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  1. CWBuff

    Pilgrimage or vacation?

    So if my company uses the terminology PTO (Personal Time Off) then it is clearly NOT a vacation days hence I am clearly NOT vacationing and clearly Pilgrimaging! Phew.... 😓🤪
  2. CWBuff

    Overcrowded Camino Frances

    @Luiken And wild camping is generally discouraged be it in English or Dutch so I would humbly suggest to revisit your plans
  3. CWBuff

    Compostela: Electric Bikes Excluded?

    All of th above and to add the unfortunate rise in crime. its very convenient to grab a lady's purse while flying by on one of these contraptions :mad: Just like other Yanks - never heard it. most common phrases I heard are "on your left\right" or "behind you"
  4. CWBuff

    Backpack?

    I dont know....maybe he likes the number 60? ;):rolleyes:
  5. CWBuff

    Camino Francés - Pamplona to Burgos?

    Hello, welcome to the Forum and, yeah - what they said! No need to push yourself into "something unknown". Take your sweet time, have plenty of days with shorter distances, enjoy your walks and breaks and perhaps take another 'rest'\play tourist day somewhere in-between (Logrono is always good...
  6. CWBuff

    Backpack?

    60L IMHO is too big. Folks go with 30 or even a tad lower. I had 35L and that was plenty. Take the advice above and ho to a store where you can try some on for a good fit Good luck and Buen Camino
  7. CWBuff

    Laundry Masher

    A bargain for a grenade
  8. CWBuff

    Laundry Masher

    Product Size 64 x 93.5 x 65.5mm Weight 99g Does not look like you can get refillable beads so once the 200 washes are done - time to buy a new Grenade I dont know... less than 100g - thats negligible IMHO and on a Camino of say 6 weeks (which on Frances is a good stretch) at even 2...
  9. CWBuff

    Laundry Masher

    Laundry Masher - Hmmm... on one hand may come very handy. on the other not sure we'll be able to make it through the plane security with that Grenade-looking contraption
  10. CWBuff

    New phone number for Quintanarraya Albergue!!

    So... the new number is not for the Albergue and is wrong but the old number is?
  11. CWBuff

    Plastic Storage Bins in Santiago???

    Sorry but IMHO and as many folks said - definitely an overkill. Other options are available, as been suggested, so please give a consideration On top of everything else IMHO that plastic bin may also attract unwanted attention. then you have to deal with it on arrival (to wherever you are flying...
  12. CWBuff

    Beds in First Stage Albergues - Current Situation, late May 2024

    Hello and thank you 3 days ago 2 of my friends had to hoof it up from SJ all the way to Espinal (via Napoleon Route) as absolutely every single bed in-between was taken. I don't mean to sound flippy and I guess we all appreciate the good intentions but ... there cannot be any 'reassurances'...
  13. CWBuff

    Money taken from my Cash Passport! ☹️

    Unfortunately not at all. The way to bypass 2FA has been established and is firmly in place for couple of years now
  14. CWBuff

    Help with accommodation on Camino Francés

    If it is seems to be too challenging to go Napoleon Route then look into Valcarlos. One way or another, if the weather cooperates start early and just take it slow with plenty of rest stops. You now have a bed in Roncesvalles so you don't have to race
  15. CWBuff

    Zubiri hazardous path

    Enough to take couple of hours. Distance wise.... I think about 3km... Don't recall for sure My friends decided to skip it today. Apparently the lady had a nasty fall when we walked in 22 so today with its being wet and muddy they chose to take a taxi
  16. CWBuff

    Help! Can't find a bed in Santiago, May 17 and 18, 2024

    Surely there must be an IHG or Ritz-Carlton somewhere nearby
  17. CWBuff

    Help with accommodation on Camino Francés

    If one can get in
  18. CWBuff

    León Restaurant Recommendations

    That's the one on my post above 😊
  19. CWBuff

    Help with accommodation on Camino Francés

    Hello @PilgrimRoberto Usually the general advice is to book as far as Pamplona but you might wish to go farther given latest developments. As far as donations go we are of the mind that a donativo should reasonably equal any private accommodation; so say roughly €15 for a bunk and another...
  20. CWBuff

    Hiking poles on the plane in Santiago!

    Lucky you Apparently enough people had a different experience and were told to leave them behind or the poles were simply confiscated

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