Well, it did happen to us! Somehow Adriaan thought that he had put the credentials back in this pouch, but must have missed the opening and they, unbeknown to us slipped out. We were 17 days into our walk, in Boadilla and we had been walking around the village. Back in the Albergue, one of our regular "group" said to Adriaan, "have you lost something"? He replied no! He then produced our credentials, which by then were wet and even had a muddy footprint on one of them! You can't immagine how thankful we were. We most probably would not have discovered the loss until the following night. We would have had to get new credentials, and "start" from that place. Personally though, I think that I would have been desperate if, arriving at the Pilgrim's Office, I couldn't find my credential! I would most certainly have insisted that they did a "check-up" on me and would have provided them with a list of Albergues where I had stayed, plus other proof, if possible. Anne