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I am in Roncesvalles, not staying, because there will be chaos here
tonight. I counted at least 250 pilgrims in SJPP last night, probably
more and the public buses have yet to arrive here from pamplona. Brutal
weather, total rain and cloud. I am soaked through. I will have to find
something at burguette.
My sympathy to all those currntly out there struggling on the higer
route, which means upwards of 250 people. Not much beautiful scenery
today. In fact, I reckon there is a serious danger of hypothermia, if
some people don`t use sense and go for a short stage to hunto etc.
Chris
Minkey said:As in those tours that go from town to town? If that's the case, that's just plain wrong.
I got bounced all the way from Burguette to Larrasoana, which means that yesterday I did a stage of about 52 kms, including the ascent
and descent from the Pyrenees.
I do not say this to boast, but because I was totally fragmented at the end of it, and that is not all. On arrival at Larrasoana, the hostess, no longer santiago zubiri, simply told all those who arrived (and there were many) to go on another 11 kms to Arre, or try the pension down the road. I went to the pension, but others did not....
The municipal albergue at Zubiri was closed yesterday, so Larrasoana
was a real choke point. So much for fraternity on the camino. You
should have seen the scramble at SJPP when the accueil opened after
lunch, or the number of people with a desperate look on their face,
hurrying to the next albergue.
Worst of all are the "con coche de appuyo" pilgrims. I saw one group 5 kms after Roncesvalles - no mochillas etc. They asked me to take thier photo, so I did. They then started to walk back to Roncesvalles. Imagine my surprise then, when I saw them that night at Larrasoana, happily installed at the albergue, long before I arrived (at 5pm). How was that possible?
Trudy said:In some of the municipal albergues the hospitalero/warden is not in attendance during the day, turning up later to just to stamp credencials.
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