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  1. tictoc

    Unwise pilgrim seeks advice from wiser ones!

    Karrimor, I've done 700 mls in them and there's still twice that left in them, by the way I'm 67, just wear what suits you
  2. tictoc

    Unwise pilgrim seeks advice from wiser ones!

    I don't want to scare you but all the talk about taking it easy the first few days is not going to happen, the first day is 17 mls up hill most of the way and if you haven't done at least that on a test hike at home you will be totally shattered by the time you stumble in to Roncevalles. A word...
  3. tictoc

    Sleeping Bag or Liner?

    I took a bag in May and wished I hadn't, the bag was too hot most nights and a lot of the time I didn't bother taking my bag out and just used an alburgue blanket (only one alburgue didn't have them) and the nights that were a bit chilly I just slept in all my clothes as I couldn't face packing...
  4. tictoc

    I have questions about my pack for my first camino?

    You may have pared down the contents but now it's time to weigh that pack empty and maybe buy a much lighter one. The one I used was a day pack weighing 200 grms (half a pound) my total pack weight full was 2.5 Kg (5.5 lbs)
  5. tictoc

    sandals vs boots

    I walked the Camino Frances in may in sandels the whole way no problems, not a single blister. So your feet get wet, so what, it keeps them cool. I also walked the 2560 ml Pacific Crest Trail in America in sandels, I wouldn't wear anything else
  6. tictoc

    Hanging things off of pack

    I guess that's how one tree I passed got adorned with various articles of clothing and made into some kind of shrine. Go back in a few years time and you'll probably see your underwear along with everyone else's.
  7. tictoc

    Things that I would do differently

    If I left out my sleeping bag my pack would weigh less than 2 kgs. It only weighed 2.7 kgs as it was and I was occasionally embarrised when I saw other pilgrims with huge packs 10 or 12 kgs or more when mine was more or less a day sack size.It made me feel less of a pilgrim because it gave me...
  8. tictoc

    How Dangerous are the Pyrenees?

    If you don't fancy going over the mountain there's always the safer road route. the main problem in wet weather is mud, it is very slippery going down the Spanish side (very slippery) and most people who didn't have two hiking poles or less were having BIG problems, some were breaking off...
  9. tictoc

    Things that I would do differently

    I used sandals the whole way. After coming down the Pyrenees I simply paddled into the stream in front of the monastery at Roncevalle and washed off, rung out socks and entered the hostel bright as a new pin. I'd deffinitly leave my sleeping bag at home and use the blankets provided at the...
  10. tictoc

    Food - photos from the Camino

    you know what, I've come to the conclusion that the spanish can only cook paela everthing else they try and cook is rubbish. I never had a decent meal all the time I was on the camino.
  11. tictoc

    How long is the Sunday Pilgrim Mass?

    Yes the price is 300 euros
  12. tictoc

    How long is the Sunday Pilgrim Mass?

    The mass is about an hour long 12 noon till 1.00, but they only swing the botafumeiro Fridays. A bus goes from the Praza Galicia every half hour to the airport 5 mins walk from centre, takes about 30 to forty minutes depending on trafic.Costs 3 euros. Found Ryan air pretty good if not a bit...
  13. tictoc

    "Pilgrims"asking for money

    glad I was right about the clipboard girls, thanks
  14. tictoc

    "Pilgrims"asking for money

    I ran into several young girls near villages with a charity sponser form asking me to sign and donate money for handicaped children, an obvious scam if ever I saw one, you know what I told them. And to them that will reply and critisize me, come on don't be so gullible.
  15. tictoc

    Ponferrada to Santiago in about 8 days?

    You should do it easily from there. It took me 6 days, but by that time from sjpp I was really cracking on doing 40 kms sometimes 50 kms a day, but then I'm slow compared with some of them, but you're only 32 so yes it'll be a piece of cake
  16. tictoc

    One week Camino- Start in SJPDP

    No sweat, I did it in five and a half days. Day 1. to Roncevalles 16.75 mls Day 2. Larrasoana 16.75 mls Day 3. Zariquiequi 16.5 mls Day 4. Estella 23 mls Day 5.Torres del Rio 18.5 mls Day 6. Ventosa 25.5 mls or Logrono 12.5 mls for an easy day
  17. tictoc

    Food - photos from the Camino

    I'm definitley packing indigestion tablets
  18. tictoc

    So annoyed at myself!

    Angie, perhaps if you didn't pack the coffee sachets and biscuits you'd fit it all in the smaller pac
  19. tictoc

    LIVE from the Camino Albergue Ettiquette

    As we're on the subject of Albergues etc; does anyone think the hospitalaro would take offence if I covered the bed with polythene (the non rustling kind) to guard against bed bugs.
  20. tictoc

    Food - photos from the Camino

    Oh my giddy aunt! you ate that? REALLY ?

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