8. Gillean

    2 stamps a day during last 100 km

    Interestingly when I presented the credential by itself with only one stamp a day I got a frown and a negative shake of the head from the person in the pilgrim office which implied to me that: "oh no, this won't do." But when I produced the supplementary sheet in my journal a second or two later...
  9. Gillean

    2 stamps a day during last 100 km

    I was in a similar situation earlier this month. I got one stamp a day for the last 100 km in my credential but set aside a page in my journal and got two stamps a day on that separate page. I presented both documents and had no trouble getting my compostela.
  10. Gillean

    El Molino - Hornillos del Camino

    Maybe the Camino is telling you to continue on to San Bol :)
  11. Gillean

    **4 Day Walking Route Needed please for Sarria to Santiago**

    I like the idea of starting in Morgade. It's a very nice place to stay and you could even take a double room for the night. You could spend a couple of hours in Sarria if you wanted to and then taxi on to Morgade. Consider shipping your packs ahead to your next stop using one of the services. If...
  12. Gillean

    Backpack Etiquette

    You may very well be right. In fact I truly believe you are. I've stayed in albergues where your backpack had to be isolated in a sealed heavy plastic bag and couldn't brought into the sleeping area. You had to take those essentials you needed out of your pack and bring them separately to the...
  13. Gillean

    Backpack Etiquette

    I think at least part of the point of not putting your pack on the bed is to avoid the transmission of pests like bedbugs that might be on your pack. Hanging your pack on the bunk bed would defeat that objective. I think packs, like boots, belong on the floor and nowhere near bedding.
  14. Gillean

    Judging Fitness Level

    45 minutes - Wow! Well done! I don't think I ever cracked the hour mark maybe not even the hour and ten minute mark, even in my long, long gone brown-haired days. I agree, the Grind is far more extreme than anything you would need to do to prepare for the camino but something less intense but of...
  15. Gillean

    Judging Fitness Level

    I do agree that downhill walking can be brutal and a huge source of repetitive stress problems. But I'm pretty sold on uphill walking even for training for that. I think it will do a lot to prepare you for downhills in terms of strengthening and toughening the legs. Agree that slightly larger...
  16. Gillean

    Judging Fitness Level

    When you do a long multi-day walk successfully my theory is that you build residual strength in bones, ligaments, and tendons that stays with you. After that you don't really need much stimulus to get ready for the next "big one." But I would contend that you won't really be prepared for your...
  17. Gillean

    Judging Fitness Level

    These are my opinions based on experience only. Not backed up with scientific study, etc. Can you walk 2 days back to back, 20 to 25 km per day, with your intended pack weight and finish sore and tired but okay and with sound feet? Time is not particularly relevant. In fact a 10+ min break each...
  18. Gillean

    What portions can be skipped on CF (if necessary)?

    Walk your own Camino....hmm....thank-you very kindly for that advice. I could not agree more. In fact it reminds me of another quote from earlier in this thread: Cheers and Buen Camino!
  19. Gillean

    Any idea whether it is possible to walk the Napoleon route on this year around April 19th?

    In my experience it is day to day from Orisson and one day can be fine, the next horrible. So there is virtually no way you will know a week before you start. I believe that if there is any doubt the folks from Orisson will drive up the route and confirm conditions in the morning before sending...
  20. Gillean

    What portions can be skipped on CF (if necessary)?

    Got me there. Not sure what that means.

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