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  1. Frogatthefarriers

    Transporting Hard Shell Bike Boxes on the Camino de Santiago

    I had a similar thought when I rode VDLP/Sanabres last year. It was cheaper than renting too, but not that much by the time I’d paid to take it on the plane, then posting the box from Seville to Santiago and asking Ivar to store it for almost a month. £110 plane cost plus £50 Correos plus €20 to...
  2. Frogatthefarriers

    Beware of Spanish Yuletide practise

    It looks like a lot of fun, but I’m just waiting for some sourpus to complain at the waste of food. Vegans and vegetarians, where are you?
  3. Frogatthefarriers

    tenting allowed in Asturias areas? or in el norte generally...

    Wild camping is (depending on your interpretation) also illegal in the UK (but not Scotland). I have been bikepacking here for over ten years and never been stopped or moved on. Sometimes walkers will stop and say a few words, but never in a confrontational way, but with dog walkers I’m on my...
  4. Frogatthefarriers

    Menu del dia (what goodies will I find)?

    I think I must have done something wrong. I came home from Spain desperate for vegetables.I think, in three weeks on the VDLP I only got salad with my menu del dia on three occasions. There were never any vegetables offered except patatas which without exception were french fries (chips to us...
  5. Frogatthefarriers

    Things I wish I’d had on my bici-Camino.

    I ride quite a bit on a canal towpath near my home. Nearly always, The walkers give way and ive often wondered why. They have as much right to be there as I have. Occasionally, to their surprise, I will stop and give way. My ding-dong bell always gets a friendly response from the pedestrians I...
  6. Frogatthefarriers

    Things I wish I’d had on my bici-Camino.

    I had no trouble with my bell - the Dutch dong-dong bell that I took off my canal towpath bike. It gives a loud diiing-dooong ( think "Avon Calling" from the 70's) that makes everyone of a certain age smile and carries a long way.
  7. Frogatthefarriers

    Things I wish I’d had on my bici-Camino.

    Having just completed (well, two weeks ago) my Camino from Sevilla, there are a couple of thing I wish I’d had. 1) A better memory. With it, I may not have lost/left behind, a pair of reading glasses, a pair of sunglasses, a pair of cycling glasses, my stainless steel water bottle, two eye...
  8. Frogatthefarriers

    Camping on VDLP: Feasible or not?

    Ah well, I wasn't quite under the aqueduct, but very close. I was behind some bushes between the path and the railway line. I pitched up after dark and was away before daylight. It was a good spot but noisy. On the path side a boy and girl were flirting (think laughing and giggling) and the...
  9. Frogatthefarriers

    Camping on VDLP: Feasible or not?

    Well I had a bit of a hitch when airport security confiscated the bum cream I'd been pinning my hopes on for saddle comfort. Decathlon in Seville provided some "anti friction" cream that served me well.
  10. Frogatthefarriers

    Camping on VDLP: Feasible or not?

    And finally, one on a picnic area under the motorway at Lubián in a barbecue house:- Not the little mouse hiding under the blue bowl. He'd helped himself to some biscuits I'd left out and woke me at 2am in the process.
  11. Frogatthefarriers

    Camping on VDLP: Feasible or not?

    One near Mombuay :-
  12. Frogatthefarriers

    Camping on VDLP: Feasible or not?

    Near Càparra :-
  13. Frogatthefarriers

    Camping on VDLP: Feasible or not?

    So now Ive finished, got the t shirt etc. I'd like to report I managed only 4 wild camps. With a bit of luck, my pictures will work. Merida in the aqueduct park
  14. Frogatthefarriers

    Camping on VDLP: Feasible or not?

  15. Frogatthefarriers

    Casa Ivar now at new location

    Oh Dear, does this mean that the bike box I posted today for storage at the old address will get lost?
  16. Frogatthefarriers

    Prescription drugs

    Just to clarify…. I take 4 types of medication daily and I'll be taking all the meds I’ll need for the duration. I’ve been searching t'internet on how to carry them all. My problem is that although weight-wise it’s not much but 8 boxes is a packing problem. I can take all the blister packs out...
  17. Frogatthefarriers

    Which water?

    So much helpful information. Thanks to all. @Robo, I’m planning to bike, not walk the VDLP in September/October. (Oh gawd - only four weeks to go..). Your remarks, and those of many others still apply though. In my favour, because the I’ll be rolling the water along - the bike will do the...
  18. Frogatthefarriers

    Which water?

    So can I take it that if there's no "do not drink" sign, it's OK-ish? Are all the public sources labelled then?
  19. Frogatthefarriers

    Which water?

    Like lots of folks that are planning to on Camino, I’ve been watching (lots of) YouTube camino videos. Quite a few have clips of people getting water from wells or drinking fountains. Now I know that water is a major consideration on Camino and particularly the VDLP, so I was wondering how to...
  20. Frogatthefarriers

    Camping on VDLP: Feasible or not?

    Ha! I’ve just spent 25 quid on a super-lightweight poo trowel.

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