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jl said:We are about to start printing our own Pilgrim Credentials for the Australian Friends of the Camino members, and we will do a covering letter in which we will reccomend that from Saria pilgrims should get 2 sellos each day. This will be at Johnnie Walkers recommendation - through his work at the pilgrim office. Cheers, Janet
I highly recommend you increase the space for the sellos. The UK, Canadian and South African all have an excellent space setup.
tamtamplin said:my pilgrim passport stamp collection resembled an exraorinarily long 42 day pub-crawl
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i accumulated as many stamps as i could - churches, municipal offices, civil guards, roadside diners
always one each day from the albergue or hostal
but the overwhelming majority were from bars
SabineP said:I was surprised how little attention was paid to the amount of sellos I had in my credencial when I arrived last week. I just got a stamp every day I was in the albergue or when I spent the night in a pension.
Don't worry Grayland - we have already considered that. So many of our pilgrims walk for many more days than the 30 - 35 days that most people take for the Camino Frances, it is very impractical to have only 40 spaces for sellos, hence we are allowing for a far greater number. Cheers, Janet
I would argue for roughly 72 stamps; enough for two per day (lodging plus cathedrals, museums, restaurants) over a typical 30 to 35 day journey along the Camino Frances. I would also argue that (unlike the American Pilgrims version) all stamps should be on one side so that the full journey can be displayed on a wall or picture frame. I ended up stitching together two separate credencials just to have enough stamps.
Now, if one is doing a pub crawl and getting three or four stamps for every bar, restaurant, etc. as well, then two credencials is probably still needed.
Getting additional credencials is straight forward along the way, and "stitching" them together after the camino is no big deal. Also, once inside the 100KM mark, you'll probably only find "extensions" and not full credencials.I will probably have to "stitch" two credencials together OR uses my reporter's notebook [ Moleskine ] to collect all but one per day until the last 100kms.
Getting additional credencials is straight forward along the way, and "stitching" them together after the camino is no big deal. Also, once inside the 100KM mark, you'll probably only find "extensions" and not full credencials.
Different strokes for different folks, but I found all the various stamps to be incredibly fascinating, and a reminder of the larger trip. I wish I had been more diligent along the way for getting them each time we stopped and ate, etc. I framed the credential and it hangs on my wall in a place of prominence, along with my compostella and shell.
I only used one side of my American PP and then got a second one along the way. Inconvenient, but it looks fine once it was all assembled. The minor differences are irrelevant when I stand back and see the visual story of the pilgrimage played out in sellos.
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