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    Stomach Bug on Meseta

    Where did it start?
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    Stomach Bug on Meseta

    I’m also not staying in Albergues.
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    Stomach Bug on Meseta

    I’m hearing it from with people two or three days behind me whom I have never met.
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    LIVE from the Camino First and "failed" Camino

    Consider a night in Casa Fernandes to break the journey to Ponte de Lima. One of the great places to stop on all the Camino routes.
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    My wife is leaving me...

    Thank you for correcting my typo. Does my question still stand?
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    My wife is leaving me...

    Does your wife take suger?
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    Which route has fewest cobblestones

    I hate to be a bit analy retentive but stone surfacing in Portugal are “setts” not cobblestones, which are naturally shaped stones, and much more rounded and would be even harder to walk on.
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    Hands up! Where are forum members from?

    In Ireland, for whatever reason, awareness of the Camino is universal. In almost anyone’s company if you mention the Camino the person you are talking to will at least have heard of it, and quite often will say “I’d love to walk on it”. Why this is is not clear, as while we are a catholic...
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    LIVE from the Camino Escaping the Rain: Walking the Rota Vicentina in Portugal

    Did the Fishermans Route in 2018. Beautiful place and weather. Some days I wished I had snow shoes to deal with the soft sand!!
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    NCS baggage transfer from Ponferrada

    Used NCS from Zubiri to SC last April May. Had no problems at all and found staff super helpful, friendly and good humoured.
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    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    The podcast “The Scolarly Pilgram” The podcast “The Scolarly Pilgram” gives an excellent history of the Camino, currently up to part 8. The following link will bring you to the part that deals with Knights Templar/Hospitaliers involvement with the camino. Their issue of the equivalent to...
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    Hiking shoes recommendations

    The Meindl Rapide GTX is what Meindl call comfort fit, meaning wide fit. This is a perfect design feature for long days when one’s feet tend to swell.
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    Hiking shoes recommendations

    I’m guessing Meindl is not known or easily available in the US?
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    Hiking shoes recommendations

    Did your experiences not influence your preferences?
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    Hiking shoes recommendations

    It’s all down to preference, so for what it’s worth this is my preference. I’m on my fift or sixth pair of Meindl Rapide GTX (trail shoes) with a Superfeet Trail insole. In them I have walked the John Muir Trail in 2016, two week sections of Camino Norte (Irun to Bilbao & Bilbao to Gijon) the...
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