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  1. dougfitz

    Is this powered USB hub setup safe?

    It might be compatible with different voltages, but it is not a simple adaptor, and it doesn't have electrical safety compliance markings for the EC nor Australia. It only appears to have an FCC compliance marking, indicating it will meet the requirements for use in the US, and can be sold...
  2. dougfitz

    Is this powered USB hub setup safe?

    Actually, it is converting mains voltages to the nominal 5V for the USB ports. If it is configured as a power supply, it might have a slightly higher voltage available on the USB-C port.
  3. dougfitz

    Is this powered USB hub setup safe?

    @HBS60, going back to the post that started this, I cannot see the CE mark certifying that it complies with the EU electrical safety requirements. The photo you have shared more recently don't show the compliance markings at all, so it isn't possible to say much about its compliance with any...
  4. dougfitz

    Sleep sack for bed bugs

    That is true. Permethrin is an insecticide, not a repellent. However, even for resistant populations, the scientific evidence is that they are deterred from going on to consume a blood meal after being exposed to permethrin treated fabric. It may not eliminate the risk, but reducing the risk...
  5. dougfitz

    Sleep sack for bed bugs

    Earlier last year I posted here about the effectiveness of essential oils, including key extracts from a scientific paper that had published results on this. My own take on this is that essential oils have been shown to be ineffective as insecticides. Using them instead of permethrin is...
  6. dougfitz

    CPAP users: how do you bring your machine with you?

    I have carried mine with the machine, power supply and mask in a smallish padded bag and the hose in a separate mesh bag. Getting close to a power point has never been an issue, but I always let the hospitalero know if I am not staying in a private room. I don't use a pack transport service, so...
  7. dougfitz

    Sleep sack for bed bugs

    An untreated liner, or sleeping bag, won't reduce the risk of you being bitten by bed bugs. Treating your bag or liner with pyrethrin or permethrin will reduce that risk, but I don't know of any treatment that will reduce that risk to zero. That would be nirvana! There has been extensive...
  8. dougfitz

    Which route out of Ourense?

    I took the route through Tamallancos, but cannot now recall whether there were particular reasons for that. It was steep getting out of the valley, and there were spectacular views from the higher slopes, but I would expect the alternative route to provide that too. Gronze suggests this route...
  9. dougfitz

    Lugo - Ourense a good idea?

    Just to be clear, the Compostela does not show what route you walked, only the distance certificate does.
  10. dougfitz

    Backpack is 2 kg too heavy TwT

    I wonder what expertise you have to make such a profound rejection of this rule of thumb? I ask, because it appears to me that you don't understand that the guidance is for healthy individuals. Someone who is overweight would need to make adjustments to make the simple statement relevant, eg by...
  11. dougfitz

    Lugo - Ourense a good idea?

    That's my take on this as well. When I walked the Sanabres from Ourense last year, there were a few people walking it who had started their camino on other routes. There might be some more complexity calculating a distance certificate for a disjointed route, but I know that it was done for my...
  12. dougfitz

    Shoes, shoes and more dreaded shoes.....

    It's always interesting when other people describe what their observations are. I know that I don't go on the camino to consistently gather data on any of the wide variety of topics that are of some interest to others, and I also appreciate that there may be some observational bias, that is I...
  13. dougfitz

    Grabbing lunch while walking Tui to Santiago

    @RussGianni, I regularly saw other pilgrims ordering a take-away bocadillo at the first tienda or bar. While I don't do that, I have sometimes been provided with a bocadillo so large that I have asked for half of it to be wrapped so that I can take it with me. Of course, one could ask for other...
  14. dougfitz

    Where to stay from Tui to Pontevedra

    If you don't want to see industrious people working, the only industrial area that is easy to avoid is before O Porrino, where it is worth taking the complementary route closer to the river. In 2022, I stayed at: Veigadana Arcade A Portela O Pino Areal/Picarana Last year, I stayed at the...
  15. dougfitz

    Pilgrimage or vacation?

    There is a taxonomic hierarchy that many of us ignore when we are travelling. first and foremost we are travellers some people will be travelling for employment now, study for future employment, attending work related conferences, etc, and they are a separate class. if we are travelling in...
  16. dougfitz

    Shoes, shoes and more dreaded shoes.....

    If you have footwear that works when you are doing longer distances and back-to-back walks, I wouldn't necessarily change. What you could do is check how much free space you have in front of your toes. This is how I do that: wear the socks you intend to wear on the Camino remove the insole...
  17. dougfitz

    Hybrid Route

    Indeed, there is much made of finding and walking with a Camino family, and there is that social aspect on the Camino Frances in particular for those that do want to engage in that way. But that is a personal choice, and certainly not how everyone walks. I find it a little easier to walk...
  18. dougfitz

    Pilgrimage or vacation?

    I don't expect that people I meet in the normal course of my life to have a highly nuanced understanding of undertaking a pilgrimage. However, those that I did work closely with when I was still working did get a better understanding over the years, as have close friends. My local Friends of...
  19. dougfitz

    How to get to Hornillos del Camino?

    Autobuses AMAYA operate a service from Burgos to Fromista leaving Burgos at 1330 on Saturdays. It doesn't have a stop at Hornillos del Camino but does stop at Castrojeriz. See: https://autobusesamaya.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/ruta-autobuses-amaya-en-el-camino-de-santiago The closest stop to...
  20. dougfitz

    Booking.com problems

    I have just been on, and it seems to be working okay now. I can understand how annoying this might be, but I also accept that this happens from time to time. Sometimes it is the price we pay for working online, albeit that Murphy makes sure we pay the price at the most inconvenient time. As a...

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