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  1. LTfit

    Sanabres- Downhill to Ponte Ulla!

    My knees did fine too. I actually jogged down. I won't be doing that in the future.
  2. LTfit

    Sanabres- Downhill to Ponte Ulla!

    Yeah but that was a serious downhill, one I've not forgotten. Switchbacks is indeed the way to go if the path or road is wide enough. I remember doing that during the downhill to the reservoir on the Primitivo. It just goes on and on! Who knows, I may have the same experience as you both this...
  3. LTfit

    Sanabres- Downhill to Ponte Ulla!

    That's interesting. Last summer I walked this stage and I don't even remember a downhill. Or it can be that after having walked both the Olvidado and the Invierno that I was just focused on arriving in Santiago.
  4. LTfit

    Snoring. AARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!

    I first thought that this was written tongue-in-cheek. You can't truly expect albergue owners or a hospitalero to offer these items for sale. They are not a store. This is your problem, not theirs. If you find them essential take them yourself, just as you would take soap, shampoo, toothpaste...
  5. LTfit

    Right quad pain, ok to push through or something to be worried about?

    Indeed! Especially in Spain where medication such as Diclofenac is given over the counter (in The Netherlands you must have a prescription). Taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication such as Diclofenac is absolutely contraindicated if you are on blood thinners. Paracetamol on the other...
  6. LTfit

    Right quad pain, ok to push through or something to be worried about?

    It does surprise me when people ask advice here on the Forum about a musculoskeletal problem. I'm a physiotherapist but rarely give my opinion without first examining someone. There could be a number of reasons for your complaint. My advise as others have said is to see a professional. Hope...
  7. LTfit

    How to decide how long to walk for

    Two weeks would be the minimum for me but if I can swing it I prefer at least 3 weeks. I tend to walk long stages and walk fairly fast so I can cover quite some distance in 3-4 weeks. One year I was away for almost 6 weeks combining 2 Caminos and that was a bit too long for my liking. Since then...
  8. LTfit

    Pacemaker Implant Surgery Tomorrow. A New Phase for Future Caminos.

    Sending you positive energy post-surgery. Ultreia Dave.
  9. LTfit

    Norte Mountain Route - Soto to Cadevedo

    It's a great route if you don't mind some tough patches and walking it alone but I did it summer 2022 so the information is not current. The hospitalero at the municipal albergue tells everyone, every year, to take the coastal route. I personally would not take it if raining.
  10. LTfit

    LIVE from the Camino Luka on the Sanabrés

    Buen Camino Luka! Look forward to hearing about your walk. I'll be back on the Plata/Sanabrés at the end of June after 10 years! It will be interesting to see if there have been any changes.
  11. LTfit

    standard of living/quality of life in Spain

    True. I've been living in The Netherlands for the past 30 years and have also lived in Paris, Geneva and Luxembourg so half of my life I've lived in Europe and the first half in the U.S. Work/life balance I have found to be much more healthy in Europe. One's health care and education do not...
  12. LTfit

    Has the dog “policy” on the Camino changed?

    That reminds me of a café on a small plaza in Sahagún. I asked the owner if my dog was allowed in and he replied, "no problem, dogs behave better than most humans". At times in the boot room (in the old days in the muni in Nájara) or in a sheltered space outside. If your dog is a house dog...
  13. LTfit

    3 languages on VdlP stone pillars

    Ladino also came to my mind but I just read that it's Hebrew.
  14. LTfit

    All trains are full on Renfe (around May 3-7, 2024)

    Sorry if I was not clear. I meant that via Blabla car a private person picked me up at the train station in Vigo as I was coming in by train. I had exhausted all other possibilities (airport from Santiago, A Coruña and Vigo and all bus routes from anywhere in the vicinity of Santiago) before...
  15. LTfit

    Where to get stamp booklet in seville

    This where I've also gotten mine. I've stayed there twice, right off the Camino route in...Triana😉
  16. LTfit

    The king’s breadmaker

    Doesn't she already have the record for the greatest number of times she has walked the Invierno? Or at least the American record?
  17. LTfit

    The king’s breadmaker

    Correct! I had difficulty finding it when I left in the early morning last July (it's kind of hiding around an ally) but a neighbor yelled up to the owner, she looked out her bedroom window and opened up for me. I carried the bread all the way to Silleda where I ate it with olive oil and salt...
  18. LTfit

    All trains are full on Renfe (around May 3-7, 2024)

    I had the same problem one year, neither from the airports in Santiago or Vigo could I get a flight. Since I had to get back to Madrid Airport by a certain time I used BlaBla car for the first time. I first had to catch a train to the Vigo train station where I was picked up. I was dropped off...
  19. LTfit

    LIVE from the Camino They are recommending the Valcarlos route tomorrow, how foolish would it be to go Napoleon?

    I disagree. My first trip over the Pyrenees, in July I might add, was completely clouded over and misty. I've no idea how many feet ahead of me were visible but I realized then and there the importance of those polls with an emergency telephone number. Luckily by the time I reached the top I got...
  20. LTfit

    Bed race on the VDLP…

    But as I said there is a donativo in Salamanca. The first night you could stay there and the second night in the other place. If you're taking the Sanabrés there is also a great donativo in Tábara.

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