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As has been said tea in Spain is difficult to come by and weak if available so definitely take your own. Same in France. Also make sure to ask for cold milk or you might get hot. I have to say though that café con leche is amazing in Spain...
There are lots of flights from the UK to Madrid and I’ve just booked my train to Zamora though I am staying one night in Madrid and then catching the fast train at 10.04am the following day. It takes just over an hour. It’s just over two hours...
It is indeed a wonder how we can push through pain to continue, sometimes increasing the damage. In 2011 while walking the Vía de la Plata I started to have knie pain on day 10 which continued and increased despite anti-inflammatory meds. I...
An easy and effective way to build up supportive muscles that can help avoid shin splints (and it can be done while sitting on your duff while watching a movie or while reading the Camino Forum!):
Sit on a chair, feet flat on floor, knees at 90...
Yes hospital here said in Dublin has I presented there. I would jave had surgery to fit a plate and pins, but I was lucky that It was strapped up with bone in right position and had started to set. Sent home on crutches after doing last 400+ km...
I took JB’s advice on my first Camino which was the French Way and walked at my own pace which I call a purposeful stroll. On the first day over the route Napoleon to Roncesvalles, I took 9 hours. Mind you I stopped a lot and had a very good...
One hundred years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez, The Queen of the Desert, Georgina Howell or if you like Art, The Hare with Amber Eyes, Edmund De Waal. All three take time to digest. Enjoy choosing. :)
Thank you to all of you who replied and liked my query and I can’t tell you how much better it made me feel, even if these questions come up time and time again. I just wanted to let you know that yes, as mentioned by J Willhouse, the tickets...
Thank you for all your previous messages which I’ve now looked through where you’ve explained to others about the trains. I’m now feeling reassured somewhat that patience is needed and also thanks to Henry the dog re Trainline having the ability...
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