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I‘m a committed tea drinker and would like to pass on my experience of tea drinking on overseas travel. I drink tea several times a day by the pot, not too strong, without milk or sugar and occasionally add a wedge of Orange, do try it, very refreshing! My tea of choice is single estate...
Hi Todd,
Thanks for your post, I always enjoy people’s reviews of books they have read. Don Thomas’s FindingSantiago’ sounds good to me. On my reading list now. Many thanks.
Greg
The Quechua rucksack looks fine to me, some very good features And excellent video. I wish it had been available when I was doing planning. I would be tempted to swap my Osprey Talon for one of these. Very good price too. Try it fully loaded, if it’s comfortable definitely go for it mate.
I totally agree with David’s original post.
As a soldier I was once stuck in a situation with hardly any water for forty-one days. We had a mess tin full per day for washing, shaving and laundry. Using a flannel I’d wash one leg and one sock and shave. Next day the other leg and sock. By the end...
Lots of good advice in these posts. At the start point we went to the bar " La Gruta" next to the archway where they happily stamped our pilgrim passports. We ordered our first Spanish beers and to our surprise and delight we were given a bowl of delicious lentil soup followed by a selection of...
Lots of good advice in all these posts. But you must try your own system and experiment on practice walks. Explore all the pouches inside and outside your Osprey and aim to give things a permanent home and stick to it. My tips are: use dry bags to keep stuff together I.e. Spare clothes...
Dom, like yourself I get almost romantic about faithful, reliable, comfortable equipment. I loved my Lowa Renegades too. Working as a Ranger at the'Giant's Causeway' (world heritage site in Northern Ireland), the iconic hexagonal basalt columns were very slippery when very frequently wet. The...
Hi Stamper,
Three of us have completed this Camino just last week. We flew into SdC arriving early evening too late for the last bus to Ferrol so decided to book a taxi for €120 in advance. This taxi never materialised, so with the very helpful assistance of the kind lady in the airport Tourist...
Hey Davebug, that’s a bit drastic, you should get accommodation at or close to your nights destination, on or close to the Way; by planning and booking ahead.
Hi Guys, we have just finished the Ingles on 1st. May, and we were surprised how busy it was. Accommodation was in demand at every stop. As exciting and attractive as the idea of freely winging it is ( which was our expectation) you would end up sleeping rough if you didn’t book ahead. By many...
The cemetery chapel on the outskirts of SdeC was open. But the only proper church and well worth popping into to get your last Sello ( very nice old fella in there gives you a map too) is about 15 minutes before the very end !!!
Hi Marty, we’re on the Ingles right now, day 4, ( 29 April) It has been surprisingly and unexpectedly busy. We’ve met dozens of others along the way all very nice and friendly but fully aware of the shortage of accommodation and determined to get to the next stop before everyone else. Albergues...
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