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  1. sillydoll

    Walking with my dog

    I can send you an article on walking with your dog that might be helpful. In the meantime, have a look at these websites for more info. www.traveler.es/experiencias/articulos/perros-pueden-recibir-compostela-camino-santiago/15917 https://caminodesantiagoconperro.com/...
  2. sillydoll

    Coming to the Camino Frances, a flood of tour groups

    Many European villages and towns had confraternities of James pilgrims that organised group walks for the town inhabitants to Santiago. It was considered much safer to walk with a group than to travel alone. In Catherine Gasquoine's book The Story of Santiago de Compostela, she describes how...
  3. sillydoll

    Mary Catherine Kimpton memorial gone? Help? (before Estella)

    I have a photo of the cairn on my Memorial blog http://amawalker.blogspot.com/2012/08/memorials-pilgrims-who-died-on-camino.html Perhaps the Association in Estella would be able to help you with your enquiry. https://www.caminodesantiagoestella.org/contacto/
  4. sillydoll

    What's so special about SJPP?

    Saint Jean Pied de Port was the capital of Lower Navarra and the playground of the Kings of Navarra. The borders changed a few times but eventually the border was situated at Arneguy. On the route via the Somport Pass, Borce (now in France) belonged to Aragon. These seem natural starting points...
  5. sillydoll

    Plans Cancelled!!!

    After my first Camino in 2002 I said, "Never again!" Stony, dusty paths day after day, endless dilapidated villages with mangy dogs and skinny chickens skulking around the alleys; grumpy home owners selling past the sell-by-date products from their back doors; slept on concrete floors, in an...
  6. sillydoll

    Backpacks only policy in Albergues: A common restriction?

    Yes, you can get a stamp at the bar up the road
  7. sillydoll

    Backpacks only policy in Albergues: A common restriction?

    At the first Friends of the Camino (AMIGOS) Conference held in Jaca in 1987, It was agreed that refugios would be established (only one in each city) for pilgrims who could not afford to stay in pensions or hotels. A refugio would also be established in remote places where there was no other...
  8. sillydoll

    How Important Was It To You To Do "Full" CF ?

    After walking from Roncesvalles to Santiago in 2002 I decided that I wanted to do the most used, historical route from Paris to the Pyrenees but there were no guidebooks from Paris itself, only from Orleans. So in 2004 a friend and I walked a Paris Pilgrim trail in Paris, got a train to outside...
  9. sillydoll

    April 1st starting in SJPdP - How many people?

    There is a chance the the Route Napoleon could still be closed to Pilgrims if there is adverse weather conditions. Officially it is open from 1 April but last year it was closed on 1 April and I think it opened this year but closed again 2 days later. The route vua Val Carlos (the original...
  10. sillydoll

    Warning: Jacotrans

    amaWalkers Camino have been using Jacotrans from St Jean to Santiago since 2010 and have found all if the franchise services to be reliable and accommodating. We always check the tag templates before printing them.
  11. sillydoll

    Hill where a stone is left

    This was an old thread, from almost 13 years ago, that has somehow been resurrected. It's important for pilgrims to know that the pile of stones, together with the trinkets, photos and other memorabilia is cleared, tidied up and graded every year. It it wasn't it wouldve covered the cross by...
  12. sillydoll

    The Origins of the Route Napoléon Name

    I agree 100% !! There are many routes that we think are historic paths to Compostella, but the large majority of them were paths used by travellers, merchants, soldiers and pilgrims, but with no historic connection to the Santiago pilgrimage per se. For instance, the Le Puy route was...
  13. sillydoll

    The Origins of the Route Napoléon Name

    The route that goes through Val Carlos (Valley of Charlemagne) is the original path described by pilgrims to Roncesvalles. San Michel was the pilgrimage village mentioned in the 12thc Liber Sancti Jacobe. St Jean was built a bit later. Both were in Lower Navarra and belonged to Spain. The...
  14. sillydoll

    Winter Camino Late Jan-mid March 2022

    And walking in spring http://amawalker.blogspot.com/2009/04/walking-camino-in-spring.html?m=1
  15. sillydoll

    Winter Camino Late Jan-mid March 2022

    A few years ago I did some comparisons research on walking in winter and spring. As Margaret said, the weather is unpredictable but some of the information here might still be useful. http://amawalker.blogspot.com/2009/10/walking-in-winter.html?m=1
  16. sillydoll

    Bypassing Sarria to get to Santiago

    You could get a bus to El Ferrol and walk to Santiago on the Camino Ingles. It has a very similar landscape to the Camino Frances
  17. sillydoll

    Camino Frances: looking back to 2005, what was the Camino like?

    I walked in 2002. The first website I was able to access in the 1990's for info on the Camino was Friends of the Road to Santiago. We used the Ask Jeeves search engine as there was no Google. This site was the precursor for the Gocamino forum based in the American Pilgrims on the Camino...
  18. sillydoll

    Reservations cancelled at private albergues

    Times have changed, and are changing all the time, so it might be a couple of years before the Camino returns to "normal". This is what Spain recommends: Booking albergues on the Camino It should be noted that only 50% of the spots will be available compared to what they have offered in other...
  19. sillydoll

    Death of Felisa’s daughter, María

    Felisa Medel Mediavilla (3 November 1910 – 20 October 2002) Maria Teodora Medivalla Rodriguez (18 April 1933 – 15 March 2021) Widowed in 1958, Felisa worked in the fields like many women of her time to support her family. When she was almost 70 years old, Jesús Martínez Cañas, priest of the...
  20. sillydoll

    Sarria to Santiago de Compostella

    The best way to avoid the crowds IS to book all of your rooms ahead! This allows you to get up later than the rest of the pack and start walking after breakfast. Many pilgrims race to get a bed in the next albergue, usually stop walking around lunch time, after which the paths are fairly...

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