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  1. dougfitz

    Is it okay to have no plan for the first Camino? 🌙

    I have several credencials, several now complete and one waiting to accompany me on my next Camino de Santiago. All those issued since 2016 have some form or other of a Spanish phrase 'El Sepulcro del Apostal, meta de la Pregrinacion Jacobea' or an equivalent Portuguese phrase on the one I...
  2. dougfitz

    Is it okay to have no plan for the first Camino? 🌙

    She may not be asking for detailed advice, but she asked for more than just a starting point. Asking about whether one would be able to stay in albergues without booking raised in my mind whether it was her intent to walk as a pilgrim, and obtain a credential, which would be required for her to...
  3. dougfitz

    Roncesvalles or Burguete?

    I have done both, but when my wife and I pushed on to Auritz/Burguette, we had stayed the previous night in Valcarlos. I wouldn't have done it leaving from SJPP. We didn't have bookings until we arrived at Roncevalles, where we checked what was available before setting off on that last leg of...
  4. dougfitz

    Is it okay to have no plan for the first Camino? 🌙

    I had been puzzling over how to make this very point, although I might call walking until one is hungry or tired more a strategy. There are other 'strategies' that I find useful because they allow me to tailor what I do next to the circumstances at the time. If you are walking without booked...
  5. dougfitz

    Is it okay to have no plan for the first Camino? 🌙

    Maybe, but she has found this forum where past pilgrims and even prospective ones have been helping each other for many, many years. We will help, but we need some help understanding how best to do that!
  6. dougfitz

    Is it okay to have no plan for the first Camino? 🌙

    I am with @C clearly here. More, if you think you consider yourself a pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago, rather than a random hiker out for a cheap holiday funded by the efforts of the many Spanish and international volunteers who support pilgrims at great personal expense, then you should be...
  7. dougfitz

    San Anton albergue (Castrojeriz) closes till further notice

    This is an issue for me too. From Australia, my bank will not transfer smaller amounts, and unless there is another method available to make smaller donations, I won't. I have emailed Ovidio Campo, the President of the Fundación San Antón, asking if they are considering establishing other...
  8. dougfitz

    Lost & Found Missing CPAP Carrying Case and Cords - now found!

    My thoughts are with your father. I know how much I rely on mine. I hope nothing essential is missing and he can still use it.
  9. dougfitz

    Compostela

    I generally try and register the day before I arrive, but it is possible to register when you arrive at the Pilgrim Office. If you register online beforehand, you will be sent a code that the Pilgrim Office staff will use to find the personal details you provided, and which will be used to...
  10. dougfitz

    How to get to Hornillos del Camino?

    Autobuses AMAYA operate a service from Burgos to Fromista leaving Burgos at 1330 on Saturdays. It doesn't have a stop at Hornillos del Camino but does stop at Castrojeriz. See: https://autobusesamaya.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/ruta-autobuses-amaya-en-el-camino-de-santiago The closest stop to...
  11. dougfitz

    Death of American pilgrim in Castromaior today

    This is so sad. May he rest in peace.
  12. dougfitz

    LIVE from the Camino For those worried about beds...

    My parents live in Perth, but my siblings and I have spread ourselves around Australia. When one brother who lived in the far north of Western Australia would pay a late spring/early summer visit to my parents at the same time as I made the journey across from Canberra, he would be rugged up...
  13. dougfitz

    LIVE from the Camino For those worried about beds...

    I don't think any technical definition is going to help here. It seems to me that there is a rather loose colloquial meaning being used. I know in my house, it refers to any temperature where my wife feels uncomfortable, doesn't want to wear a jumper, and needs an excuse to turn on the heating...
  14. dougfitz

    LIVE from the Camino For those worried about beds...

    You really are going to have to try harder, otherwise you might not be able to complain about the deleterious effect of there being too many other pilgrims to keep you company :)
  15. dougfitz

    Have Pilgrim's Passport, but do I need to register at a local pilgrim's office before I can stay in municipal albergues?

    There is no requirement to register, as others have already said, at the start of the camino. Your fist stamp can be provided anywhere, and you should make sure that you fill in the date this occurs inside the front cover of the credential and the name of the town where you started. The Pilgrim...
  16. dougfitz

    CF in July

    There is plenty of good generic advice about walking in hot conditions on the web. Here is one from Queensland, Australia, and another here from the (US) ABC. Search for 'walking in the heat' or some similar term in your favourite search engine. In camino specific terms, avoiding the heat of...
  17. dougfitz

    It has begun!

    Buen camino.
  18. dougfitz

    Is it permissible to skip Sarria to Santiago?

    I have walked to the tomb of the apostle along the four major approaches, ie from Ferrol, Sarria (from SJPP), Tui (from Lisbon) and Ourense. I know that there are people who find Sarria to SDC busy, and suggest it is boring. It is busy, but of all the ways I have walked, it is also the most...
  19. dougfitz

    New Camino route identified

    Appears to have been posted at 3:16 am on 2 Apr here in eastern Australia. Just a tad late to be good April Fools fodder, humourous as it might be. edited to clarify the date as well as the time
  20. dougfitz

    Sleeping bag or just liner (starting Frances at SJPdP on April 25th)

    @David, the minus 40deg bag might be heavier, but the plus 40dec Marmot bags seem to weigh in around 2lbs.

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