My via frangenia stamps so far

After walking the Pilgrims' Way to Canterbury I walked the twenty miles to Dover, the start of the via frangenia to Rome and collecyed three stamps (or timbros).

The first timbros if from Canterbury Cathedral where I received my passport.

The second is from just on the outskirts of the city center at St Augustine's Abbey which is in the care of English Heritage. The man on the reception desk had never stamped a passport before but was more than happy to do so.

My fibal stamp comes from Dover tourist information centre and causd some confusion - I'd seen a picture on the internet of it on someone else's passport but the staff there didn't know anything about it at first, then couldn't find it and then didn't know how to use it!

Hopefully I'll be getting more timbros soon!

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Route Napoleon closures: November-March

For anyone thinking of setting off on the Camino anytime soon just a reminder that the Navarrese Govenmnet closes the Route Napoleon over the Pyrenees from November 1st - March 31st each year (and longer if need be). Roncenvalles in the snow The official notification for this (from last year) is below.

The Camino Primitivo

The Camino Primitivo (or the Original Way) is reportedly the very first Camino Way to Santiago in the 9 th century when most of Spain was under the control of the Moors and it runs from near the city of Ovideo in Asturias as it starts in Villavicosa (which also lies on the Camino Norte so many people follow this Way from Basque city of San Sebastian (Donosti in Basque) or in from the French border at Irun ( this route then hugs the Bay of Biscay passing through Guernica, Bilbao, Santander, Llanes before going under the Picos de Europa and then heads along the coast to Ovideo) before branching off onto the Primitivo which goes across the mountains and through the city of Lugo before joining the Frances at Melide. The route is 320km long. Image taken from https://viaalpina2013.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/camino-del-norte-camino-primitivo/

Albergue - Arca

126 beds in large rooms but sectioned off into 6s - two bunks and two single beds. Lights above each beds and lockers (but no locks on them). Large kitchen - the best equipped in Galicia as far as I know. Showers are hot but open and mixed. A little tired in appearance but I do stay here every time I'm in Arca!

On the Camino

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