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As a fellow Australian I can tell you that there is no chance of leeches of the type you are talking about and I don't think there is any real chance of any sort of leech encounter at all. Buen Camino!
We have had threads like this in the past, so before I take the time to think about how to answer your questions from my own vantage point, I would just like to post a “preemptive strike.” If you are not concerned about these issues, please just...
Hola,
Each time I’ve walked a Camino and read posts about gear and clothing, I’ve wondered about the wider costs of walking, not just to me if I buy new gear, but to the environment. This is a question that I find going through my mind more and...
One of the features of the Camino Mozarabe are the apparently endless olive groves. Which some people find pretty boring. Just came across a small news item about the theft of 8 tonnes of olives from plantations along the way. A handy reminder...
I met a Pilgrim on the Primitivo, just outside Borres, rigid with fear of one of those glorious black and yellow Salamander sat on the concrete roadway basking in the early morning sunshine. I moved it out of his way and left it in a warm spot...
There will be many pilgrims on that stretch in September, but there is plenty of accommodation. Have a look at https://www.viefrancigene.org/en/accommodations-facilities/. Waymarking is good, and it would be difficult to get lost.
I thought that the first film was a bit too clichéd with the main characters. The American lead was initially very insular in his thinking and probably had trouble pointing to France on a map, the Dutch character a very laid-back drug abuser, the...
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