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    A Question Of Fitness...

    Your main problem is your feet and how much training they and your boots get before you start. You do not need to be super fit to do the Camino, but your feet and boots need much training together, and your leg muscles need stretching and getting used to constant walking. On the Camino you...
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    amazing Camino CD

    Nice music, but I had enough problems carrying my pack on my back, let alone a recording studio!!! How did you get such good qualty sound? Covey
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    Walking March 24

    I am sorry to say this, but your pack is too heavy!!! Many go backpacking with heavy packs and carry enough kit to last 6 months, but the Camino is 4-6 weeks and you do not need much in the way of kit. Basically you need two sets of clothes, excluding outerwear. Starting at the feet you...
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    Your advice - Cycling the actual Camino Frances ????

    If you are cycling on the marked paths, be aware that quite a number of walkers are plugged in to a walkman/ipod/MP3 player and may not hear the reasonably silent arrival of high speed cyclists behind them. Some of the tracks are fairly rutted and walkers tend to move from side to side...
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    Atheism on the Camino

    In Sept05 there were 12 of us sitting around a table in a bar in Arzua, contemplating the last days push on into Santiago. The question was asked about the reasons for having done the Camino and the answers were varied. One person was a priest from the UK so I suppose he was doing it for the...
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    walking in August 2006

    I did the short bit from Sarria to Santiago in late September05 and it was great, so good that I am going back in Sept06 to do the whole route from St JPP. The weather was good and the trail not too crowded. My son started from St JPP on 1st Sept and I met up with him for the last leg. I am...
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    A pilgrim returns and my images online

    I was just outside Sarria on the day of the eclipse, tabbing along on my own feeling at peace with the world, and thinking that at the age of 58 life was pretty good. All of a sudden it started to go dark and in the space of a few minutes it was quite dark and had gone quite chilly, and I...
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    Ten Days with Children

    I came across a couple of people aged 60+ on the Sarria to Santiago section last October and they had a three wheeled contraption which looked more like a supermarket trolley!! At a guess they were custom made with 3 50/60cm wheels and the back two wheels had cycle brakes. The "buggy" took their...
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    re:5/6 days camino

    5/6 days Camino If you fly into Santiago, most of the flights seem to get in around midday. Your best bet is to get a bus from the airport direct to Lugo and change bus at the bus station for Sarria. The bus starts in Santiago, so there does not seem much point in going in to Santiago, only to...
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    compostella by bicycle 05/2006

    Being a sad old git, I tend to listen to gentle classical stuff when plodding along along solo, and leave the hard driving garage music to my sons. That is assuming that one managed to find the only power socket in the refuge to charge the iPod amongst the forest of mobile phone chargers...
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    compostella by bicycle 05/2006

    Just remember that the person tabbing down the path in front of you might be plugged into their iPod or similar, and will not hear your approach!! On the rougher paths, the walkers are liable to switch sides of the pathway without warning in order to get better footing, and more than once I...
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    Sarria to Santiago de Compostella

    I did the Sarria to Santiago section in early October 2005 and it is easily done in 5 days, although my son and I did it in 4 days. The first 3 days were fine but the last day from Arzua to Santiago was a bit of a slog, but as we had a room in a 5 star hotel awaiting, it was worth it!! The...
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    A woman of a certain age...

    I did the last section of the Camino from Sarria to Santiago in the first week of October 2005, joining my elder son who had started at SJL. I enjoyed it so much that I am returning to do the complete trip in October 2006. Having been a soldier for many years, I was in two minds about...
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