[Gocamino] Peregrino's passport

[Richard Ferguson]

One comment that I would make about the other Camino routes; the 
places to stay may be further apart than you would care to walk in a 
day.   Some of the routes require you to walk over 30km (20 miles) 
some days!   However, if you walk from Sarria there will be many 
places to stay, without long days.  Most probably walk from Sarria in 
five days, but if you have medical issues it may be more realistic 
and more comfortable to take more time.  I know I spoke to one man 
who started in Sarria and said that he could not make it in five 
days, and took six days.   He was probably around 30 years old, and 
not obviously unfit.   I walked it in four and a half days, after 
being toughened up by weeks on the trail, and it was brutal; on one 
day, I was so tired that I started shaking during dinner, I was just 
exhausted.  Of course, I am sure that some people walk from Sarria in 
four days or less and think that it was easy.

Richard



At 11:57 PM -0400 9/25/09, Gary Hammond wrote:
>Thank you, Richard! It is not only time but more realistically health that
>is making our first Camino shorter than we had hoped/planned. We had been
>planning to start from St Jean Pied and Roncavalles for over 7 years, but
>serious medical issues have developed for both of us to point where we must
>go now from a shorter distance...We are determined to return as we can.
>
>I love the GoCamino group and have learned so much from all of you but do
>not know where to get our peregrinos' credentials officially filled out
>since we regrettably can not start in ST JPP and Roncavalles as we had
>hoped. It looks like Sarria may enter the information, we have letters from
>our pastor. Our plan has definitely been modified but we do hope to make it
>back again and again until we have fulfilled what we originally wanted to
>do! We are blessed we can go now!
>
>George,(of W&M) if you read this: know that due to medical we are finally
>going and that we are taking the credentials. Rosina, you are a fountain of
>wonderful information.
>
>Thank you again! Jane
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Ferguson [mailto:richard at fergusonsculpture.com]
>Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:26 PM
>To: Gary Hammond
>Subject: Re: [Gocamino] Peregrino's passport
>
>Sarria is a little over 100 km.
>
>Richard
>
>
>>Hi All, My wife and I are going to be doing the last 100 km of the Camino
>>this month (Its all of the time we can fit in). What point do you recommend
>>that we start at to get credit for the last 100km?
>>We have Peregrino's passports that we received a couple of years ago as
>well
>>as letters from our Parish Priest. Where must we go to have the passport
>>initially validated/stamped/approved?
>>Thanks
>>Gary and Jane
>>
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