@myku92 Yes that makes sense! Sorry for what has happened to your Dad. That is exactly what happened when I was there, though not to me. He is elderly and eccentric, and his bark much worse than his bite. He was dispensing wine liberally to us. The ladies I was with, who had to get new credenciales laughed it off. It is a real shame, as it is a very nice little alberuge, more like a camino resource centre with a huge library, and TV and radio. But definitely an albergue and not his house.
And it sounds like he was 'offering' one of the Camino de Madrid credencials, rather than saying it was required. He is a bit 'dramatic'.
I hope your Dad is not put off - it sounds like he won't be after 13 caminos!!
Can
@t2andreo give us chapter and verse on this question of reusing old credenciales?
I see Tom you said a while back:
Actually, the Pilgrim Office affixes TWO sellos to your credencial.
One goes over the handwritten entries, typically on the inside front cover to signify that this credencial is now CLOSED and may not be used again to seek a Compostela. This prevents 'double-dipping."
So there is
something to it. I can understand the not using same completed credencial to obtain another Compostela. That makes sense.
But what about just using additional pages a second time around, on a different Camino? (I have done this before with Caminos that didn't finish in SdC.