Pilgrim passport

[seamus121]

Hi I will be starting the Portuguese coastal from Porto 31st of September. Do I sign my pilgrim passport prior to getting it stamped in Porto cathedral.
First Camino so it's all new to me.
Seamus.
Buen camino

 

[trecile]

You should fill out all of your personal information before you start using your credential. It's also recommended to write in some contact information, such as email address and/or phone number in case you misplace it somewhere.

 

[donalomahony]

If the Cathedral is closed for any reason, get a stamp anywhere in Porto, just ask, stamp available in most coffee shops, bars etc.

2 stamps per day, 100k from Santiago

 

[seamus121]

You should fill out all of your personal information before you start using your credential. It's also recommended to write in some contact information, such as email address and/or phone number in case you misplace it somewhere.

Hi all many thanks for the quick replies and the good advice about putting an email address on the pilgrim passport.
Great forum for practical advice.
Regards Seamus.

 

[natefaith]

Buen Camino @seamus121 !

 

[Damien Reynolds]

You should fill out all of your personal information before you start using your credential. It's also recommended to write in some contact information, such as email address and/or phone number in case you misplace it somewhere.

So earlier this year I found a credential at a Capilla on the Primitivo. It was dated from the day before. I left it there, thinking the owner may have been long gone, and there was no way to contact her. There was no contact information, other than a name. Skip ahead about three hours and I'm sitting in a bar, tired, and I overhear a conversation from other patrons. I hear her name. Are you **** from Canada, I ask? She replied yes. Darn, I knew I should have carried that. If only there were a number, or an email address. She didn't think it was important enough to go back for it. It was her first camino.

 

[Damien Reynolds]

Ok, i have another story. On my second walk (2009), my sister and I checked into an albergue. Tired. I had carried my credential in the front pocket of my walking shorts. Well its the duty to do laundry, my mom taught me that on the first, so we did it. And then I realized, yikes, credential still in front pocket. I mean my credential was destroyed. So the next day we walked into an albergue, I think it was in Astorga, and the hospitalera literally cried when she saw my credential. She said, give me this. And she proceeded, for hours, to tape up my credential. It was the most beautiful thing. Hence, why I say its important to protect your credential. It really looks great when its all filled up.

 

[Anachicharo]

Hi I will be starting the Portuguese coastal from Porto 31st of September. Do I sign my pilgrim passport prior to getting it stamped in Porto cathedral.
First Camino so it's all new to me.
Seamus.
Buen camino

The passports are already signed by the cathedral of porto.