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  1. Bogong

    Three extra days in Spain - Recommendations?

    Now that really is a shame! But even in 2014 We found the same thing happening in many areas all around Spain. Ronda was an exception. It seems to be occurring around the world. Some friends are currently touring some of the lesser known spots in the Greek islands and they seem to have dodged...
  2. Bogong

    Three extra days in Spain - Recommendations?

    And If you’ve time after A Coruna head for San Sebastian, also fairly close by. This boutique style city is a real class act, makes Paris look like a bit of a dump and reputedly has the best city beach in Europe. And a reputation for it’s food - I think it has more Michelin starred restaurants...
  3. Bogong

    Three extra days in Spain - Recommendations?

    A Coruna. Very short train ride( you really don’t want to waste too much time travelling). Fabulous museums, place were Picasso lived for a while( you can visit). Only functioning Roman lighthouse in the world, founding city for Zara. Harbour where Armada sailed from, site of historic land...
  4. Bogong

    LIVE from the Camino MelMc walks from SJPP

    Winter 2014. Heavy rain but it turned to snow jjust after Orisson. Wet through and tired out by Roncesvalles ( Gortex is useless). Met only one other masochist all the way. We caught up again in Pamplona and in S de C, 26 days on. De Colores Bogong
  5. Bogong

    Meindl boots

    If you’re perfectly happy with what you’ve been wearing for years, I suggest you stick to them. Always a risk changing even on the basis of the most eulogistic reports. It may turn out good then it may not. De Colores Bogong
  6. Bogong

    Compostela: Electric Bikes Excluded?

    I endorse Grayland’s comments. The Camino is big business. People do various stages by taxis or trains, having their packs transported, and for more than a decade groups have been doing the whole business by bus and still getting a Compostela. Early morning I passed one albergue on the outskirts...
  7. Bogong

    And now food and drinks...

    A few years back (not so many) an article appeared in the Lancet reporting research that the best energy/ pick-up drink was a glass of milk. De Colores Bogong
  8. Bogong

    Easter 2025 on the Frances

    Here’s another suggestion. I finished my Camino before la Semana Santa. My Here’s another suggestion. I finished my Camino beforehand, picked up my wife and her sister in Santiago de Compostela and after short sojourns in Barcelona and Madrid we spent la Semana Santa in Toledo. It is the seat...
  9. Bogong

    Cheating

    It would surely be better and more appropriate to pay decent wages?
  10. Bogong

    Cheating

    The practice can happen anywhere. We eere ripped off by a taxi driver in Rome and he did it so well that we actually admired and laughed at the experience. However the worst is when cheating is institutionalised and becomes accepted as the norm. In USA I had meals in restaurants, noted the price...
  11. Bogong

    The Camino Provides - Law Edition

    The problem with lawyer jokes is that lawyers don’t think they’re funny and nobody else thinks they’re jokes. De Colores Bogong
  12. Bogong

    Should I replace my Hokas now?

    They should have done better than this. I’m not impressed at al. Replace them but with something else. I’ve been a runner/ walker( more recently, too many faceplants) for over 57 years. Running shoes etc are very much of a muchness except I found New Balance were poor durability - wise and at...
  13. Bogong

    Cherished souvenirs

    This. The only one in a shop in Toledo. Never saw another one anywhere else I went in Spain. De colores Bogong
  14. Bogong

    Hotel Burguete

    I’ve had trouble with bookings using bookings.com.. But outside the Camino. They have always been resolved easily and amicably, but all have been outside peak season. I must say that to me the idea of pre-booking accommodation on a Camino is an anathema. Sorry Bogong
  15. Bogong

    Under the moon and stars

    Exactly my experience winter 2014. Pre-dawn walking day after day alone. The Meseta in particular was magnificent. Crystal clear days not a cloud in the sky, and I prayed and sang. Six days of this. Most of the rest of the trip it rained sleeted, snowed, hailed, and blew. De Colores Bogong
  16. Bogong

    How to explore Basque Coast (Bayonne, Anglet, Biarritz, Saint Jean de Luz, Hendaye stretch) before Irun?

    San Sebastian is a boutique city, claimed to have the finest city beach in Europe. Frankly, to me it makes Paris, wonderful though it is, look like a dump. I’d go back there tomorrow if I could. Try to spend a day or two there. De Colores Bogong
  17. Bogong

    Having something mailed to Santiago

    Very good advice. Also check with your bank re extending the close date on your existing card. And even if they agree don’t take a chance on them actually doing it. Also, here at least there are other organisations, such as Post Offices which issue debit cards for travel purposes. But in any...
  18. Bogong

    Compostela: Electric Bikes Excluded?

    I can’t see anything worse in this than having backpacks transported between stages. Back even in 2014, there eere quite significant numbers doing the Camino by bus and duly fronting up for their Compostelas. I saw this service advertised on a notice board in Granada ( I didn’tvreally look...
  19. Bogong

    Beds in First Stage Albergues - Current Situation, late May 2024

    Sorry people. I can’t understand this obsession about beds. This has been a pilgrimage now for around 1,200 years and I’m sure that even with very heavy traffic even in the early times there wasn’t an issue. I understand that early pilgrims may even have slept and cooked in the Cathedral. As one...
  20. Bogong

    Poncho in SJPDP?

    Interesting. I walked winter 2014 and the weather from St J P de p was vile. Two pilgrims that first day had their ponchos completely shredded by Roncrsvalles. De Colores. Bogong

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