SYates
Camino Fossil AD 1999, now living in Santiago de C
- Time of past OR future Camino
- First: Camino Francés 1999
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Last: Santiago - Muxia 2019
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Oh, my...I bet it does, @mspath.My heart goes with you!
I can't wait to read your posts and "experience" the Camino Frances in winter. It must be beautiful in its solitude this time of year. Enjoy and Buen Camino!Hi everybody ;-)
After the fun we had with the ditch pig clean up around Moratinos I am now in SJPdP ready for a very leisurely pilgrimage down the Camino Frances. 'Comme d'habitude' I plan to maintain a thread with practical information for those that walk the next weeks after me ...
Saint Jean Pied de Port
Pilgrims office is open as usual and so is the municipal albergue - the rest of towns (other than a handful of restaurants) seems to have closed down and gone into hibernation. The municipal, just a bit up and in the same street as the pilgrims office has one dormitory open with around ~16 (bunk) beds, a well equipped kitchen and a washing machine on demand/for a smile. Cost: 10 Euro with breakfast (will report on that one tomorrow).
Plan for tomorrow is just to walk to Valcarlos - slow start.
Buen Camino, SY
Enjoy .....looking forward to your postsHi everybody ;-)
After the fun we had with the ditch pig clean up around Moratinos I am now in SJPdP ready for a very leisurely pilgrimage down the Camino Frances. 'Comme d'habitude' I plan to maintain a thread with practical information for those that walk the next weeks after me ...
Saint Jean Pied de Port
Pilgrims office is open as usual and so is the municipal albergue - the rest of towns (other than a handful of restaurants) seems to have closed down and gone into hibernation. The municipal, just a bit up and in the same street as the pilgrims office has one dormitory open with around ~16 (bunk) beds, a well equipped kitchen and a washing machine on demand/for a smile. Cost: 10 Euro with breakfast (will report on that one tomorrow).
Plan for tomorrow is just to walk to Valcarlos - slow start.
Buen Camino, SY
Bon voyage ! ....stay safe.Hi everybody ;-)
After the fun we had with the ditch pig clean up around Moratinos I am now in SJPdP ready for a very leisurely pilgrimage down the Camino Frances. 'Comme d'habitude' I plan to maintain a thread with practical information for those that walk the next weeks after me ...
Saint Jean Pied de Port
Pilgrims office is open as usual and so is the municipal albergue - the rest of towns (other than a handful of restaurants) seems to have closed down and gone into hibernation. The municipal, just a bit up and in the same street as the pilgrims office has one dormitory open with around ~16 (bunk) beds, a well equipped kitchen and a washing machine on demand/for a smile. Cost: 10 Euro with breakfast (will report on that one tomorrow).
Plan for tomorrow is just to walk to Valcarlos - slow start.
Buen Camino, SY
Very interesting to know the situation this time of year. I assume Christmas /New years will be very special wherever you end up.Saludos from Roncesvalles ;-)
Valcarlos > Roncesvalles
Weather: Still mild but getting colder as the way climbs up the Pyrenees, also sometimes strong winds. Some snowy patches near the top, but not enough to make the way more difficult (but that can change of night!).
Way: For a variety of reasons I decided to walk mostly the road, there wasn't much traffic on a Sunday morning ;-) So I can only comment on the way marking were the Camino crosses the road (excellent) and the last bit from the road towards the chapel at the Ibaneta Pass (also excellent).
Important!: There is nothing between Valcarlos and Roncesvalles, so take enough water and food!
Albergue Roncesvalles: The posh new albergue is closed during winter, so people sleep in part of the old one. To find the pilgrims reception (when coming via the Camino) cross the whole area until you reach the main entrance, go out the gate and turn immediately left and through the first door at your left. There isn't much sign posting to find it, but the people that work in Roncesvalles will point you the way. The albergue opens at 16:00 but you can leave your backpack in the entrance and have a look around until then.
It has one common area with a microwave (not that you can buy anything to heat in it and there are also no kitchen utilities whatsoever. One cramped dormitory (beds touching each other), showers, toilets, no blankets, but washing machine and dryer. For the washing machine you have to ask for soap in the office, so not sure about the price. The albergue itself costs 8 Euros.
Eating: I had a lunch snack at Casa Sabina which was excellent, but for nostalgic reasons booked the pilgrims menu this evening. If you like to eat well I suggest to skip the pilgrims menu and go in any of the restaurants for an a la carte meal or a more expensive menu.
Alternative Accommodation: La Posada has at the moment an offer at 20 Euro for a single room including breakfast (not sure about double room price). I was really tempted but again for nostalgic reasons I bunked down in the albergue which is in that part of Roncesvalles which I know from years back.
Pilgrims: So many for this time of the year! The dormitory has 16 beds and they are expecting 'a multitude' today from SJPdP. Whatever a multitude is in winter pilgrimage terms ;-) So far we have as nationalities: United States, UK, Germany, Korea, Spain and France. If the 16 beds fil up they might need to open the overflow.
Ok, I am off to 18:00 Mass now and then to pilgrims dinner, the good news is that the albergue doesn't close, so no rush. Perhaps later more, SY
Quick update before I retire to bed, we are 28 pilgrims this night in Roncesvalles! There goes my quiet and solitary CaminoSY
Greetings my amiga - a leisurely pilgrimage??? - you make it sound like a short walk after Sunday lunch. Stay safe and have a great time. MHi everybody ;-)
After the fun we had with the ditch pig clean up around Moratinos I am now in SJPdP ready for a very leisurely pilgrimage down the Camino Frances.
Plan for tomorrow is just to walk to Valcarlos - slow start.
Buen Camino, SY
Hi, Sybil,Quick update before I retire to bed, we are 28 pilgrims this night in Roncesvalles! There goes my quiet and solitary CaminoSY
Don't know what it will be like when SY gets there but it looks pretty chilly just now! I hope everyone on the way at the moment is well wrapped up.I am very curious to find out the conditions as you pass thru Ocebrio. We here in Montana will see-27c I am starting to think the beach in Spain will be quite nice.
Great to hear how this all looks on a winter camino. Very different than May/June. Some of my favorite stops are closed up for the season so it would make for almost an entirely different experience I expect.
Charging for bread with your meal is, in my experience, a newish thing in Spain
The buses to the centre stop directly before the Hotel Buenos Aires (blue/silver column with an 'I', but no other indication), comes every half and full hour and costs the huge sum of 1 Euro ;-) I took the bus with end destination 'Gran Teatro' and it deposited me very close to where the Camino enters the old town.
What Julia said! I agree totally and was very touched by her welcome. If you get this before you leave, SY, please relay my greetings and gratitude to her. Not that she'll remember me, but never mind.I loved Liberanos Domine and Clementina is an absolute star. One of the best albergues I stayed.
What Julia said! I agree totally and was very touched by her welcome. If you get this before you leave, SY, please relay my greetings and gratitude to her. Not that she'll remember me, but never mind.
And yes, vespers with the nuns was memorable...very special.
And I agree also with Mike: As for being a bad pilgrim; Never! (Not that you were serious...)
Buen Camino!!
BTW, the turn off to go into Burgos along the river is easy to miss--it's before the airport, just after crossing the motorway, immediately before the small housing development that's on the left--take that turn-off and head around the back side of the airport on a dirt road. In this case it's one place where St Brierley is useful--his directions were pretty clear.
Thanks. Enjoying these posts! Happy Christmas...
So excited to have this to read!!!!Hi everybody ;-)
After the fun we had with the ditch pig clean up around Moratinos I am now in SJPdP ready for a very leisurely pilgrimage down the Camino Frances. 'Comme d'habitude' I plan to maintain a thread with practical information for those that walk the next weeks after me ...
Saint Jean Pied de Port
Pilgrims office is open as usual and so is the municipal albergue - the rest of towns (other than a handful of restaurants) seems to have closed down and gone into hibernation. The municipal, just a bit up and in the same street as the pilgrims office has one dormitory open with around ~16 (bunk) beds, a well equipped kitchen and a washing machine on demand/for a smile. Cost: 10 Euro with breakfast (will report on that one tomorrow).
Plan for tomorrow is just to walk to Valcarlos - slow start.
Buen Camino, SY
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