- Time of past OR future Camino
- Too many and too often!
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I have always heard that the Xunta's do not provide pots, pans and utensils to force pilgrims to purchase meals from the bars and restaurants in the area in order to generate more income to the region...not sure if true though.Fair enough. I was wondering when that might happen.
Maybe they might now buy some pots and pans etc! (only joking. A bit).
Davey
That AND people steal stuff and leave a mess for staff to clean up.I have always heard that the Xunta's do not provide pots, pans and utensils to force pilgrims to purchase meals from the bars and restaurants in the area in order to generate more income to the region...not sure if true though.
Sorry ... I guess the price hike is overdue. It's still a bargain. But I wonder if this move will encourage private albergues to charge more too.
I have always heard that the Xunta's do not provide pots, pans and utensils to force pilgrims to purchase meals from the bars and restaurants in the area in order to generate more income to the region...not sure if true though.
Those Xunta kitchens are primo. Its kinda like "all dressed up, but no where to go".I believe you are correct, and that is the reason. The architect designed the albergues with full kitchen. But to render them less useable, management opted to avoid equipping them.
Everyone wins, almost. The pilgrim gets a clean, safe room for a reasonable price. The local community benefits from the spillover expenditures.
Diehard pilgrims on a budget COULD bring a backpacking-sized cooking pot and backpacking utensils and make a one-pot meal.
Just sayin...
That AND people steal stuff and leave a mess for staff to clean up.
I don't think it's because pilgrims steal pots and pans. I think it'd because they are hard on them and they don't last.
Yes, but the fact that none of the Xunta's I've stayed in ever had any cooking supplies makes me assume they probably never provided them in the first place.
Well, Davey, you have more experience than me with Xuntas!...I believe what you say!
Experience means you are right...usually the case! You are camono savvy!Experience does not mean I'm wrong. Again!
Every time I go through Monte do Gozo in May it looks like it's been deserted and closed up for years. Old leaves tumbling around collecting in corners and not a soul to be seen...kinda strange actually, not inviting at all.Last time I was thru the dystopian Monte do Gozo, the kitchen was well equipped and previous pilgrims had cleaned their mess. I dined on my long carried emergency ramen.
Ha, I always pushed on...nice to know they may make you feel welcome...if you dare set foot inside!@caminchrissy Yes, looks like a set for "Blade Runner"; but the kitchen was equipped.
Every time I go through Monte do Gozo in May it looks like it's been deserted and closed up for years. Old leaves tumbling around collecting in corners and not a soul to be seen...kinda strange actually, not inviting at all.
I'll remember that this coming May...and "may" give it a try! I trust your judgement, Davey, and will make sure I avoid the bad bar just down the hill...I may gave stopped in there last year.They usually only open one block, and that is at the top end, nearer to the monument. The rest is deserted. I have always enjoyed staying there. You can cook there, there is also a very good restaurant not far away. Don't go into the bar just down the hill though. It is the worst I have ever been in in Spain.
I think that may be out-of-date. A private company has been awarded the management contract and is redeveloping the site. One of their first moves has been a new shiny website. Would be interesting to know if the reality on the ground matches it. https://www.benvidomontedogozo.com/They usually only open one block, and that is at the top end, nearer to the monument. The rest is deserted.
I think that may be out-of-date. A private company has been awarded the management contract and is redeveloping the site. One of their first moves has been a new shiny website. Would be interesting to know if the reality on the ground matches it. https://www.benvidomontedogozo.com/
I’m devastated. €2, that’s a couple of canas, or even a glass of half-tolerable Rioja. I guess I’m done with Camino. If the Junta don’t want the traditional impoverished pilgrim like me in their luxury accommodations I guess I’ll just have to settle for Vegas.It's still a great deal, imo!
Tinky, I'm pretty sure you are just bein' facitious!I’m devastated. €2, that’s a couple of canas, or even a glass of half-tolerable Rioja. I guess I’m done with Camino. If the Junta don’t want the traditional impoverished pilgrim like me in their luxury accommodations I guess I’ll just have to settle for Vegas.
I’m devastated. €2, that’s a couple of canas, or even a glass of half-tolerable Rioja. I guess I’m done with Camino. If the Junta don’t want the traditional impoverished pilgrim like me in their luxury accommodations I guess I’ll just have to settle for Vegas.
I have no idea what you and Tinky are saying...I'm gonna assume you are only joking!Thats 2 litres of 1 Euro supermacado boxed wine less every day! And with Brexit that could equal 3 litres! If this carries on I will be reduced to drinking water when walking
Faci- wotsit? Me? Since my drinking arm fell off I haven't even got an humerus.bein' facitious!
You is definately speaking in riddles for this girl!Faci- wotsit? Me? Since my drinking arm fell off I haven't even got an humerus.
I also just realised that 5 days in Galicia at €2 a day is €10 wot is enough for a Menu so obviously from now on I am going to starve as well as die of thirst.
And with a slightly less faci-wotsit tone I would like to think that the income from the increased levy will be used to further improve facilities and amenities but I think it'll more likely just off-set some cost. Whether that's the costs of the new-ish facilitator or the interst on the EC loans that were used to create the network in the first place is beyond my ken.
And hooks in the showers, and curtains....Fair enough. I was wondering when that might happen.
Maybe they might now buy some pots and pans etc! (only joking. A bit).
Davey
Hi, Davey,But some Xuntas do provide cooking stuff. Off the top of my head you can cook in Gonzar, Ribadiso de Baixo, Santa Irene, Negreira, Olveiroa, Dumbria. So no cooking utensils is not a policy but a choice.
I do think it is so pilgrims have to eat in 'daddies' restaurant down the road. Though I agree cleaning up after pilgrims may be a factor too.
I don't think theft is the main issue. Who is going to steal a frying pan and carry it with them? I can't even see regular cutlery walking often. Smaller sharp knifes and the wine corkscrew excepted!
Davey
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I can believe pilgrims leaving a mess for staff to clean up. Pilgrims stealing pots and pans and carrying them km after km, day after day, is something that strikes me as somewhat unlikely.That AND people steal stuff and leave a mess for staff to clean up.
Well, @Robo has carried a rice cooker for his wife, but I'm sure he's the only one doing such a thing!I really don't think they are going to be lugging stolen pots on the Camino to save a few euros.
La Voz de Galicia has reported that the charge for using the Xunta albergues in Galicia is to increase by 2 euro per night - from the current 6 euro to 8 euro.
La Xunta aumentará dos euros por noche el precio de los albergues para peregrinos
El coste pasará de los 6 euros actuales a 8, tras un lustro sin subidaswww.lavozdegalicia.es
On the Ingles Neda and Miño had utensils, dishes and cutlery as well. Presedo had a few thing s that looked like they were provided by the hospitalera. By they're all run by the council, not by the xunta.But some Xuntas do provide cooking stuff. Off the top of my head you can cook in Gonzar, Ribadiso de Baixo, Santa Irene, Negreira, Olveiroa, Dumbria. So no cooking utensils is not a policy but a choice.
I do think it is so pilgrims have to eat in 'daddies' restaurant down the road. Though I agree cleaning up after pilgrims may be a factor too.
I don't think theft is the main issue. Who is going to steal a frying pan and carry it with them? I can't even see regular cutlery walking often. Smaller sharp knifes and the wine corkscrew excepted!
Davey
It's hard enough to carry the rucksack at times, without filling it up with the pots and pans!!!I'm sorry I mentioned pot and pans in my first post!
I have been in at least four village bars/restaurants where I was told by the staff that the hospitalera of the Xunta albergue in the same village was the wife/daughter/niece of the bar owner. Non of them had an equipped kitchen. This sounds normal.
And I don't think it is because pilgrims steal pots and pans!
I don't really mind, I just find it interesting.
Davey
So the suggestion someone made last year that the Camino should be rerouted away from O Cebreiro in protest at the indignity of having no frying pans in the albergues provided by the province of Xunta didn't succeed then?The absence of kitchen equipment has not, apparently, deterred the young and skint from making Camino over the last decade or so and I personally doubt that an extra €2 per night will either. What might is the prospect of all the €8 beds being filled by those who could easily afford €80 but fancy a bit of rough.
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