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Just completed 3 days of rain in the Camino Frances, rained all day and the last 2 days torrential. We both have Osprey covers over our Osprey back packs and we were without ponchos, every night super dry. But be reminded the hip pockets and the...
This forum has pretty well zero leverage with the local authorities. Public toilets would be extremely expensive. One way to finance them would be to charge 10 euros to issue a compostela. Now there’s a controversial proposal if ever there was one.
Given the small populations of many of the pueblos through which we pass, the costs of obtaining land, construction, maintenance, and servicing these toilets would be beyond local resources. There is no central Camino Authority to disburse funds...
On some previous posts on this subject, some ladies were unaware of a special device that allowed them to stand while doing "it". Here is one such device:
I’m on the Via Imperii at the moment, to date I’ve covered over 250km, and have yet to see another pilgrim. So imagine how I felt when I came across this today:
Stamp, drinks, guest book…
It isn't necessary to buy merino wool. Many pilgrims simply use lightweight hiking shirts and cheap, polyester long sleeve or short sleeved Tshirts. Both dry quickly after washing.
https://www.goodmeat.com.au/animal-health-welfare/mulesing/
For those of you unfamiliar with the practice of mulesing, here is a webpage from an organisation that represents sheep farmers. Read it and decide what you think.
Mulesing is not nice, I admit, but the poor sheep who get fly-blown, with maggots eating into their rear-end are much worse off, by far. Mulesing-free is in the same category as organic and anti-GM food - a gimmicky fad - IMHO.
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