Recent content by MissChic

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    Which apps for family to track me

    I have used Polarsteps for other trips and this is the one that'll I use on my Camino next week
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    Surprised at our test results poncho vs jacket

    I did try my poncho with my backpack the other day and I realised that the poncho kept getting stuck on the top of my rucksack and I ended with my back and the rucksack totally soaked!! any tips on how to put the poncho when you are on your own?
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    Being prepared for the rain 🌧️

    @dadaperegrino , I have not done the camino yet; however, I live in the Netherlands and I'm Spanish. If you have tried your equipment in the current horrible weather in NL and you remained dry, you will survive in Spain. In Spain (even in the North) they don't get the amount of rain that we...
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    First stage from Porto on Coastal

    Hello, I will be doing this route as well with the same tempo (not more than 25 Km per day). The first day it will be to Matosinhos (which from the cathedral is about 12 kms or so). We are travelling from the last week of March. As this is our first camino and we are not experienced walkers we...
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    Which Route for 10-14 days? (slow and steady Pilgrims)

    Hello, I'm Spanish and I have never done the Camino (my first time will be Easter 2024 doing el Camino Portugues). However, I live in The Netherlands and to train for the Camino I'm going to be doing this trail https://www.globetrottingbooklovers.com/blog/hiking-the-dutch-camino-the-pieterpad ...
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    Food… Dinner reservations in SDC?

    Yesterday, 12 October was a Spanish national holiday. So loads of people may have "cogido puente" which means when you join a national holiday near a weekend to the weekend taking some day or two off on annual leave.
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    Easter Sunday 2024 - March 31. What does this mean?

    hahaha. I'm Spanish and my exhusband is British, he got the shock of his life when he saw them for the first time. I had to, indeed, explain that they were not what he thought they were. Just Jack, please do not miss Seville during Semana Santa. It's expectacular and very moving. Even if you are...
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    My buff has been so necessary!

    I will be doing that route next year at Easter. This is my first Camino and I'm overexcited about it. It seems that all my family and friends are rolling their eyes at me everytime I talk about it.

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