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I'm not sure how many times the guidebook said that a fountain was just up ahead only to find that it wasn't working or had a sign marking it "non potable."
I burned through water on my Camino, especially during the early days. Half a liter...
I hope no-one takes this advice seriously - it just doesn't pass the pub test. You might perhaps be within a kilometre or so of some untested pond, gutter or stream, but always being that close to potable water? Not likely! I did some...
This was my husband. So many thanks to all of my fellow pilgrims who stopped to help and to pray and to translate for me.
He was doing what he loved.
Thank you for the news article link.
That's wonderful @jeffnd A suggestion for picking up some Spanish. Try the Language Transfer app - it's free, the lessons are short and practical, the style is user friendly and encouraging. Easy to listen to while you're out walking for the...
Sounds wonderful for a second time around Camino, I think you will appreciate and enjoy these things much more on a second Camino., and a good way to avoid expectations that the second one will be the same as the first.
My Camino CF was 32...
Ten years ago to the day, I returned home from walking the Camino Frances. People asked me if I would do it again, and I said absolutely. I thought I'd be going back in "3 to 4 years." Obviously, that didn't happen. Life gets in the way, I guess...
That is the only spot I fell on the whole Camino. Luckily enough it was lined with thorn bushes to break my fall.
But I'd say the most dangerous section is the decent from the big hill after Castrojeriz. It was pouring rain and the concrete was...
Laundry spinners, also known as rotary extractors, are great but perhaps too costly for many albergues.
Has anyone ever used a (clean) mechanical mop squeezer to extract water from a bunch of wet laundry? No twisting of the textiles required.
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