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Hi all, 5 weeks and counting and almost forgot.
Where do you buy a clam shell for your bags? In Brisbane have not seen any?
Cheers
Glenn
Usually they sell them just with the lower shellGo to the frozen fish department of your local supermarket and buy some Coquille St Jacques. (you may have to check where they sell them).
They are prepared in the shell so when you have cooked and eaten them you will have two scallop shells!!
Usually they sell them just with the lower shell
I guess the reason is they're ready to be grilled and not cooked. At least I haven't seen any "closed" Coquilles for some time now...
Like that ideaGo to the frozen fish department of your local supermarket and buy some Coquille St Jacques. (you may have to check where they sell them).
They are prepared in the shell so when you have cooked and eaten them you will have two scallop shells!!
That is also a great tip as i was thinking about that.A Little Tip:
When you get one, make sure you don't attach it until AFTER your flight,elsewise it will get crushed; personal experience! If you are getting bus transfers, the same applies
..., or even better pick one up on the beach in Fisterra or Muxia. ... Do keep in mind that many of the ones for sale along the Camino as not real shells but manufactured.
Thank you for the reply.Hi Brisbanegee -
If you're doing the DIY scallop shell, make sure to use red cord or string to thread through the drill holes and to attach the shell to your pack. This is what you usually see in Spain (I stand corrected if it's not the case, it's just what I remember usually noticing). The cord and string are available from your local Lincraft or Spotlight. Don't be tempted to buy red ribbon as it won't be strong enough. Forum members will be able to let you know for certain, but as I understand it, red and white are the colours which are closely associated with St. James.
BTW - do you have your pebble for the Cruz de Ferro?
Buen Camino!
Cheers, Jenny
... I am considering painting a pink breast cancer ribbon to intertwine with the red cross on the scallop shell. Do you think this will be OK - or is it in poor taste or somehow heretical?
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It's not a clam shell, it's a scallop shell -- but you will find a million for sale along the way.
Part of my reason for walking the camino is a celebration of life - I am an 11-year survivor of stage 3 breast cancer (will be 12 years in Sept 2015 when I plan to go). I am considering painting a pink breast cancer ribbon to intertwine with the red cross on the scallop shell. Do you think this will be OK - or is it in poor taste or somehow heretical?
@Brisbanegee my favourite is a Tasmanian scallop shell, available in any fish shop in Oz. They are a bit smaller than the Galician shells, but identical in shape. I like the symbolism.
The beaches where I live are littered with them, although some are quite small. Many already have one hole drilled ( I think the starfish do it to get to the meat inside). I was thinking of bringing a sack of them to hand out to fellow pilgrims who lose/break theirs. Or does this never happen?
Poor enslaved starfishes! They would soon get on strike having to produce duly drilled and stringed shells for 230,000+ pilgrims per year! SY
Sounds like a plan, see you in 2 weeksThe beaches where I live are littered with them, although some are quite small. Many already have one hole drilled ( I think the starfish do it to get to the meat inside). I was thinking of bringing a sack of them to hand out to fellow pilgrims who lose/break theirs. Or does this never happen?
HaHa - no sin. The rounded half is the one used - I think there may be a history of it being used as a bowl for free food, also for scooping water. John the Baptist has been portrayed baptising using the rounded half of a scallop shell. The flat half looks suspiciously like the Shell Oil symbol!
Rounded halves tend to weigh about 70gms, depends on how old the owner of the shell was before it died. The ones I sell in my Ebay 'pilgrimsupplies' shop average 65-70gms.
If that shell weight bothers you you could sew a cloth embroidered badge onto your rucksack instead - like these
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I don't remember seeing many broken shells on backpacks, and my own has survived several Caminos. They seem to be quite robust unless you hit them with a hammer or baggage handler etc.The beaches where I live are littered with them, although some are quite small. Many already have one hole drilled ( I think the starfish do it to get to the meat inside). I was thinking of bringing a sack of them to hand out to fellow pilgrims who lose/break theirs. Or does this never happen?
Are these also available from the pilgrimsupplies shop?If that shell weight bothers you you could sew a cloth embroidered badge onto your rucksack instead - like these
I had one hole break on my shell while running down the hill from Cruciero in May 2013. I reached the bottom to hear a distant shout and turned to see a pilgrim in the distance waving my shell! Bless him, we were reunited, but I had to keep it inside my bag thereafter. Do I hear you say "Running"? Well it was my birthday and I needed to get to Burgos by noon to meet a friend coming to help me celebrate. I made, we did and I staggered out of Burgos two days later.I don't remember seeing many broken shells on backpacks, and my own has survived several Caminos. They seem to be quite robust unless you hit them with a hammer or baggage handler etc.
Heh, heh! I should amend my post to say, "...hit by a hammer, baggage handler, or Al the Optimist running for a beer." ;-)I had one hole break on my shell while running down the hill from Cruciero in May 2013. I reached the bottom to hear a distant shout and turned to see a pilgrim in the distance waving my shell! Bless him, we were reunited, but I had to keep it inside my bag thereafter. Do I hear you say "Running"? Well it was my birthday and I needed to get to Burgos by noon to meet a friend coming to help me celebrate. I made, we did and I staggered out of Burgos two days later.
I wear mine 24/7 but never thought about making it reflective.View attachment 16347
You don't. You get one once you arrive in Santiago, or even better pick one up on the beach in Fisterra or Muxia. Or if you start in SJPP you make a donation at the Friends' Office and put in on after you have arrived in Santiago. Afterall, you do not tend to find shells in the mountains of Europe, but only upon destination near the Atlantic coast. Do keep in mind that many of the ones for sale along the Camino as not real shells but manufactured. Nicest ones I saw were in a small shop in Hontanas I think: they came straight from the Atlantic coast.
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