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  1. dougfitz

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    What a wonderful example of the rhetorical fallacy formally known as an ad hominum, or perhaps better known in this case as 'shooting the messenger'. If properly implemented, it could become an instance of that management policy 'the sackings will continue until morale improves' as we eliminate...
  2. dougfitz

    The Pilgrim’s Guide to Etiquette

    Really? How do you pronounce it?
  3. dougfitz

    Best tape to prevent blisters

    My go to tapes are Fixomull (similar to Hypafix and Omnifix) and Micropore, a paper based surgical tape. I use Micropore between my toes as a preventative tape. I use Fixomull for a variety of purposes, including keeping other preventative dressings like a bunion cushion in place. I generally...
  4. dougfitz

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    I have never seen these, but I have never walked the alternative routes you keep thinking exist as a way to reach SDC. Those that I have seen on the formal routes don't, at least in my view, lend themselves to the interpretation you are suggesting. Rather, I consider @Kathar1na's explanation is...
  5. dougfitz

    ATM colour chart

    What is the ATM colour chart?
  6. dougfitz

    Too hot in August?

    You can find the normal climate data for Ourense here, and the extreme values for August here. Normally it would rain on an average of 3.3 days, so it's unlikely to rain the whole time, but @davejsy's prediction of high temperatures is more realistic. The August average maximum is 30.6 deg C...
  7. dougfitz

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    I understood that is where London Bridge is located. Clearly evidence that the Thames flowed there!
  8. dougfitz

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    On this basis, the Thames River once flowed through Lake Havasu City in Arizona! I suspect that many small towns and villages adjacent to the narrowly defined camino routes already get some benefit from the camino. I know that over the years, I have stayed in such places, and have spoken to...
  9. dougfitz

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    Thank you for sharing this. The incident that led to this might well have been distressing, and out of character with our expectations of pilgrims on the Camino. Nonetheless, to me this looks more like confected outrage or a journalist looking for a story to fill some space than anything else. I...
  10. dougfitz

    Accommodation during El Camino de Santiago survey

    I got confused by the third question. You have included directions about what camino you wish us to report upon in question 2, not in some preamble. And then question three you suggest we can choose several responses about how many people we walked with. Surely if we are only going to report on...
  11. dougfitz

    Sleeping Bag or just Silk Liner??

    You are asking someone who hasn't been on the forum recently. The thread itself is from 2011, and it has been over a decade since it was last active. I know there has been much more recent discussion about this which might help you. My own approach is to to take both, but I have never started...
  12. dougfitz

    Goretex is a waste of money?

    @David, this is an amazing piece of work of someone clearly trying to put as much objectivity into something that is just full of what, at worst, would be considered tabloid journalism. I don't see any scam here by the outdoor clothing companies. They have known for many years about the...
  13. dougfitz

    Backpack?

    In the circumstances where we don't have much information about the OP's intentions, I think this is the best approach, and which I would recommend to the OP. While I agree with the general tenor of the advice provided thus far, I am curious why the OP might think that a 60 li pack is...
  14. dougfitz

    The Pilgrim’s Guide to Etiquette

    Sorry, but I couldn't do that in my head, but £1 3s 4d (for a long cwt, not a short one!) and using the Canadian standard weight for a bushel of weight wheat:) edit: damned autocorrect!!
  15. dougfitz

    Are passport copies accepted at albergues?

    In my view, that is never acceptable, and I won't let that happen. Even at some hotels. where the reception staff have the photocopier in a back room, I am not comfortable letting my passport out of my sight. That said, using accredited copies of travel documents and not exposing the originals...
  16. dougfitz

    Is Lisbon to Porto popular?

    I walked the Caminho de Tejo from Lisbon to Fatima then the CP from Tomar on the Central route in 2022. It wasn't busy with pilgrims going north, but from around Coimbra there were large groups of pilgrims heading south to Fatima. I didn't stay in many albergues on the CP until I was in Spain...
  17. dougfitz

    LIVE from the Camino Luka on the Sanabrés

    I walked from Cea to Oseira last year, and didn't have to walk along any stream beds. The path I followed was along an old roadway. IIRC there were a couple of places where the road surface had washed away. Perhaps a little more care might be required crossing these washouts, but I don’t recall...
  18. dougfitz

    How to choose shoes?

    For those with a sense of history about this, here is something I wrote back in 2014. There were others, like falcon269, who had been saying similar things even earlier than that. We often stand on the shoulders of others as we refine the advice we provide today.
  19. dougfitz

    How to choose shoes?

    I don't think you could go wrong with this advice. It is consistent with the advice provided over the years by those of us who have had a genuine interest in this topic. I did a quick search, and here https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/flat-feet.27948/#post-228736 is an older post...
  20. dougfitz

    LIVE from the Camino Luka on the Sanabrés

    Buen camino @Luka. I will be following your pilgrimage with interest.

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