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  1. gregrobinson

    Making friends when starting the Camino later

    I'm going to give some unpopular advice. The last 100km is the least enjoyable part of the walk. Picture Disneyland on a holiday weekend. Very crowded and not what most people picture when they imagine the Camino. Think about marching in a parade for 25km. The best part is actually the Meseta...
  2. gregrobinson

    LIVE from the Camino Current big wave at beginning of Francés

    I totally disagree. This kind of policy is what ruined the music/concerts in the US. Booking companies buy up all of the tickets and pump the prices and only release the ones they can't sell. This will force everyone to prebook through the booking companies at 2x the price or they can't go.
  3. gregrobinson

    LIVE from the Camino Current big wave at beginning of Francés

    This is a bad policy to let tour groups book. The policy has traditionally been to give beds to those on foot who walked a long way first. We are the ones that keep the Camino alive.
  4. gregrobinson

    Overcrowded Camino Frances

    Back to SJPDP? Not to Burguete? The municipal albergues generally don't take reservations and it's 1st come. Once you get to Pamplona at the end of day 3 things open up. Usually you can find people sleeping in the lobby of the monastery at Roncesvalles or out in the courtyard. Grab a few hours...
  5. gregrobinson

    Lost & Found Can anyone bring my left-behind diary from O Cebreiro?

    They will...they do this sort of thing all the time.
  6. gregrobinson

    LIVE from the Camino The massacre of a dear resting place.

    It was never an official rest stop. Just one of many makeshift rest areas, like the GardZen or the rock piles you pass in the (first week?). People will build a new oasis. They can't destroy the Camino spirit.
  7. gregrobinson

    LIVE from the Camino SJPdP “Completo” tonight!

    Los Arcos is always full. I've been there four times in different seasons and it's filled up every time.
  8. gregrobinson

    Where to start with 33 days?

    Start in SJPDP and don't skip anything until Sarria. Since last year it gets extremely crowded after Sarria and not very pleasant. I would skip that before I would skip anything else.
  9. gregrobinson

    Roncesvalles albergue reservations

    From my experience the public albergues like the one in Roncesvalles keep most of their beds on a first come basis. Maybe someone else has % numbers. I was there last September and just showed up with no trouble at all. It does fill up though...so late arrivals end up going to Burgete.
  10. gregrobinson

    Comparison of Pilgrim statistics from SJPdP 2019 vs 2022

    That was just the crowd of people who decided they only wanted to walk the last 100. I tried counting but after a couple hours of passing people I lost count. I think it must have been at least two km long.
  11. gregrobinson

    Comparison of Pilgrim statistics from SJPdP 2019 vs 2022

    No, this was the crowd that started in Sarria. I walk pretty fast and had to weave my way through. It went on like this for several kilometers until I could finally get in front of it...a solid wall of people until little by little they dropped off to stop for coffee.
  12. gregrobinson

    Comparison of Pilgrim statistics from SJPdP 2019 vs 2022

    Yup, can confirm.... Sarria to Santiago was a bit crowded. 😖 But SJPDP to Sarria was nice, especially the Meseta.
  13. gregrobinson

    Where is this?

    In fact, I think it's right about here: https://goo.gl/maps/rEJSySF3Yrgk9d4M6
  14. gregrobinson

    Where is this?

    This is the downhill road into Hornillos. That town in the distance is Hornillos del Camino... I have several photos from my Caminos from this spot.
  15. gregrobinson

    Weight, and how its discussion is terrifying me.

  16. gregrobinson

    Weight, and how its discussion is terrifying me.

    Sorry, I need to update my info. While in Pamplona on my way to SJPDP I got rid of a few things. I slept 2 nights in albuergues and it was stifling hot with all the bodies. I sent my sleeping bag forward, along with the extra thick socks. And without the sleeping bag, I didn't need the 25...
  17. gregrobinson

    Help Identify 1997 Image Location

    Yeah, I'm gonna go with the reservoir behind Logrono. I was there just this morning. He's facing the wrong direction, as behind him would be the way to go, but it seems like there are gray parts of the bridge that the men were fishing from this morning showing through behind the pine branch...
  18. gregrobinson

    Weight, and how its discussion is terrifying me.

    Not sure what everyone is carrying in their packs, but mine is 8lbs. The pack itself is about 2.5 lbs and inside I basically have a sleeping bag (spark 1 from Sea2summit - 13 oz), a pair of lightweight pants, shorts, running shorts that can double as a swimsuit, 2 pairs of socks, 2 evening...

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