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Thanks @Tincatinker, sounds a great, practical idea. I didn’t know you could find credentials along the way either! More importantly, it puts my mind at rest. Appreciate your help, thank you!HI, @Luap, you can use as many and as various credencial as you wish. If you're walking from StJdP you'll probably want to start by filling the "Brown" job, maybe pick up another en-route & save that Holy Year special for the last few days into Santiago. I guess the Cathedral assumes that everyone walks from Sarria despite the available evidence to the contrary.
Buen Camino, and remember, there are no rules on Camino until you hit the influence of the Diocese
I don't have mind at hand to confirm but they definitely have much less space than standard ones. We ran out of space in ours on the Nascente even though it was so hard to get stamps! Some camino angels arranged for the cathedral in Lisbon to post new credentials to a lodging a few days ahead of us so we could pick them up because there was nowhere to buy new credentials in those parts.Are you saying that the Holy year credential only has spaces for 12 stamps???
My wife and I started from St Jean on Sept 17 and have already used one full side if the Americans Camino passport. I flipped it over and there are two full pages of maps (unnecessary in my view) so I am asking new sellos be stamped on the map pages. I expect to collect seven or eight before starting on the blank pages. I also have Jubilee passports for my wife and myself and there are even more map pages! We’ll do the same using these pages. In our three prior caminos we were always able to arrive at the pilgrim’s office with two completo passports per person and plan to do again this camino. Bob
Thanks Bob!My wife and I started from St Jean on Sept 17 and have already used one full side if the Americans Camino passport. I flipped it over and there are two full pages of maps (unnecessary in my view) so I am asking new sellos be stamped on the map pages. I expect to collect seven or eight before starting on the blank pages. I also have Jubilee passports for my wife and myself and there are even more map pages! We’ll do the same using these pages. In our three prior caminos we were always able to arrive at the pilgrim’s office with two completo passports per person and plan to do again this camino. Bob
Gosh, I only have 12 on mine. Maybe there are variations of the Holy Year credential? Either way, I’ll take the advice that has been shared here. Buen camino!Yes, 34 small sello spaces on the Holy Year passport. Unfortunately, nearly all the stamps are larger than that, so realistically you’d be lucky to fit 20 in it without utilizing the map space. It’s just an odd decision to make it less functional then the standard credential
Again, @CaptBuddy , another piece of practical advice, especially for the novice like myself. I’ll not be afraid to write on it now a d have more confidence with its general use and purpose too. Many thanks.I'm with Henry and Tincat. Use however many, or what ever, it takes.
However, IMO (I hope I do not get blasted for this), since the Compostela is for the last 100km, I would save the one I cherish most (Holy Year ?) for that part of the Camino. You could wind up with 2 great pieces of memorabilia.
Don't be afraid to write on the credential, if you like. On our second Camino, I carried a small moleskine, and when I could I stamped a page and made notes about the place where we got the stamp. Years later, it is great to have those memory joggers.
Just my 2 cents.
Buen Camino
Wish I had kept mine in a ziplock bag. The rain in Spain ... You know the restDear Pilgrims,
I begin my very first Camino on Thursday from SJDPP and I am walking alone. I have the normal ( brown coloured) credential but I also have purchased the Holy year credential from Ivar ( thanks Ivar!). The brown one has 47 spaces for stamps, 33 more than the Holy Year one (12 stamps). We have to collect 2 stamps per day.
My concern is that I will not have enough space on the Holy Year one which is the one I was hoping to use.
How have you managed this? Is one person allowed to use both passports? I’d be very grateful for any help and advice. Many thanks for your time.
Oops!!! I thought I was posting this in the thread “one photo, one day at a time” oops!CF September 2013
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Of course you csn use both. I gilled up my Holy Year one and continued with the other and got my Compostela 4 days ago. Buen CaminoDear Pilgrims,
I begin my very first Camino on Thursday from SJDPP and I am walking alone. I have the normal ( brown coloured) credential but I also have purchased the Holy year credential from Ivar ( thanks Ivar!). The brown one has 47 spaces for stamps, 33 more than the Holy Year one (12 stamps). We have to collect 2 stamps per day.
My concern is that I will not have enough space on the Holy Year one which is the one I was hoping to use.
How have you managed this? Is one person allowed to use both passports? I’d be very grateful for any help and advice. Many thanks for your time.
Thanks Canche. I appreciate that.Of course you csn use both. I gilled up my Holy Year one and continued with the other and got my Compostela 4 days ago. Buen Camino
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