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  1. Tincatinker

    Toilet tissue littering Camino Portugués

    Any Ditch Pig would tell you that the heaviest accumulation of discarded bocadillo wraps and drink cans occurs at the optimum munching and gulping distance from the last point of supply. It’s a model McDonalds follow with there litter patrols. That pilgrims would rather shit in the woods than...
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    Albergues in late October

    The Xunta albergue will be open. Gronze will advise on the alternatives. A phone call or WhatsApp a day ahead will provide comfort
  3. Tincatinker

    Toilet tissue littering Camino Portugués

    Thanks @Perambulating Griffin, such a valuable point. There is no one “in charge” on Camino. There is no “authority”. There is no “responsible body”; just the pilgrim.
  4. Tincatinker

    LIVE from the Camino A Swan Song?

    “And so it goes” (one for students of Kurt Vonnegut and the lives of Billy Pilgrim there). Thanks, grateful thanks, to Ivar for the umbrella today. It’s been an umbrella day for sure. I love the way in which this familiar city is different every time. That little bar is there not here, the...
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    Lost & Found Portuguese Camino outside Arcade — found glasses

    Unless that pilgrim had a Damascene moment I’m not sure how they managed to leave both their sets of windows behind. Are you sure they weren’t just in the aseos and aren’t even now feeling their way down the road behind you?
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    Washing on the Camino

    @henrythedog and I solved that one in another thread: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/review-of-packinglist-for-october-frances-please.89066/post-1296262
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    Review of packinglist for october frances please! =)

    Should be compulsory for all pilgrims 😉
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    LIVE from the Camino A Swan Song?

    Ah, well, and so that’s kind of that then. Santiago in sun, showers and rain. Have shed a tear or two in the Obradoiro. Wonderful, as ever, to see the joyful, the tearful, the lost and the found thronging the square. Some of the old hustlers seem to have faded away but the new ones ply their...
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    Washing on the Camino

    This modern obsession with washing just doesn’t sit right. Medieval Pilgrims didn’t, why should we?
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    Types of Compostela Certificates

    There is the Compostela and there is acertificate of distance. That’s it. There used to be a certificate of welcome for those who made the pilgrimage for other than religious reasons. The Pilgrims Office seems to have set those aside and issue a Compostela to all that meet the current criteria...
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    LIVE from the Camino A Swan Song?

    Pension Vilanova, private bath, breakfast €62 And, at last, a soft day and the kiss of Galicias gentle rains to ease us on our way. Mesón do Vento lived up to its name. It was blowing a hooley this morning though the rain wasn’t heavy, just persistent. Cafe Bar Uzal ( the dinosaur bar), and...
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    LIVE from the Camino A Swan Song?

    So, today. Betanzos to Mesón do Novo. A reminder of the days when 14 miles up-hill would have been knocked out before breakfast and a reminder that those days are over. And so is this one thankfully 😅. Meangos; Beche and the beloved Casa Avelina all provide relief (or “cold beer” as it’s known...
  13. Tincatinker

    Three extra days in Spain - Recommendations?

    Madrid
  14. Tincatinker

    LIVE from the Camino A Swan Song?

    My own design with a bit of help from @Jeff Crawley and a local printshop done the rest. I’m not sure if the paradox works in Spanish. I hope it does
  15. Tincatinker

    LIVE from the Camino A Swan Song?

    Fleece in the morning. T shirt most of the day. Rain wear always to hand
  16. Tincatinker

    LIVE from the Camino A Swan Song?

    We should be in Santiago 26th barring a worse than usual hangover. We have a couple of days in Santiago before heading for Ourense. Hope to see you. And anyone else who’s in town 😎
  17. Tincatinker

    LIVE from the Camino A Swan Song?

    Popped into the municipal albergue earlier, last stayed there in 2013 when it was all new and shiny. Still in good nick. The hospi stamped our credencial and told us we could have a look around. Bunk beds and partitioned cubicles now. The hospital said it was fairly quiet. Never full. Went and...
  18. Tincatinker

    LIVE from the Camino A Swan Song?

    Closed on Monday or we’d have been there in a shot. Been trawling that which is available on a Monday. Has been fun though I’m not sure I want to see a pincho of Tortilla de Betanzos ever again. The hotel is fine. Lots of people just like us. Correos better bring two vans 😉. Meanwhile, close to...
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    LIVE from the Camino A Swan Song?

    Some more pictures. Lunch at Luis’ and the excellent Tortilla at Naved.
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    LIVE from the Camino A Swan Song?

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