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  1. J

    Want to buy a nice albergue?

    There was a lovely albergue at Castrojeriz, called THE DUTCH, "Los Holandeses". It was so well looked after and such a cozy place that I wanted to go back there on my 2nd Camino...But it was closed and I heard that the lovely Dutch hospederos had gone back to Holland. If any albergue on the...
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    Nieve en el camino - Snow on the camino - RONCESVALLES

    Re: Nieve en el camino.- Snow in the camino.-RONCESVALLES Today (15FEB) there is snow on all the mountains surrounding Pamplona. Today's temperature: 12ºC and it felt like the first day of Spring. BUT: NOBODY can actually foretell the possible weather trend in Mid- or EndMarch. Check THE...
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    Walking in winter

    :arrow: Hi, KiwiPilgrim, I'd highly appreciate if you would publish your leightweight packing list. I ALSO managed to keep my whole luggage (Daypack 2.5 kg and Backpack 6 kg) at under 9kg (it depended on the CaminoSnack stuffed into my Daypack), but I am always willing to learn a bit more on...
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    Bus Pamplona-SJPP - Vital Camino Tricks

    You see, I'm normally a solitary pilgrim who avoids crowds, loud people and crammed places. I actually prefer to walk alone but DO welcome to meet my 'Camino Family' in the evening. If I were to walk the Camino in DEC/JAN, I would ALSO -as you say- form a group with other fellow-pilgrims. As...
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    Bus Pamplona-SJPP - Vital Camino Tricks

    Hi Falcón, ...Three pilgrims a day in January, WOW!! I was only talking of ONE... A winter pilgrimage in no panacea at all, as I've already pinted out, but feasible if the stages are kept short. My reply was for the Australian pilgrim whose ONLY possibility to walk in DEC/JAN. Buen Camino...
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    Bus Pamplona-SJPP - Vital Camino Tricks

    Hi yogaflowjo, Thanks for your note! You'll get hooked on the Camino, I promise. When walking your 10-day Camino, try to avoid trails close to highways or country roads and you'll LOVE the Camino, as you're enveloped by the purest Nature of all and its very own secrets. As to your question...
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    Bus Pamplona-SJPP - Vital Camino Tricks

    Hi Brazilian Pilgrim, In my humble Camino opinion :oops:, THAT's a very sensible plan!!! :wink: CONGRATULATIONS!! 2 SUPERMARKETS CLOSE TO THE BUS STATION IN PAMPLONA:(They don't close at lunchtime). 1) Quite close to the Bus Station, there's an Eroski City supermarket at Nr. 7, SANCHO EL...
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    Bus Pamplona-SJPP - Vital Camino Tricks

    Hi vlebe, I've just phoned the Bus Station in Pamplona (00-34-902-023-651): BUS PAMPLONA - RONCESVALLES: All Year except on Sundays- Fare: 6€ WINTER: ----MON-FRI: 18:00h and SAT: 16:00h SUMMER (July & August): ---Morning Bus : Possibly at 9:30 or 10 a.m. The lady could give me no further...
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    Bus Pamplona-SJPP - Vital Camino Tricks

    You are definitely right: Zig-zagging -aside from breathing, as you say- helps very much climb steep mountains, IF the trail is broad enough. When I criss-cross climbed the Pyrenees, breathing & zig-zagging brought me up to the highest peak with "almost" no effort... ULTREIA ET SUSEIA!
  10. J

    Class of 2013

    Hi Des, you've overwhelmed me with what you say about me... :oops: It's been the way you and Mary LIVED the Camino and all the valuable advice you gave me which became my guiding example on the Camino and which has made my first Camino unforgettable. I am SO MUCH looking forward to meeting you...
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    Bus Pamplona-SJPP - Vital Camino Tricks

    I've just phoned the taxi driver: It's 8 guests and with him 9 persons...(his card says "9 persons") The price for the TAXI RONCESVALLES - SJPP is 10€ per person. BUEN CAMINO :!:
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    Bus Pamplona-SJPP - Vital Camino Tricks

    :!: THERE WILL ALWAYS BE TAXIS IN RONCESVALLES!! Here is the phone one of the taxi drivers gave me: TAXI DEL PIRINEO, Andoni Urolategui, (Taxi for 9 persons): Tel.:00-34-948-790218 or CellPhone:00-34-636-191423 Taxis even come from the near-by villages. The owners of either Hostals "La Posada"...
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    Howto dry wet boots

    I had NO problems at all after several times drying my leather boots with a hairdryer. Walked two Caminos with them and if it hadn't been for broken inner seams, I would still use them. Buen Camino, JoanneDoe
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    Bus Pamplona-SJPP - Vital Camino Tricks

    Thanks for confirming, David. :arrow: Climbing steep hills, matching your breath with your steps, not talking and not looking up: will make you arrive on top without puffing and panting and as fit as a fiddle. I'm NOT exaggerating! It actually DOES work perfectly. Buen Camino
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    Bus Pamplona-SJPP - Vital Camino Tricks

    :arrow: The Camino will be the most exciting and most everlasting experience of your life TAKE YOUR TIME!!, DON'T RUSH: If you walk the Camino and if you've got eyes to SEE, ears to LISTEN, a nose to SMELL, a touch to FEEL and a spirit to MARVEL...AND...if you've got the capacity to see God...
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    Bus Pamplona-SJPP - Vital Camino Tricks

    Bus Pamplona-SJPP :oops: So sorry for the blunder :oops: Here comes the correction: Checked at CONDA, the bus Company in charge of this service, at Pamplona’s Bus station: Bus Service Pamplona-SJPP :arrow: HOLY WEEK (22MAR till 08APR): Daily service: Pamplona - SJPP :arrow: 01MAY till...
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    Howto dry wet boots

    Re: HOW TO DRY WET BO NO!! But after 2 days of torrential rain I had to book into a Hostal where I first stuffed my completely soaked boots with paper and then got the paper out and dried them with the very handy hairdryer. I eventually stuffed them again with dry paper and they were dry the...
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    Howto dry wet boots

    12) HOW TO DRY WET BOOTS I forgot to add this vital piece of advice: The BEST way to dry soaked boots is with a haidryer. ULTREIA ET SUSEIA, DEUIS ADIUVA NOS! Buen Camino and God bless you
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    Bus Pamplona-SJPP - Vital Camino Tricks

    Bus Service Pamplona-SJPP Checked at Pamplona’s Bus station today: HOLY WEEK (22FEB till 08MAR): Daily service: Pamplona - SJPP 01MAY till October: Daily Service: Pamplona - SJPP I was told at the management that if you are walking the Camino BEFORE May, you are asked to send as many emails as...

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