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I am new to Caminos but once put on a poncho when a storm came up while wild camping on Dartmoor. Within 5 minutes it was shredded to streamers by the wind. Very funny memory but hopeless rain resistance. Buy a good one!
hi Pipmahoe,
thanks for the information but another member has pointed out to me that Permethrin doesn't work on bed bugs and indeed they are not on the long list of bugs that Permethrin will kill on the can of Permethrin I have bought. It is rather baffling.
Best wishes, Peter
Hi Lainey,
it is the mountain scenery that really attracts me to the Primitivo especially the Hospitales. I am very interested to know why El Salvador was your favourite route?
Sorry I am a bit useless at this replying technology! But thank you Redvespablur, Andy,Csutak and Dinah for all of your helpful advice which I h have noted down.
as to not treating it as a time trial it seems that a lack of stopping places on the Primitivo means that you are forced to walk a...
Hi Alexandria,
Thanks to Felices' bus and computer knowledge I should be in Oviedo 10.30 pm and be on schedule so I will definitely visit the cathedral and intend to sit in meditation there to start walk with peace. Just remembered I also have to get my 'Credential' there. I suppose they also...
Bob, thanks for the tip but the problem was I didn't have a spare day and wanted to get from Engla nd to Oviedo in one day ready to walk in the morning.
Felice thank you for being a computer wizard (which I am obviously not) and sorting out the times of the airport bus and ALSA bus for me. I...
Thank you for the cycling advice. I have been surprised by the different attitudes of members to walking the Primitivo and I am beginning to wonder if the difference is due to some walking in perfect conditions while others have been baked and dehydrated the whole way,and others have trudged...
Thanks Felice, that is really helpful my flight will land at 4-05 so if it not late and the luggage comes through quickly I should be able to get the 6-45 bus to Oviedo. I have seen three and a half and give and a half hours for the journey. Do you remember how long it took as I will need to let...
Hi Alwyn,
ah I see Buddhist breathing techniques! Is it mindfulness meditation on the pain of every small step?
I will have to practice that step although I often run up the first hill near here but my back went three times over about 6 months of recovery until I learnt to shorten my step over...
Just to say that I loved the elevation profile map on Grunge but whether I will love the reality is another matter.On this tablet the Godesalco site stayed in Spanish but still that km calculator is fantastic for planning. Thanks I am now going to overlay recommended night stops!
Thank you both for taking the trouble to write. I had thought the bus went direct to Oviedo so Santander stop would have been a surprise!
Best wishes, Peter
Thanks to all three of you for this wealth of information and the websites which I shall study. I noticed on the Permethrin can that bed bugs were not among the beasties mentioned but assumed it was an oversight. So we can assume all the people on the other site who coated their clothes in...
Thank you Alexandra that was really kind of you to go to so much trouble. The list of new allergies is really useful and I will use the link later. Many thanks,
Peter
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