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    Unfortunate, but true... I need to skip some sections

    I walked from Astorga, it was lovely. My advice would be figure out how long astorga to santiago will take you, probably 2 weeks? and then walk what you have now until you get to a town with train, an just take the train to astorga, you can get there from most of the big towns with one transfer...
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    Do I take a tent

    no, you do not take a tent. if you get someplace that is full you either walk to the next town, or call ahead then take a taxi to where you will stay, then come back in the morning. There is no wild camping in spain, and it is not encouraged in portugal. it is a not a good backup, nor worth...
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    Long pants and long sleeves in summer? Smart or big mistake?

    That's what I wore and what I plan to wear when i walk in May next time. Long clothes protect better and can keep you cooler if you choose the right fabrics. However, my issue wasn't so much the warm, as the cold in may last time heh. Nonetheless, when i was in the military long pants and...
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    Say No! to rubber tips on your poles.

    I am of the opposition opinion. I use walking poles every day and mostly I never take the rubber tips off. Good rubber tips provide more than enough traction day to day walking. On the Camino Frances, i never needed my rock/ice tips, I do in Canada in winter, but I never needed them on the...
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    Injured. Requesting suggestions for a plan B

    Takeba train to san sebastian and get a hostel in town, i stayed in hoda, it was good.
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    My experience on the Camino Francés from Sarria…

    Same, but i registered the day before at the pilgrim office online. i was in and out in 5 min.
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    Can I Walk the Last 100km of Camino Frances with a Wheeled Walker?

    Sorry, i have been walking it for the last week documenting some of the difficult places because, it seemed to me that people thought it was a prepared path.... 90% is. But everyday there are obstacles a walker or wheelchair could not pass, some of which do not have an immediate bypass of hard...
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    Rain galoshes or similar

    Get a few pair of waterproof socks
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    Camino from Porto - Trekking Poles confiscated at airport!

    It is.poles or two canes for me some days, i prefer poles, but usen rubber tips. People use.them for sll kinds of reasons, some medically like me,.others who knows, but even if just a habit, it is a good and healthy.one.
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    numbers on the Frances

    I walked through sarria today.. there were a few about on rest days, on walking out i was alone and eventually passed by 4. I have pic after pic of no pilgrims, and mostly from astorga i have been alone with an occasional cowalker and passer. Popular albergues get full asnpeople trickle in.. but...
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    Tour Saint-Jacques in Paris open for visits

    Closed last month
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    Luggage lost during transfer. Advice needed

    I use tiled
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    What's so special about SJPP?

    It doesn't it starts when you leave home, sjpp is just a 20th century convention to organize tourism, you literally can start anywhere in europe
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    Experience taking hiking poles as carry on

    Same, i have rubber tips on and they treat it like a cane which it is
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    Experience taking hiking poles as carry on

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