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Thank you for this! It's not that I couldn't find something with their help, it's that I got too irritated with the first guy because he just kept talking about his experience and he was training a new sales gal and I wasn't getting anywhere...
I am also 5ft 1inch. I have the osprey tempest 30 in a small woman's size. I love this pack fully loaded it weighs just under 5kg so around 11lb. I agree with OzAnnie Take everything you want to carry with you to get your pack and make sure to...
I walk for many reasons. For my first, I was walking out of gratitude mainly.. gratitude of still being alive, after having survived a large subdural hemorrhage that required surgery and I almost "coned", I survived 4 years at that time of...
Only a little over 100km from London to Canterbury. They could save on accommodation costs and just drive everyone to/from the route and let them sleep at home every night! :-)
In these series "celebrities" is a very generous term. I am a Brit. Not very plugged into popular culture though. I recognised only two of the seven names. Fans of UK reality TV might know more of them. I have watched all the previous series...
Greetings all! I'm going to be starting my first Camino Frances from SJPP at the end of May and have been avidly reading here (as a lurker), but this thread really connected with me and I felt it was a good time to dive into the forum.
My...
It was actually a challenge, originally. 2006.
I have a friend from Pamplona who found a month more or less between the sabbatical programme she had been following and beginning a new job. She of course was very familiar with camino. She asked if...
I hope the Camino brings you everything you wish and more. From reading your story I think the path will certainly be open for you, and I admire your enthusiasm and determination and look forward to hearing how your journey goes :)
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