Starting point (for Credencial)?

[Jo Rutter]

Hi - my sister and I are about to meet with our parish priest who is going to give us a blessing in our church before we travel to Spain (by air). I would like to fill in my home, or the church, as my 'starting point' on the credencial, and have the priest sign in the first block, as we have no sellos here in England. Will the office in Santiago accept this as a starting point, even though we have to then travel to Ferrol by air/bus, or must I put Ferrol as the start, as that is where we will be starting to walk and collect sellos?

Thanks -

 

[AML]

Hi Jo,
I honestly think that you will need to put Ferrol as starting place for Camino as you begin to walk from there, mainly for statistical reaso s for pilgrims office! You can still get your parish priest to signature the first sello box i imagine.
Buen Camino to you both
Aidan

 

[Tia Valeria]

Jo, you can ask for your home church as your start point, we have done so in the past. Our church has no sello so the parish priest signed the credencial as did our 2 church wardens, all in the first space. We have also given our cathedral as start point with their sello in first space.
The difference it will make will be where you are recorded as starting for the paper work (Inglaterra or Ferrol). To cover this you could put your home church and Ferrol in the start place then give Ferrol as the start of your walking. We did something like that this year because of walking round the coast from Ribadeo, then picking up the Inglés in Ferrol. We gave Ferrol as our start in the office because that seemed easiest.

If you opt to start in the UK you might just be able to have some other sellos if you are walking:- local post office, library, the airport as you leave etc. We have sellos from the ferry port and the ferry as a record of our journey. The Pilgrims' Office is quite used to this.
Buen Camino

 

[Jo Rutter]

Thanks, Tia Valeria and AML. We had a lovely blessing service this morning and our priest has signed in the first box. We will put Ferrol as our official start place, though, as it seems that will be better understood. Can't wait for tomorrow!

 

[AML]

Great Jo, best of luck tomorrow. Let us know how the Ingles goes, i intend to walk this way late September.
Buen Camino
Aidan

 

[madrid12]

I always put Ferrol as my starting point but my first stamp is always my local church in the UK and a signature and date which I try to get the day before I leave.

 

[Jo Rutter]

This is exactly what we've done! We leave tomorrow - thanks for the confirmation.

 

[Tia Valeria]

Buen Camino

 

[Camembert]

Hi - my sister and I are about to meet with our parish priest who is going to give us a blessing in our church before we travel to Spain (by air). I would like to fill in my home, or the church, as my 'starting point' on the credencial, and have the priest sign in the first block, as we have no sellos here in England. Will the office in Santiago accept this as a starting point, even though we have to then travel to Ferrol by air/bus, or must I put Ferrol as the start, as that is where we will be starting to walk and collect sellos?

Thanks -

No problem. Walked 3 times. One time from Lisbon, one time from Ferrol and one time from Porto .
Got my 3 credentials from a friend from Lisbon, stamped with first block in the Lisbon Cathedral. No bother at the pilgrims office in Santiago.Even the date does not matter
There are people who walk a part of the camino, go home and next time they come back and continue and obtain a Compostela certificate.

Buen camino. Enjoy. The Inglès is a great walk

 

[miguel_gp]

Buen Camino.

 

[camino_rooky]

No problem. Walked 3 times. One time from Lisbon, one time from Ferrol and one time from Porto .
Got my 3 credentials from a friend from Lisbon, stamped with first block in the Lisbon Cathedral. No bother at the pilgrims office in Santiago.Even the date does not matter
There are people who walk a part of the camino, go home and next time they come back and continue and obtain a Compostela certificate.

Buen camino. Enjoy. The Inglès is a great walk

We got our first sello for our first camino ( Santiago - Finisterre / Muxia ) from our local parish priest at Mass on the Sunday 2 days before we departed for Santiago . It was very appropriate as our local church is actually dedicated to St. James ! The parish stamp has "Sancti Jacobi" in the centre .