SarriaOn the website it asks your starting point. We started in St Jean, however for various reasons, had to skip a stage here and there but will be walking Sarria to Santiago. Do I put St Jean as my starting point or should I put Sarria?
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NO! I think it should be SJPP. It has no relevance to qualifying for a compostela, but is more accurate in terms of the statistics that they are collecting about pilgrims.Sarria
If the OP were to ask for a distance certificate then would that not be based on the point from which a continuous evidenced journey started, and is that not therefore the starting point? (That is a question not a statement).NO! I think it should be SJPP. It has no relevance to qualifying for a compostela, but is more accurate in terms of the statistics that they are collecting about pilgrims.
I hope someone who really knows (I am only guessing here) will come along and answer the question with more certainty..
See @Flog's post right above yours.If the OP were to ask for a distance certificate then would that not be based on the point from which a continuous evidenced journey started, and is that not therefore the starting point? (That is a question not a statement).
My wife and I faced a similar situation a few years ago, well before the current system was introduced. If you walk from Sarria, then it will make no difference to your Compostela. The more difficult problem is the distance certificate.On the website it asks your starting point. We started in St Jean, however for various reasons, had to skip a stage here and there but will be walking Sarria to Santiago. Do I put St Jean as my starting point or should I put Sarria?
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Technically yea but I’m certain they mean once we arrived to walk our Camino…For the purpose of claiming a Compostela it is only required that you walk from Sarria ( or it’s equivalents ). I’ve no idea what might happen if you post USA as your starting point but it might be fun. That was where you started your journey to Santiago’s bones wasn’t it?
The last time I asked for a Compostela I named a starting point in Galicia which was not on the office database or an officially recognised Camino and was told that I would be listed as having started from Neda - the first point at which my walking route met a designated Camino.I’ve no idea what might happen if you post USA as your starting point but it might be fun.
it isn't always straightforward..
What folk put as the starting point on the form isn't critical as the staff can manipulate the details and the distance on the database after looking through the credencial and chatting with them (though of course, and with some thought, you should be as accurate as you can). In this particular case, if you the pilgrim wanted a distance cert, and we established there were just one or two short breaks, I would put SJPDP as the starting point and subtract the couple of bus trips. But if it looked like you were on and off buses all across Spain with lots of missing stamps but started walking in earnest from Sarria, then I'd put Sarria, plain and simple, 115km. Once the certs are printed, that information gets logged automatically as a statistic. In other words, nobody is a statistic until their certs are printed.
The online form can be confusing and you can't always put what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need..
On my second Camino I walked from SJPDP to Pamplona where I got very sick. I had to come home and have two weeks of antibiotics and another week of recovery. I then returned to Spain and walked from Sarria to SDC. I presented my credential and explained this to the person issuing the Compostela. They also issued me with a Certificate of Distance Walked. They calculated the distance and noted the two sections walked on it for me. Hope this helps.On the website it asks your starting point. We started in St Jean, however for various reasons, had to skip a stage here and there but will be walking Sarria to Santiago. Do I put St Jean as my starting point or should I put Sarria?
Thank you!