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  1. Tony Lenton

    SJPDP-SDC in 32 days-is this realistic?

    I think you’ve sorted it out for yourself. Go to CLB and pay proper tribute to Albeniz. You’ll be glad you did. Then get transport to Logrono and fulfill your other obligation by walking from there. You can always come back another time to complete SJPdP to Logrono. Good luck and let us know how...
  2. Tony Lenton

    Stamps- missing a few days

    That made me laugh. Thank you..
  3. Tony Lenton

    Stamps- missing a few days

    That made me laugh. Thanks.
  4. Tony Lenton

    Camino Irritants

    I do get your humour. My own experience is that humour based on irony or an exaggeratedly cynical world view (both of which come naturally to me) are so often misunderstood that they are best avoided. It’s probably like a wry comment in an Email. All the cues that facilitate spoken humour are...
  5. Tony Lenton

    Hospitalero threatened and punched - O Pino

    I really appreciate what you are saying. In addition to my interest in the Camino I have also been an avid visitor to the battlefields of the First World War, where we would camp for a few weeks at a time. We would be in our boots with rucksacks, trench maps and OS maps when a coach would pull...
  6. Tony Lenton

    Picking grapes from vineyards along the way

    Thanks for that, too. Until now I wasn’t familiar with the whole verse. I’ll try to commit it to memory, though age may hamper that process.
  7. Tony Lenton

    Picking grapes from vineyards along the way

    This isn’t particularly relevant but this thread reminds me of an old(e) anonymous verse; ”The law doth punish man or woman who steals a goose from the common but lets the greater felon loose who steals the common from the goose.”
  8. Tony Lenton

    Hospitalero threatened and punched - O Pino

    My thoughts exactly, though the measures they usually give don’t require additional “doctoring”. It’s no consolation to the poor hospitalero but the attacker sounded and looked as if he could well be suffering a mental illness. Mind you, Orujo, taken in sufficient quantity, is apt to give...
  9. Tony Lenton

    Safety for pre-dawn starts on the Camino Frances

    You are right. Indeed the chances of being a victim of a robbery in any city in Europe are very small. In rural Spain they virtually sink to zero. That doesn’t necessarily prevent all of us feeling vulnerable in a whole range of situations. The reality, though, is that the fear of crime is far...
  10. Tony Lenton

    Tips for Tackling O Cebreiro Hill During Your Camino Walk

    I did it in 2018, exactly as you did. I found it pretty straightforward and very enjoyable. Alto de Poio, just before Fonfria, really caught me out, though. I wasn’t expecting it. It was short but really steep, from memory.
  11. Tony Lenton

    Water problems in Villafranca del Bierzo

    You sound like a man of rare refinement. One of the beauties of the Camino, and indeed the whole of Spain, is the ready availability of something decent to drink at all times of day. That embraces proper orange juice, a well made coffee and then alcohol in its many forms; wine, beer, sherry...
  12. Tony Lenton

    Would love feedback on my planned route - Ponferrada to Santiago

    I walked with a friend from Canada and we are both early birds. We also love a long, late lunch like they favour in Spain so left early enough each morning to achieve that. The heat surprised us as it was early March. I walked the Ingles the previous year at the same time of year and it lashed...
  13. Tony Lenton

    Would love feedback on my planned route - Ponferrada to Santiago

    I did that same route in March 2019 when I was 68! I followed your exact itinerary to Fonfria but then stopped at Sarria, Portomarin, Palas de Rei, Arzua, Lavacolla and then SdC. It was baking hot all the way but the the route was easily manageable. I booked accommodation ahead and met some...
  14. Tony Lenton

    Fake charity scam back yet again

    Thanks, Doug. As a cynic their name may perhaps give them away. In quoting them I had no means of knowing the accuracy or otherwise of their figures and I suspect it’s bordering on impossible to distinguish between direct provision, infrastucture and administration. I was accosted by two young...
  15. Tony Lenton

    Fake charity scam back yet again

    A report in 2015 by the True and Fair Foundation suggested that 1,020 voluntary organisations (not necessarily charities - my words) spent less than half their income on good causes. These included a number of charities, of which the best known were British Heart Foundation (46%), Sue Ryder...
  16. Tony Lenton

    Fake charity scam back yet again

    God bless the burglars, drug dealers, pickpockets, tax avoiders and con artists, all of whom are seeking to scrape by, as are we all. Yes, we live in a cruel and unjust world but cheating, lying and tricking one another is no answer. Some people are less cynical than others and may be more...
  17. Tony Lenton

    Coping with change after Sarria - wisdom needed please

    I don’t want to sound naive or simplistic but isn’t it simply a case of “ live and let live.” None of us really know the impact we’re having on others and annoying people aren’t confined to those walking from Sarria. Good luck, though. Don’t let others affect your fantastic achievement.
  18. Tony Lenton

    LIVE from the Camino A Sketchbook Camino

    If I could produce art like that I’d be doing nothing else. Thank you for sharing that. Good luck with the shins. Your health comes first. Best wishes, Tony
  19. Tony Lenton

    Talking about work while on the Camino

    I like your post. I was once advised , as I prefer not to talk about my profession, to simply say I am a flautist and leave it at that. Of course I never took the advice and, in explaining why I didn’t want to talk about my profession, ended up doing precisely that. There’s no escaping our life...
  20. Tony Lenton

    Is anyone doing the Camino without any specific purpose

    I’m the same as you. This March will be my third Camino and this time I plan to walk from SJPdP to Santiago with my mate from Canada. I have no religious belief but love northern Spain, food, drink and nature. I love being outdoors, walking and meeting people. I love the history of the Camino...

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