StephGosselin
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Hopefully, you filled in your name on the lost credential. Some here have suggested adding your email address, which I will do in the future.Hi Fellow Pilgrims on the Camino,
I’m currently at Foncebadon and just about filled with one credencial….and lost it during dinner. I worked really hard to fill it and am super bummed. Question: i can start again but will I get credit for a distance certificate when I arrive in Santiago with a lost credencial….if someone finds it, how can I get it returned to me?
I only have wi-fi when available while on the camino, so Ill check back on the forum at the next albergue.
Do what you can now to see if you can locate it. And if not, putting the word out there in as many ways as you can may bear fruit. Not to forget the pilgrim grapevine - it's remarkably efficient.i can start again but will I get credit for a distance certificate when I arrive in Santiago with a lost credencial….if someone finds it, how can I get it returned to me?
Indeed.I hope your lost credenciale finds its way back to you. Lots of serendipitous things happen on The Way.
That is a wonderful story @VNwalking and love that @peregrina2000 was instrumental in finding it! I won’t go off on a tangent with some of the serendipitous things I’ve experienced along The Way. … as I’m sure others have … but it’s true that truth is often stranger than fiction.I'm sorry this happened to you, Steph.
Do what you can now to see if you can locate it. And if not, putting the word out there in as many ways as you can may bear fruit. Not to forget the pilgrim grapevine - it's remarkably efficient.
And yes, continue on with a new credencial. If your first one hasn't found its way back to you before you get to Santiago, make sure to ask at the Pilfrim's Office to see if its been turned in.
Then explain your dilemma - you can always try to use photos you've taken along the way to reconstruct your walk, especially if your pics are date stamped. That could be used to support a distance certificate.
Indeed.
If it's any reassurance, I lost mine and it found its way back in the most wonderful way possible. You never know. (That linked thread has a number of reassuring stories; it's not only me.)
Good luck and buen camino!
Hi Steph, I’ll be in Foncebadon in a few days and can take a look around. Where did you have dinner?Hi Fellow Pilgrims on the Camino,
I’m currently at Foncebadon and just about filled with one credencial….and lost it during dinner. I worked really hard to fill it and am super bummed. Question: i can start again but will I get credit for a distance certificate when I arrive in Santiago with a lost credencial….if someone finds it, how can I get it returned to me?
I only have wi-fi when available while on the camino, so Ill check back on the forum at the next albergue.
You have my sympathies - it happened to me but, fortunately, after I'd arrived at Santiago and collected my Compostela.
Hopefully you will obtain a replacement soon (in Ponferrada?) in the meantime you can collect sellos on a sheet of paper and you'll have plenty of opportunity to get the requisit number of stamps before you get to Santiago.
You only need to show evidence of the last 100km for a Compostella. If you want a Distancia certificate the clerk will probably take you at your word - I know I in similar circumstances did when I worked there.
Hope the original turns up - don't forget to ask pilgrims coming up behind you as they might have brought it in the hope of seeing you.
Buen camino!
Yes.The distance certificate is only a piece of paper.
Robo, brilliant idea!Maybe if you have lots of photos of the earlier stages that will help.
But regardless........
Don't let it spoil your Camino.
The distance certificate is only a piece of paper.....
With that great smile you have on your profile I bet your Credential makes it back to you. Get some paper or find out where you can get another credential and just keep walking. If you didn't put your contact information you should edit your post to tell someone who may have found it to PM you.Hi Fellow Pilgrims on the Camino,
I’m currently at Foncebadon and just about filled with one credencial….and lost it during dinner. I worked really hard to fill it and am super bummed. Question: i can start again but will I get credit for a distance certificate when I arrive in Santiago with a lost credencial….if someone finds it, how can I get it returned to me?
I only have wi-fi when available while on the camino, so Ill check back on the forum at the next albergue.
Update: someone turned in my credencial and was returned to me. I feel very blessed! Thank you for your supportive words. My heart feels so full!Sorry to hear that Steph and I hope your lost credenciale finds its way back to you. Lots of serendipitous things happen on The Way.
In the meantime, I don’t know about the technicalities of the distance certificate - others will - but just wanted to offer this - don’t let this loss get in the way of having a wonderful rest of Camino. Enjoy every day and every step. When you get to Santiago you will know how far you’ve come. The journey is the reward. Buen Camino
Awwww- thank youWith that great smile you have on your profile I bet your Credential makes it back to you. Get some paper or find out where you can get another credential and just keep walking. If you didn't put your contact information you should edit your post to tell someone who may have found it to PM you.
Also check Gronze.com because if you check the albergue listings they often list albergues that have new credentials for pilgrims. It will be on the left side down the page in the description of the albergue. Open this in Google chrome and it will automatically translate everything:
https://www.gronze.com/camino-francesThey issue the Credential 2 euros
This is what you will see on the bottom left: (this was taken from the Jesus and Maria albergue description in Pamplona
They issue the Credential 2 euros
Computer Wifi
Washer and dryer
Bed sheets Bottom sheet Pillowcase Mantas
Individual lockers with key
Bicycle shelter
That is fantastic news!! So happy for you.Update: someone turned in my credencial and was returned to me. I feel very blessed! Thank you for your supportive words. My heart feels so full!
Thank you Lydia- the credencial made its way back to me. I did get the 1/2 way compostela in Sahagun, so that was my back up plan. Thank you for your reply and support!Steph, Maybe you could text or email the place you stayed the first night and ask them to text or email you saying that you stayed there and that would be proof of your starting point. The days and the distance would bear out your starting point.
Buen Camino.
Lydia
Meeeeee too!!! I’m still smiling ear to ear. And it’s filled and at the bottom of my mochila so I won’t lose it! Just started my second credencial. Thank you for your reply!That is fantastic news!! So happy for you.
Yeah! Happy DanceUpdate: someone turned in my credencial and was returned to me. I feel very blessed! Thank you for your supportive words. My heart feels so full!
We walked with our grandson in 2019. He went completely crazy filling up with copious stamps. By the time we reached Sarria he had a few credentials filled already. Then he looked at the pile and realised he had lost the first one, the critical one that showed where he started.Hi Fellow Pilgrims on the Camino,
I’m currently at Foncebadon and just about filled with one credencial….and lost it during dinner. I worked really hard to fill it and am super bummed. Question: i can start again but will I get credit for a distance certificate when I arrive in Santiago with a lost credencial….if someone finds it, how can I get it returned to me?
I only have wi-fi when available while on the camino, so Ill check back on the forum at the next albergue.
I am really happy you got your credential back. Now you can go back to enjoying your camino and no thanks needed. Pilgrims on this forum are here because we love the Camino and also to help our Perigrino/a brothers and sisters in need.Awwww- thank you! Update: someone turned it in and it was returned to me. I am beyond elated! Thank you for your help. I really appreciate your assistance more than you know!
Woo hoo!!!: someone turned in my credencial and was returned to me. I feel very blessed! Thank you for your supportive words. My heart feels so full!
Excellent news! Now just make sure you don't leave them behind in the Pilgrims' Office. When I worked there there were at least half a dozen in the Lost Property box - left behind, no doubt, by Pilgrims enthralled with their new Compostela!Meeeeee too!!! I’m still smiling ear to ear. And it’s filled and at the bottom of my mochila so I won’t lose it! Just started my second credencial. Thank you for your reply!I’m going to heading up to O’Cebreiro in a day….little nervous and excited.
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