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Stamps for final day?

Mananath

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Camino Frances July 2022
Do I need to collect stamps on my final day in order to receive the compostela? I have about 2 hours of walking tomorrow and don't plan on stopping until I arrive at Santiago. My hotel for this last night took up the final free space in my credential. Had I been paying more attention I would have skipped a few extra stamps today haha
 
Get a spanish phone number with Airalo. eSim, so no physical SIM card. Easy to use app to add more funds if needed.
We, too, ran out of space on our Credencial this past spring about a day out of SdC. Just have the map or any open space stamped. I have to be truthful, in five trips to the Pilgrim’s Office, I’ve never had my Credencial scrutinized for when and where I got stamps. Nonetheless, I still collected stamps even for the last day of walking. There will be plenty of cafés that you will pass in your last two hours of walking. Congratulations!
 
The focus is on reducing the risk of failure through being well prepared. 2nd ed.
Do I need to collect stamps on my final day in order to receive the compostela? I have about 2 hours of walking tomorrow and don't plan on stopping until I arrive at Santiago. My hotel for this last night took up the final free space in my credential. Had I been paying more attention I would have skipped a few extra stamps today haha
Ask for a piece of paper and put the stamps and date on there. No problem.
 
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As it turned out they didn't care. They barely looked at my stamps and certainly didn't count back to Sarria. Oh well.
I have had two people really check my credentials out, two that looked, I guess from 100K out and 2 that barely looked and just asked where I started. How I remember this meaningless personal camino fact I have no idea.
 
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
I have had two people really check my credentials out, two that looked, I guess from 100K out and 2 that barely looked and just asked where I started. How I remember this meaningless personal camino fact I have no idea.
Ha. Probably because the occasion marked the end of such a meaningful experience...
 
As it turned out they didn't care. They barely looked at my stamps and certainly didn't count back to Sarria. Oh well.
Congrats on completing your first Camino. So much to unpack, all the could haves, should haves, would haves, I'm sure. Most important thing is you made it and have memories to take along. Tomorrow will come soon enough so enjoy today as best as you can, Peregrino!
 
Technical backpack for day trips with backpack cover and internal compartment for the hydration bladder. Ideal daypack for excursions where we need a medium capacity backpack. The back with Air Flow System creates large air channels that will keep our back as cool as possible.

€83,-
Just needed one stamp on the walk in to SdC. The Pilgrim Office completion stamp was the second.
 
All Spanish post offices (Correos)and police stations on the route provide stamps; no need to buy anything.
 
I don't recall if, or where, I got any stamps in Santiago either time I qualified for a Compostela, but don't think I did.
 
The focus is on reducing the risk of failure through being well prepared. 2nd ed.
For what it's worth, people like me can skip the line and get a cathedral stamp in a separate room from the certificates. But there are albergues and bars in Santiago as well. And tourist offices there and in other cities have stamps.
 

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