Last starting point to be eligible for a Compostela Certificate

[Happyinharrogate]

I have a friend joining me on my Portugués Camino in September. She intends to join me in Porrino to start walking. Will she be entitled to a Compostela with enough distance (100km)? I have seen conflicting things that some say Porrino is the last place to qualify and others say it needs to be Tui. Will Porrino qualify ??

 

[ShoshTrvls]

Yes. I did this recently and got my Compostela. There’s a 100KM marker just as you are leaving town.

 

[Kathar1na]

I have a friend joining me on my Portugués Camino in September. She intends to join me in Porrino to start walking. Will she be entitled to a Compostela with enough distance (100km)? I have seen conflicting things that some say Porrino is the last place to qualify and others say it needs to be Tui. Will Porrino qualify ??

We've had a similar discussion only a few days ago.

A starting point qualifies for a Compostela when the Oficina del Peregrino recognises it as such.

The ""actual"" distance in km that one can see in guidebooks, Camino apps and even on waymarkers is best ignored.

The best way to check is going to the registration page for Compostelas: https://oficinadelperegrino.com/registro-individual/

Porriño is on the list of starting points for the Portuguese Way and qualifies for a Compostela:

 

[Ivan_Prada]

And,…. Don’t forget to get your two stamps per day from there on….

 

[Caomhin O Fearghaill]

Mrs Google Mapps says 101k....so qualifys by 1 K

 

[JabbaPapa]

I have noticed this year a new practice of people starting from the very last distance waymarker prior to the 100K one. Photographing themselves next to it as evidence.

That is not pilgrimage, it's box-ticking. As is the current pre-registration system.

We are pilgrims, not mass production items in some pseudo-mystical assembly line.

 

[Tincatinker]

We are pilgrims, not mass production items in some pseudo-mystical assembly line.

Wanna bet? Those were the days amigo. These aren’t

 

[JabbaPapa]

Wanna bet? Those were the days amigo. These aren’t

Dunno about you mate, but I am sleeping outside tonight in my sleeping bag.

 

[Tincatinker]

My own bed tonight, two days of herding grandchildren to come and then on repeat.
I’ll get my feet back on Camino late September and come home when I feel like it

 

[Flog]

I have noticed this year a new practice of people starting from the very last distance waymarker prior to the 100K one. Photographing themselves next to it as evidence.

That is not pilgrimage, it's box-ticking. As is the current pre-registration system.

We are pilgrims, not mass production items in some pseudo-mystical assembly line.

But does noticing, and constantly pointing out the shortcomings of others, in some kind of aloof and misguided belief that we are setting ourselves apart on some imagined higher plane, make us better pilgrims? I think not. If we really are true pilgrims, shouldn't we concern ourselves less with the deeds of others and more with rejoicing in our common purpose?

 

[Camo]

That is not pilgrimage, it's box-ticking.

Bucket listing would be my expression

 

[ShoshTrvls]

Bucket listing would be my expression

Even if your motive is 100% religious, isn’t walking the Camino to see the tomb of St. James still a “bucket list” experience? That is, something that you very much want to do before you die? Indeed, isn’t making any pilgrimage a quintessential “bucket list” thing?

 

[GaleW]

I have noticed this year a new practice of people starting from the very last distance waymarker prior to the 100K one. Photographing themselves next to it as evidence.

That is not pilgrimage, it's box-ticking. As is the current pre-registration system.

We are pilgrims, not mass production items in some pseudo-mystical assembly line.

Ok, so this is the first I have heard of pre-registration. But I have only been on here a few days but…Would you please explain. Thank you!

 

[JabbaPapa]

Ok, so this is the first I have heard of pre-registration. But I have only been on here a few days but…Would you please explain. Thank you!

Others than I might do that better.

 

[Anamiri]

Others than I might do that better.

Slightly off track I know but I walked this year for someone else, and found the pre-registration process doesn't allow for this at all. I had learned about the process for 'in vicarie pro' from this forum.
So once I reached the pilgrim office, I had to find people who knew how to facilitate that, as the pre-registration contained only my name. It took 3 people to sort it out for me, as none of the staff I met had encountered a pilgrim walking on another's behalf this year.

 

[trecile]

Ok, so this is the first I have heard of pre-registration. But I have only been on here a few days but…Would you please explain. Thank you!

You can register your details online on advance of arriving in Santiago.

Here's the web address:

Sigle Register | Pilgrim's welcome office

oficinadelperegrino.com

 

[ShoshTrvls]

Ok, so this is the first I have heard of pre-registration. But I have only been on here a few days but…Would you please explain. Thank you!

Since Jabba declined answering I can only guess, but I believe it is the process by which you can preregister online for your Compostela, even before you start walking. https://oficinadelperegrino.com/en/sigle-register/

 

[Tincatinker]

Ok, so this is the first I have heard of pre-registration. But I have only been on here a few days but…Would you please explain. Thank you!

All potential pilgrims must pre-register with Sts Peter, Paul and Mary and be able to sing the entire lyric of “Puff the Magic Dragon”. Or, pre- register on the Pilgrims Office website to expedite their claim for a Compostela.

Neither of these statements are entirely inaccurate