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  1. Tincatinker

    Ebro Zaragoza to Logroño

    At Mesón Oroso they checked twice that we did really want the chuleton de vaca and then chuckled when I asked them to wrap the half of it para llevar
  2. Tincatinker

    Ebro Zaragoza to Logroño

    I guess much depends on what you ask for. I thought I’d requested a beef chop: inch thick maybe, L shaped bone, a cut near the T bone perhaps… The resulting near 1kg of Galician ex-cow lasted two days and the bone would’ve made a serious beef-tea if I’d had a pot and some inclination Edit: I’d...
  3. Tincatinker

    Recommendations for which route?

    They’re both within clapped out pilgrim wobbling distance of the train station if that helps and not far from the port. Any taxi driver will get you to Chaflan, it’s an institution 😉
  4. Tincatinker

    Getting stamps

    Nope. Just ask for a sello anywhere you happen to be. You’ll get an occasional no tengo but not often
  5. Tincatinker

    Recommendations for which route?

    @Camino Chrissy , if you’re in A Coruña for a couple of days I can recommend Chaflan Bar, and Pulpeira A Nova Lanchiña. The bar is a classic neighborhood job but friendly to strangers 😊 The Mille Nuevena, 1905, is a beer to dry your socks to. The Pulpería was all varnished wood and polished...
  6. Tincatinker

    Recommendations for which route?

    Hi Chrissy, and here’s me sitting in A Coruña airport waiting for my flight home. Better coordination required next time eh? 😉 Peter is spot on on the road walking bits. It is worth taking the old forest route when you hit the AP-9 on the way into Sigüeiro. Easy to find in Brierley and on the...
  7. Tincatinker

    LIVE from the Camino Chrissy on the Camino Invierno

    Sounds like a second litter, or a very late litter from a first time mum. It happens. They’ll not likely make it through the winter ☹️
  8. Tincatinker

    LIVE from the Camino Chrissy on the Camino Invierno

    Chrissy at this time of year your risk comes from the Boar hunters not the Boar. Get between a Sow and her litter in the Springtime and you have big trouble. In the Autumn they’re all too busy munching acorn and mushrooms and fat earthworms and grubs to be bothered about passing pilgrims. And...
  9. Tincatinker

    Backpack Transfer Service Between Bayonne and Irun

    @Man in Black hasn’t been on the forum since Nov 2022. The above was their last post
  10. Tincatinker

    Amancio Yagüez is still carrying on in Castrojeriz despite a huge personal loss

    That’ll be him @lt56ny. A lovely man who has done his best to meet the needs of passing pilgrims for many years. Many years ago now, grasping the meaning of my mime of putting on gloves he disappeared into the back of his shop and reappeared with a selection: rubber washing-up gloves...
  11. Tincatinker

    To Bayonne

    I’m seeing tickets at around €135. Yes, that’s probably the price. Might be cheaper to fly to Biarritz but then you still have to get to Bayonne. Don’t wait. Trains sell out
  12. Tincatinker

    Pilgrim shame

    Pot calling the kettle black 😅😅😅😅
  13. Tincatinker

    Camino Primitivo in Early October - Seeking Advice

    Oviedo from Barca. Train if you like long train rides and, yes, the fast route is Barca to Madrid, Madrid to Oviedo. Otherwise fly. As for the language: learn the niceties and use them. And use the translation app on your phone. Phrase books are still full of “and I will require lodgings for...
  14. Tincatinker

    Refrigerated medicine Transport services

    Not a service I’ve seen offered on any of the common providers websites. I’d think the logistics are way beyond anything they could offer. They mostly use “one-hop” drivers between the common stages and have total distance limits. I can’t see how they could maintain medical standard...
  15. Tincatinker

    Pilgrim shame

    Pain and suffering are necessary bollocks. That’s a long stage with no resources, not even a water point. People are entitled to make their own decisions. Just as you have chosen to exercise your outrage in your first post on this forum. One of the great learnings of Camino is acceptance...
  16. Tincatinker

    Bed Bugs in Portuguese Coastal Route

    @Shadi, sorry for your troubles. Did you carry out the standard checks when you checked in? Even in “posh” hotels I’ll check the mattress edges and bed frame for bug sign. Scan the walls for bloodstains / squished bugs etc. in a “surfer” hostel I’d probably take a discrete look at the...
  17. Tincatinker

    Bed bugs in Navarrete

    Strange learnings have you had: From this same thread (and the thousands like it) I have learned: Always report ( the reaction to your report is irrelevant - you will have done your bit); If you are a reactor it is sensible to carry appropriate medications; Bug bites are not inevitable, no...
  18. Tincatinker

    Bike rental in Ponferrada

    I guess there’s a bit of a shortage of bike hirers on the forum. Your friend may have to rely on Tripeadvertiser and Godgle and their ilk for reviews and, on their own interactions with potential hirers. It’s not often I give out my inside leg measurement but I will to a bike hire company. I’d...
  19. Tincatinker

    Walking the Frances Route starting early March 2025

    In March I would suggest flying into Paris if your intention is to start walking from St Jean. There will be no bus from Pamplona. There will be trains to Bayonne and a train or replacement bus to St J. The Route Napoleon will be closed. The Albergue in Valcarlos can be booked in advance but...
  20. Tincatinker

    Albergue in Canfranc is closed

    Godgle translation: The French hiking federation has officially closed Chemin de Saint Jacques from Oloron until further notice. So no arrival of pilgrims planned. If you still passed, it's because you braved the interdiction

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