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  1. Kanga

    Buying an Apartment in Spain?

    @Robo have you investigated house swapping? Not to purchase, but to occupy for, say, a month. Friends and family based in Sydney have tried this. It seems to work. I’ve not heard of any failures; a couple of minor complaints but nothing critical. Obviously necessary to get as much detail as...
  2. Kanga

    Walks in Spain or Pilgrim.es????

    I’m with Flog and Robo. I don’t do any planning if walking the Camino Francés. Catch a bus or train to where i intend to start walking, and walk. No need to book anything, let alone a company organise it.
  3. Kanga

    Is there really a waterproof solution

    A perennial question. I’ve just changed my avatar to reflect my latest wet weather gear. Last year I “swam” on the Prinitivo and to Finisterra from SDC wearing this gear. It poured for days, and some days were also very windy. This kept me absolutely dry and warm. A cheap long...
  4. Kanga

    Two injuries and rescues on the descent to Molinaseca

    In good weather, particularly in spring when the wild flowers are out, the path is one of the most beautiful parts of the Camino Francés, but also the most difficult. I have always walked it, despite my age and bad balance, but I take it very slowly, at a real snails pace, and use my sticks...
  5. Kanga

    Camino connections for a walking circumnavigation of the world.

    Alexander is still going! He’s made it to Nepal. He’s posting very good reels on Instagram.
  6. Kanga

    Camino connections for a walking circumnavigation of the world.

    Zan got to Indonesia by hitching a boat ride across the straits. He’s walked through Flores with wonderful encounters and hospitality extended by the local people who seem to have taken to this young stranger walking through their villages. Lots of First Communion and wedding celebrations; even...
  7. Kanga

    Info on Via Francigena?

    I did not have a guidebook as it was with my husbands lost luggage! And yes I agree, the app is difficult to use.
  8. Kanga

    Steep up hill - downhill like Alto de Perdon?

    Having just climbed the steep hill out of Punta La Reina to Mañeru I think I may have misled the OP…. I’d either forgotten or my old body is not in good shape!
  9. Kanga

    To take a tent or not to take

    We started walking from Irun on 9 May, and reached SDC about 18 June.
  10. Kanga

    To take a tent or not to take

    We carried a tent on the Norte (and associated gear) and hardly used it; sent it on from Gijon . There were two nights when I was grateful for it. The first was at Passajes de San Pedro, when we arrived very late in the day and found the albergue full. The second I was grateful...
  11. Kanga

    Bed bug infestation in France

    I know from friends in the accommodation industry that this can be a problem when transporting linen to and from commerical laundries. They now have to take extra measures to protect the clean linen or use separate vans to either pickup or deliver.
  12. Kanga

    Steep up hill - downhill like Alto de Perdon?

    I'd pick the descent from after the Crux de Ferro down through El Acebo, Riego de Ambro and on to Molinasecca as the worst! It is beautiful but steep, goes on for ages, and is rocky. I pick my way down very carefully. There is a road alternative that is much easier but also much longer, and...
  13. Kanga

    Steep up hill - downhill like Alto de Perdon?

    You are not alone in finding the descent from the Alto del Perdon difficult. It is not only the slope, but also the rolly, pebbly surface. There is nothing that difficult between Uterga and Logroño, either up or down.
  14. Kanga

    A free cinematic, pre-release Camino treat for Sydney pilgrims

    I'd love to come but on Thursday I'll be on the plane to Madrid :D Jenny, suggest you contact the Blue Mountains group too.
  15. Kanga

    Daylight Savings

    I've got lazy since mobile phones and smartwatches automatically take care of time zones, and plane tickets show departure and arrivals in the local time.
  16. Kanga

    LIVE from the Camino Struggling with doubt on the Camino Frances

    On my first camino when I got to Najera, I walked into a telephone booth (this was the days before mobile phones) and telephoned my brother in Australia, crying my eyes out. "I can't do this" I sobbed. "Yes you can", said he, the athlete who had climbed impossible mountains in the Himalayas...
  17. Kanga

    When will it cool down in Spain?

    Mine are from Aldi, in a large size. I watch for when they come on sale. If you are looking online- try searching for "long sleeve T shirts" rather than base layers, and I'd also include the words "relaxed fit" or "loose". I found these - expensive, but you can see they are not tight. A few...
  18. Kanga

    Bed bug infestation in France

    This could be the answer. 🤣 Some of these might actually be useful.
  19. Kanga

    Crinkly Plastic Bags

    One of my reasons to keep walking the Camino is to practice tolerance, especially as I get older....I really don't want to turn into a COP (cranky old person). If I find myself getting too irritated then it is time for a hotel or a detour onto a solitary path.
  20. Kanga

    Packing shake down requested - Camino Frances - Oct/Nov

    I love cashmere, especially next to the skin, but find it does not take kindly to being under a backpack, or being in contact with anything velcro. Think about whether you are happy for your cashmere to be ruined, and maybe substitute with something a bit more robust.

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