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  1. peterhore

    Cruz de Ferro - What is its history, and what happens to all those stones?

    Yes. there was a story at the end of 2019/beginning of 2020, posted in a thread here by @Bradypus and @SYates "Local news sites have reported on plans to landscape the area around the Cruz de Ferro and add new toilet facilities and parking area. A project by the local authorities to be funded by...
  2. peterhore

    Cruz de Ferro - What is its history, and what happens to all those stones?

    An interesting discussion, thank you all. What happened to the scheme I read about a few years ago to landscape the area, build toilets coach parks, and an interpretation centre etc? I think it was going to be funded from outside Spain.
  3. peterhore

    Foot doctor outside Ponferrada

    Hi, David, it may well have been you! It was c2013. I only stopped to watch and didn't get close enough to distinguish between massages and burst blisters! Thank you for what you do.
  4. peterhore

    Wall paintings in Samos

    The walls and ceilings of the pilgrims' accommodation at the monastery in Samos are decorated with wall paintings. Does anyone have photos which they could kindly share? Are the paintings old (medieval) or new? Who is the artist? Information welcome. Peter ;
  5. peterhore

    Foot doctor outside Ponferrada

    A few years ago I saw a retired(?) medic(?) on the east side of Ponferrada who was giving foot massages and treating pilgrims' blisters, etc. Does anyone else remember him? What was his name?
  6. peterhore

    We met Tomas in Manjarin today

    Stopped at Manarjin twice, and am surpised that no one has commented that the view from the 'long drop' has to be one of the best in the world - for a facility of this type
  7. peterhore

    Puerto de la Pedraja

    Many thanks for the pictures and the reminiscence. Much honour and sympathy to your father, It56ny. When I arrived here I wondered why the bench was pointing up the hill and not looking out across the valley. Presumably it's facing that way so that visitors can sit and contemplate what...
  8. peterhore

    Puerto de la Pedraja

    Puerto de la Pedraja is in the Montes de Oca, between Belorado and San Juan de Ortega. If memory serves me right there are two monuments there to the dead of the Spanish Civil War - does anyone please have phots of these or copies of the inscriptions on these? Thank you Peter
  9. peterhore

    Disparaging "The Way"

    Thanks - a very moving(!) story - but I'm thinking of some black and white archive footage from the 1950s or 60s
  10. peterhore

    Disparaging "The Way"

    There's an old piece of film - on YouTube? - of a priest and two boys pushing a handcart along the Camino - can someone help me find? Thank you
  11. peterhore

    Cruz de Ferro - plans for landscaping and redevelopment

    Well, Katherine, I'd like to know more about your researching options, thank you
  12. peterhore

    The Holy Year Credenciale is available!

    Does the Holy Year credencial have all those unnecessary maps on the back?
  13. peterhore

    Cruz de Ferro - plans for landscaping and redevelopment

    A question please: how long has the CdF been there? Is it mediaeval or 20th century?
  14. peterhore

    Too old?

    Dear Konnie I too am a septuagenarian walker, and I endose most of the above. But I am also interested in what you have - or have not! - in your 4kg knapsack? Do you also use Jacobtrans or a similar service? I thought I was quite clever in getting my pack down to 9kg, but 4kg is very...
  15. peterhore

    Single Use Plastics

    I agree: the amount of litter along the Caminos is disgraceful, even ungodly. Elsewhere I tried to start a campaign to end the use of all plastic, especially throw-away plastic bottles https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/lets-get-rid-of-plastic-on-the-camino.54207/#post-605888...
  16. peterhore

    Let's get rid of plastic on the Camino

    'Pack in, pack out' is a handy slogan, though it doesn't work if all you do is dump your rubbish in the next village or albergue. As a hospitalero last year, I found that most of the rubbish left behind (apart from the plasters with body parts attached!) was plastic bags, plastic food...
  17. peterhore

    Let's get rid of plastic on the Camino

    Plastic bottles are the commonest item of litter on the Camino - could we all make a resolution to carry a durable bottle and to refill this on the way? For those with delicate stomachs, Brita even make a heavy-duty but lightweight (139g) bottle with a filter in the cap and it's made in Spain...
  18. peterhore

    Getting to Burgos from Madrid

    Yes, the bus service from Madrid (Barajas) to Burgos in luxury six-wheeler buses is great, though Spanish bus stations can be a little confusing, but everybody is helpful.
  19. peterhore

    ticks and mosquitoes

    How interesting that you should associate bites with hives, but I don't think that it is post hoc propter hoc. I've been a hives sufferer for many years, but the attacks are seemingly quite random and very intermittent, maybe once or twice a year. I've also travelled the globe and been...
  20. peterhore

    Just how difficult is it getting over The Pyrenees..

    Ok, I've been following this excellent forum for some time and let me jump in here. I am not an experienced walker or caminero, but I have walked the route Napoleon twice. Once in September 2011 to find out whether my knees would carry me (I’m 70) and once in April last year in earnest when...

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