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Hello and welcome so just like so many before me stated - how you carry water is your personal choice. I absolutely prefer bladder as I have a very hard time retrieving bottles from side pockets and totally love the ability to "just suck on that...
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Re - security of pacer poles. I wrap red and white reflective tape (from hardware store) around the top segment of my poles, below the handle. It makes them easily identifiable (so no-one takes them by mistake) and also reflects lights of...
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Bedbugs: The Myths, the Legends, the Realities Below is listed current science-based information as of 05/31/2022. Sources are from various public health, medical, and entomological sources. Keep in mind that this is not an exhaustive text, but...
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So you went from hotel/albergue to hotel/albergue, taking the bedbugs with you, spreading them around? Why didn't you tell the hospitalero or hotelmanager that you have bedbugs so they could take adequate and professional measurements? In...
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After the luxury of three bed bug free caminos I am still keen to know how to deal with ‘laundering all clothing at a high temperature ‘ when my sense is that merino clothing shrinks readily at high temps. and some technical gear doesn’t fare...
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longshanks reacted to Bradypus's post in the thread What would you change about the CF - if you could? with
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I think that the forum is serving a useful purpose in that case. People often have a mental image of the Caminos which is very wide of the mark. Particularly those whose previous experience has mostly been hiking and camping on wilderness trails... -
All Albergue List Last Update: January 2024 This Resource was first uploaded in 2013 and has passed through many revisions over the years. We have not had any updates since 2017, but today @wisepilgrim has been kind enough to offer us this...
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With the exception of walking boots I have never bought anything specifically to walk a Camino. Everyday shorts, t- shirt, bucket hat, socks, underwear.
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longshanks replied to the thread May/June on Camino Francés.Thanks for the advice, folks! 🙏
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Good morning Longshanks, I started on first of May last year and it was very crowded. I think South Koreans made up about 40 Percent of the pilgrim population and they where not individuals, but travelling in groups. I did not have any probelms...
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