Tony Maguire
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- 20th August 2014
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You have to stamp the Credencial twice a day at least on the last 100 km (for pilgrims on foot or on horseback) or on the last 200 km (for cyclists pilgrims).My wife and I will complete our Camino Frances when we continue on from O Cebriero. We started in SJPP 2 years ago.. do we still need to get 2 stamps a day on last 100km or will 1 a day do as we started in SJPP
Don't count on that.and the sympathetic volunteers let it go, and issue a Compostela anyway
Also take into account that with the current number of pilgrims (1788 today!) and a bit complicated system of registering online, getting tickets etc. arriving at the front of that sympathetic volunteer is a rather big endeavor.Don't count on that.
What is the problem in getting two stamps.??
It's no problem , just do it.
And is that even if you started in SJPPYou have to stamp the Credencial twice a day at least on the last 100 km (for pilgrims on foot or on horseback) or on the last 200 km (for cyclists pilgrims).
It's so simple.
ThanksI believe they don’t care where you started, any km walked prior to the last 100 doesn’t matter. I was told the reason they want two stamps per day in the last 100 is to make it difficult for someone to just drive and get the stamps although I’m sure someone intent on doing that could. I’d been walking on several caminos, over 700 miles by SdC (probably more, need to look and do the math) The man at the counter didn’t even glance at my credentials other than to find the one with the last 100 km
While he didn’t care about the other filled credentials he did look closely at the last 100 km and the dates on them. YCMV (your clerk may varyThanks
I agree entirely. My last full CF filled nearly five credentials. My Camino Ingles filled one to capacity. Sellos are free, weightless souvenirs.Some unsolicited advice: from the start of this last trip, even though you’re not in the last 100km start getting two stamps a day if you’ve room in your credential(s). I knew I’d have been on the road for two months and at least 3-4 caminos before reaching the 100km to go mark, and habits are hard to break. So from the beginning I tried to get a sello each time I stopped: stop for breakfast—sello. Wander through a church or museum—sello. Ask directions at information kiosk—sello. Every meal and every place I slept—sello.
not every place had one of course and I’d just say thanks and continue on—but I was in the habit of asking by the time I got to lugo, which was important because after that point I often walked very extended stages. If I’d been in the only at the albergue habit i’d have been toast. So even though I covered a lot of ground each day in the last 100, I had plenty of stamps that showed I was walking. It was such a habit that when I entered SdC at 630 am, I stopped at the first open coffee shop for coffee and a stamp
edit for clarity: not entire 4 caminos, parts of some, all of one
At least twice (without thinking, probably more) it helped me get what I wanted: at a morning stop I hopefully wanted tortilla and coffee; no tortilla (sad pilgrim eyes and hopeful pilgrim smile notwithstanding). She did have a stamp however and as I happily opened my credential she saw David’s stamp from Casa de Dios, and went in the back to find me some tortilla. (Happy pilgrim face). At Albergue O Candida he didn’t want to let me stay in the private room (despite booking it) since he realized I was a small female and liked to keep it in case a big guy snorer appeared (not the first time that happened to me, despite my promise to snore if I could just have the room). Sad somewhat disgruntled pilgrim face. Hand over credential. He saw my stamp from St Eulalia de Boveda, launched into a long discussion of it, and that more people should take the detour, and decided I could keep the single room.I agree entirely. My last full CF filled nearly five credentials. My Camino Ingles filled one to capacity. Sellos are free, weightless souvenirs.
Yes. Even if you started in LePuy!And is that even if you started in SJPP
Some unsolicited advice: from the start of this last trip, even though you’re not in the last 100km start getting two stamps a day if you’ve room in your credential(s). I knew I’d have been on the road for two months and at least 3-4 caminos before reaching the 100km to go mark, and habits are hard to break. So from the beginning I tried to get a sello each time I stopped: stop for breakfast—sello. Wander through a church or museum—sello. Ask directions at information kiosk—sello. Every meal and every place I slept—sello.
not every place had one of course and I’d just say thanks and continue on—but I was in the habit of asking by the time I got to lugo, which was important because after that point I often walked very extended stages. If I’d been in the only at the albergue habit i’d have been toast. So even though I covered a lot of ground each day in the last 100, I had plenty of stamps that showed I was walking. It was such a habit that when I entered SdC at 630 am, I stopped at the first open coffee shop for coffee and a stamp
edit for clarity: not entire 4 caminos, parts of some, all of one
Covid is a good point, and there are a lot more places to find stamps from Sarria than from Lugo, where forgetting and passing up an opportunity could mean not getting two stamps that day.Practice is good, but honestly this is not brain surgery, where you need to do lots of it to get good at it. From Sarria onward, e.g., there are many opportunities in high season to stop and get a second stamp.
Personally, in this age of Covid, I won’t be looking for a second stamp nor seeking a Compostela. I will be content to just be able to walk into SdC.
Yes.And is that even if you started in SJPP
Than they have to take a Credential extra in there backpack.Only slightly off topic here. You may want to get many credentials and only have them stamped on one side. Quite a few pilgrims like to frame their credentials and compostelas and other certificates. If you want to do this and you stamp both sides of a credential then you are going to be able to see only half the sellos.
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