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  1. Tincatinker

    Where to eat in St Jean Pied de Port

    A great source of food in St Jean is the fridge in the municipal Albergue. At 8:00am, when everyone has left it’s quite nourishing to discover how many have forgotten their packed lunch in their enthusiasm to leave. For an evening meal, and a bit of a treat, Oillaburu suits
  2. Tincatinker

    4-day 1st- time Camino.

    @Unweekends have you decided to disregard the helpful comments in your previous thread? https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/7-day-camino-sarria-to-santiago-110km.85948/ I urge you to consider that if you do want to spend time in Barcelona, Madrid and on Camino you are going to...
  3. Tincatinker

    Night stage recommendation?

    I think we all follow the light. Trouble is it doesn’t always bring illumination. I’ve been grateful for, and dodged the glow of a border guards cigarette more than once. Not recommended practice in these troubled times. From the middle of Dartmoor, on a clear ish night you can see the...
  4. Tincatinker

    Night stage recommendation?

    Someone somewhere is doing something? And presumably read on the internet. That seems a sound basis for a plan and/or an excellent excuse for some adventure. Walking the Meseta at night under a fullish moon or a blaze of stars can be a life memorable experience. The navigation is easy, as are...
  5. Tincatinker

    Bike rentals for delivery to SJPP

    A three word godgle search produced quite a few. I've heard of https://www.bikeiberia.com/camino/bike-rentals-camino/#:~:text=Our%20Bike%20Rentals%20for%20the,our%20High%20Standards%20of%20Quality. and gather they are regarded as at least OK ;)
  6. Tincatinker

    CF in July

    Hmm, you’ve not said where you’re from so I can’t have any idea of what sort of summer time temperatures you’re used too. Coming from the UK I find July & August in Iberia far to hot for walking and the prospect of hanging about in some of the Camino villages from noon until bedtime in an...
  7. Tincatinker

    Most Dangerous stage on Camino Frances.?

    Can I turn this? I’ll turn this. The most dangerous place on the Camino Frances, or any other Camino, is the gap between expectation and reality. Many have fallen there. Yes there are places where the footing is a bit challenging and there are places where very big lorries share the path with...
  8. Tincatinker

    Restaurant recommendations between Santo Domingo and Belorado?

    Godgle has Casa Leon as permanently closed. Otherwise most of the complaints on tripeadvertiser date from 5 or 6 years ago. Just put your rucksack down at the first opportunity. Out of the way of incoming or exiting customers. And definitely don’t do what I saw one prat do - put their rucksack...
  9. Tincatinker

    Is it permissible to skip Sarria to Santiago?

    Me, I’ve never sinned. But then my old guys wouldn’t even have a concept of sin, nor did Gran. There are parallels in the philosophies- “do right”,”do as you would be done by”, “do unto others…”, “don’t do what’s not done”. I’ve got my Compostela, like my Cycling Proficiency and my Audit papers...
  10. Tincatinker

    Is it permissible to skip Sarria to Santiago?

    No, not for a moment. But perhaps the Xunta de Galicia should reconsider their priorities
  11. Tincatinker

    Is it permissible to skip Sarria to Santiago?

    Que? Can you offer up one town that benefits from those thousands? Last year there were passionate protests against the money “squandered” on pilgrim infrastructure when what the local people wanted was schools their children could get to without an hour bus ride. A health centre that didn’t...
  12. Tincatinker

    7 day Camino - Sarria to Santiago 110KM

    Three days isn’t, IMO, anywhere near enough time to get any sense of either Barcelona or Madrid and you’re planning to waste at least a day travelling between one and the other and then another getting to Sarria? Fly to Madrid. Enjoy. Train to Sarria. Walk and enjoy. Save Barcelona, Figueres...
  13. Tincatinker

    Is it permissible to skip Sarria to Santiago?

    By the time you depart St Jean for Roncesvalles you will already have missed the Pyrenees. They’re behind you, obscured by the rising sun as you set out. If you want to hike the Pyrenees you need to choose a different route with a different starting point and a different destination. If you...
  14. Tincatinker

    LIVE from the Camino Ponferrada to Santiago de Compostela - 205km on the CF

    There's a Decathalon in Ponferrada, at Av. de los Escritores, 3 if you think you are missing something. Good waterproof Jacket / Poncho should keep most of the rain off. Make sure your backpack contents are well protected. Something dry to change into is far more important than staying dry...
  15. Tincatinker

    Rough In Planning Support

    Val, your plan is an excellent one! You have a process mapped out with plenty of flexibility to allow for surprises. Getting from the airport to the train station is fairly easy. Follow signs for Cercanias. And most airport staff will have some English or will nudge you to someone who does...
  16. Tincatinker

    Rough In Planning Support

    OK, so, we’ve got “Man plans, the gods laugh”, “if you want to hear god laughing make a plan”, “no plan lasts beyond the first encounter with the enemy”, “planning is just an appetite, not always easily controlled”, “when god created Adam she laughed for eons”, “and still chuckles now and again”...
  17. Tincatinker

    Between Pamplona and Najera

    Logrono, or Logrono, or perhaps Logrono (please don't tell anyone that really I would head to Haro even if I had to get a Taxi and spend all my time in the....)
  18. Tincatinker

    O Cebreiro to Triacastela - main or alternate

    Hmm, which map are you referring to? The route from O Cebreiro has always swung left through the trees and over the heath to Liñares. Then it drops right of the road until the Alto do Poio. Walking the LU-633, the road, has only ever been recommended in adverse weather. Are you looking at a...
  19. Tincatinker

    Question on Weather & how open next week? Go now or later in April?

    Or you can just use AEMET’s English language pages https://www.aemet.es/en/eltiempo
  20. Tincatinker

    Question on Weather & how open next week? Go now or later in April?

    1 - How is the weather? I read something about very muddy paths and rain. https://www.aemet.es/en/eltiempo/prediccion/municipios/leon-id24089 2 - What's open, are the cafes and albergues open? One of the things I love is getting that first 10km under the belt before a coffee and some food...

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