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    March Camino

    I have walked on the Camino Frances twice in April. One time (2008) it was quite warm, and another time (2009) the weather was rather cool and grey. Last spring was about the worst in a hundred years, but it was a real anomaly. As for accommodation, I had no problems in getting a bed anywhere...
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    LIVE from the Camino I found a Xunta albergue with a equipted functioning kitchen

    LOL - :) Love your style Ms Scott! I've been reading this forum for a few weeks this year and have been amazed at some of the threads and attitudes being pushed. People with a sense of entitlement; suggestions that pepper spray be taken and displayed to deter potential robbers; a thread on...
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    A Cautionary Tale especially for North American Travelers

    Glad to hear that you got home safe and sound and that you were kindly treated. What a disappointment that must have been for you. However, I suppose that faced with such an event, pain and temporary disablement make the previous desire to walk 400 miles fly right out of the window. Better luck...
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    ALERT Robbery on Stage 1

    Sorry - people don't takeout knives and screwdrivers and rob people because they lost a job or are less well off than they used to be. They do it because they are thoroughly bad people - often drug addicted. We should never forget that of the large numbers of people in Spain whose financial...
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    Dogs and other animals in the albergue municipal

    Isn't everybody on the Camino living out a romantic fantasy when it comes down to it? I don't really disagree with your contention about dragging a dog along, especially if it isn't in the first flush of youth. I'm rather shocked at your experience of having to take care of abandoned camino dogs...
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    ALERT Robbery on Stage 1

    The idea of carrying weapons on the camino (pepper spray) is the most ludicrous thing I ever heard of. If you are inclined to arm yourself on a pilgrim trail, best stay at home.
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    Training for the Camino

    I edited out a few lines of your quoted post Joe, just to emphasise the bit I want to comment on. I've walked a lot of miles in my life and have never had a bad blister. I NEVER, EVER continue to walk if I have any discomfort in my feet. I stop immediately and sort out whatever is causing it...
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    Hiking El Camino de Santiago in September

    You are absolutely right Helen. I think that people hoping to walk the Camino with people exactly like them, are missing something important about the whole experience - the essential humanity of the whole procession of individuals who will be streaming along the path. My most memorable...
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    For your own sake, come prepared!

    Hola - Please excuse me shortening and bolding part of your quoted post. Regarding the first part; I'm not so sure that you'd say that if you weren't under thirty. I'm quite prepared to agree that people under thirty can use common sense and set off on the camino whatever their physical...
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    Dogs and other animals in the albergue municipal

    People who have problems with dogs, just don't understand dogs. They're like the people who go mad when they see a spider or a wasp. If you meet a dog on the way that is showing aggressive, guarding behaviour when you pass his abode, don't try to face him down, looking him in the eyes, and...
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    trekking poles

    This kind of thing very much depends on where you are boarding from and the attitude of the person at the desk. I've twice seen people refused permission to take umbrellas on board planes in the UK. They wouldn't let them put them through the checked in baggage either. There are some real...
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    Getting to Roncesvalles from Barcelona

    I can't advise about other means of transport on this route, but I have twice used the bus from Barcelona to Pamplona, and I found it cheap and very comfortable. It ran almost to the minute on schedule and was entirely trouble free. I think Vibassa is the company that runs on this route from...
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    Pagan takeover...?

    I entered into this discussion not wishing to denigrate the views of other people, and I have no done so. I certainly had no intention of issuing smart aleck put downs of people who see the world in a very different way to me. I've never actually met a pilgrim on the path who would do that...
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    Pagan takeover...?

    I'm not sure what you are asking. Pilgrims are subject to gravity in the same way all other bodies having mass are subject to gravity. On the planet Earth, gravity exerts an acceleration of 9.81 meters per second squared to objects near its surface. If you want to know about gravity, the best...
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    Pagan takeover...?

    But that doesn't entirely make sense does it? What makes it a Catholic, or another sort of pilgrimage is the intention of the pilgrim, not the structure or the history of the road. If an atheist walks the route he does not become a Catholic Pilgrim, and as has already been pointed out more than...
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