@trecile as you know I don’t drink water but I have seen the “buy a bottle of water” scheme run in every class of restaurant from Manchester to Marrakesh via Miami and Moscow. In some of those I would probably go for the bottle but I would insist...
I went online to find that the extended shaft length of that umbrella is 20.9"/53 cm. We used a G4 Free umbrella that has a 19" shaft with the Gossamer hands-free umbrella attachment. It worked fine with the inclusion of a long velcro strip to...
My other ideas are Pontevedra, or taking a bus to Sigüeiro and walking the final stage if the Inglés to see what it's like to enter Santiago from that direction.
The Pedronia is not issued for having walked the VE. The Pedronia is issued to acknowledge your visit to the Church of Santiago in Padrón. One can receive the Pedronia having walked either the VE or the central route.
What a shame it would be if pilgrims walking from Porto or even further away couldn’t qualify for the Compostela just because they chose to walk the Variante Espiritual! Having walked the Central Route previously, our most recent Camino from...
Yes, you can take the boat and receive a Compostela. I did it last month. The boat trip was one of the highlights of the route for me, after the stretch immediately after Armenteira (Ruta da Pedra e da Auga, but I had walked this part at least 3...
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