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How the Camino has changed for me
Each Camino has been different for me. My first Camino was very much about connecting with medieval culture and identifying with the medieval pilgrims who had walked (or rode) the route before me. My second was very much about spending quality time with my son, walking the route from beginning...- David Tallan
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Walking with a baby or young child
I would offer an opinion (which differs from yours) but the OP asked for experiences rather than opinions. Do you have experience with children under 12 on the Camino behind your statement that might be helpful? Or are you just throwing in the kind of opinion that OP had specifically asked...- David Tallan
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Questions Invierno and San Salvador
In general, I found the San Salvador pretty similar in the ways you ask about (terrain, heat, navigation) to the Primitivo. Just a lot more concentrated since it is less than half as long. A day to get into the mountains. Several days of gorgeous mountain scenery and great hiking, with some...- David Tallan
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If there are too many pilgrims, what is a pilgrim to do?
I think one of the challenges with all of the "there are too many pilgrims on the Camino" posts is that what constitutes "too many pilgrims" for one person may be "not enough pilgrims" for another. We all have different preferences. In general (and I know I'm an exception here) the perfect...- David Tallan
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Nervous about going alone, without my partner
Leaving aside discussion of WOACA, I will note that a new Facebook group...- David Tallan
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What inspires you for the physical aspect of the Way?
It was late July 2016. I was walking with my son in the meseta, who had just turned16 a few days ago. It wasn't an easy walk for either of us, as neither of us had done any training. We arrived in Sahagun mid-day after walking about 20km and were proud of what we had accomplished, taking a nice...- David Tallan
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Solo trip in 2 weeks?!
1. As I'm sure many will say, you are not mental. Plenty of people have successfully walked with less prep and training. 2. I'm not sure if 15km/day is what you are counting on for your training or what you are expecting to walk on your Camino. If you are looking at 2 weeks of 15 km/day, that...- David Tallan
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Time for more compostela type certificates?
That is perhaps because people walking the Camino Baztan are not traditionally walking to Pamplona so much as walking through Pamplona to Santiago. All the other certificates (with the exception of the half-way certificate in Sahagun) are for completing a pilgrimage to a particular destination...- David Tallan
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Time for more compostela type certificates?
Not being an expert, I can't speak to Canon Law or to the laws of Spain. I wonder if people may be talking across each other here. In another thread, we talked about the different requirements for the Compostela and for the partial or plenary indulgence that can be the reward of a pilgrimage. It...- David Tallan
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Time for more compostela type certificates?
I'm the one who fails to understand. You say "they" have established rules and official routes to follow and one can no longer walk whatever Camino route one wants but must follow the rules. I fail to understand who they are and how they are preventing anyone from walking their choice of Camino...- David Tallan
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Time for more compostela type certificates?
My understanding is that the Compostela is unrelated to the indulgence (partial or plenary depending on when you complete your pilgrimage). There is no distance requirement, nor walking (or biking or equestrian, etc.) requirement for the indulgence. However, there is a requirement to be...- David Tallan
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Time for more compostela type certificates?
C Clearly wrote: isawtman responded: I'm having a heard time seeing how an alternative path after Sarria removes toilet paper from the path when no other alternative route seems to do so. Similarly how an alternative path will open churches or change the price of luggage transfer. Not...- David Tallan
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Time for more compostela type certificates?
Bedbugs? :)- David Tallan
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Time for more compostela type certificates?
Biggest issue for whom? It's a big issue for you, certainly. It wasn't a big issue for me when I passed through that part of the Camino in late July last year. It doesn't seem to be a big issue for the Spanish authorities who continue to promote this sector of tourism and presumably welcome the...- David Tallan
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Time for more compostela type certificates?
I think perhaps the reference was to their being credentials for walking to different cities. I have a credential for the the San Salvador, which is explicitly a pilgrimage to Oviedo and not Santiago, and another credential for the Camino to Finisterre and Muxia, which is a walk away from...- David Tallan
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Time for more compostela type certificates?
I'm not sure. I didn't notice any such effect when walking the Camino de Madrid to get the certificate in Sahagun, not when walking towards any of the other certificates he mentions (I came home with 6 certificates after my Camino last summer). God knows "post-Sarria" is the furthest I could...- David Tallan
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SJPDP vs Sarria for Newby
I think I would start at Sarria. It can certainly provide a great experience. Then, if you don't return, you'll still have completed a pilgrimage to Santiago. If you do return, you can start at SJPDP next time. :) Or pick a different route.- David Tallan
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Camino Frances Social Dynamics
I remember the same from the backpacking days of my youth. I still have my 1982 Let's Go Europe (in terrible condition) filled with all sorts of annotations scribbled in by fellow travelers who had been where I was going. As you say, on the Camino we're all headed in the same direction. But in...- David Tallan
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What makes a pilgrim?
True. But you are taking my quote out of context. If you take another look at the post (#142), you'll see it was a direct response to this post (#125), which I quoted: Since Matty was making assertions about the pilgrim support infrastructure in the Middle Ages, I think a response about the...- David Tallan
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What makes a pilgrim?
I'd be interested in your sources for this. My research has indicated that the modern credential is, just that, modern. It is, to be sure, based on the letters asking for safe conduct that pilgrims set out with, much like modern passports are. But they weren't used for accessing a network of...- David Tallan
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