jgpryde
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- St.Jean-Santiago (2017)
Last night I was checked into the municipal alburgue in Reliegos, a small quiet town twenty-odd km east of Leon. The dormitory was nearly completo by the time I arrived at 15:30.
When the perigrinos had finally settled down for the night there was a minimum of snoring, thankfully.
Perhaps because of that quietness, I was awakened at about midnight by pounding on the main door downstairs. Someone very clearly wanted in. The hospitero had long since locked up and gone home.
I layed there for several minutes contemplating the possibilities until whoever it was gave up and went away.
Was it a paid resident that had missed the lock up curfew?
Was it a late traveler looking for room at the inn? (Was his wife heavy with child?)
Was it a thief or terrorist looking to takedown a building of defenseless pilgrims?
If I were to get up and find out would I be violating some albergue regulation, or worse, putting my fellow perigrinos at risk?
If I ignored the pounding and went back to sleep (which I ultimately did), would I be complicit in whatever misfortune this wayward person were to suffer as a result?
Is there a protocol for this? What was the right thing to do?
I appreciate any insights other perigrinos might offer.
Buen Camino,
-jgp
When the perigrinos had finally settled down for the night there was a minimum of snoring, thankfully.
Perhaps because of that quietness, I was awakened at about midnight by pounding on the main door downstairs. Someone very clearly wanted in. The hospitero had long since locked up and gone home.
I layed there for several minutes contemplating the possibilities until whoever it was gave up and went away.
Was it a paid resident that had missed the lock up curfew?
Was it a late traveler looking for room at the inn? (Was his wife heavy with child?)
Was it a thief or terrorist looking to takedown a building of defenseless pilgrims?
If I were to get up and find out would I be violating some albergue regulation, or worse, putting my fellow perigrinos at risk?
If I ignored the pounding and went back to sleep (which I ultimately did), would I be complicit in whatever misfortune this wayward person were to suffer as a result?
Is there a protocol for this? What was the right thing to do?
I appreciate any insights other perigrinos might offer.
Buen Camino,
-jgp