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  1. newfydog

    Ebikes.

    I'll chime in here Mike. We keep a couple of ebikes in France, and while they cope just fine with the trails, they are not practical in some other ways. We've ridden a zillion different routes of the St James network. We are fairly skilled on a mt bike, and ride the trails where ever we can...
  2. newfydog

    Dangerous dog between Triacastela and Sarria (2019)

    I seldom have to throw a rock---just pretending to pick one up sends most dogs away. My wife can make most ferocious guard dogs roll over for a belly rub.
  3. newfydog

    The Camino does NOT start in StJpdP - discuss

    Of course it doesn't start in SJPP. For many it starts 100 km east of Santiago. The percent starting in Sarria has gone from 20% in 2008 to 45% in 2018.
  4. newfydog

    An Interesting Map

    Fahrenheit is a nice scale. 0 is simply too cold, 100 is simply to hot. 50 is perfect for hiking. Speed, I only think in furlongs per fortnight.
  5. newfydog

    Are Walking/Trekking Poles neccesary? Sleeping bag or Sleeping Bag liner

    Single poll action only, none of this double pole, step step step stuff! I have nothing against it, but it isn't the only way to use poles https://www.pacerpole.com/pacerpole-user-guide/basic-walking
  6. newfydog

    Are Walking/Trekking Poles neccesary? Sleeping bag or Sleeping Bag liner

    Geez, so many proclamations of "the right way to use poles". I remember a conversation in the past on the subject, basically "pacer pole technique or leave them out" At the same time I watched a show on some real hiking experts hiking the 4270 km Pacific Crest Trail at a pace of 65km a day...
  7. newfydog

    Bringing CBD Oil to Europe in Luggage

    I was surprised last year, talking to an elderly couple (from conservative Oklahoma) in France---They had brought some CBD with them, had no problems. I wondered if they would bring it back as easily. If it is available in France and Spain, post info on where to buy it. Seems smarter than...
  8. newfydog

    Pictures that show you totally outside your comfort zone on the Camino!

    I'm not Catholic, and I almost never attend religious services. The rest of the trip is right up my alley.
  9. newfydog

    Can we please talk kilometres, litres, Celsius, right-side driving, etc.?

    Alex, I went through 200,000 Indonesian Rupiah (currency values are worse than measurements) in beer one night explaining the entire English system to a Norwegian. He appreciates quaint old customs and found it very entertaining. Fahrenheit, however is a perfect hiker's metric scale: Below...
  10. newfydog

    Are you 70+ and still walking Caminos?

    For my 60th birthday we hiked the Manaslu Circuit in Nepal. It is a bit different than any St. James trail in that it involves a pass of nearly 18,000 ft. The trip went great, in spite of me being the youngest in our group. We met a Frenchman in his mid-eighties on the trail.
  11. newfydog

    Biking Camino on a pedal-assisted bike?

    They don't use much. The biggest bike batteries are 500 wt-hours. Electricity in Spain is indeed expensive, three times what I pay in the US, but 500 wt-hrs is still only 0.125 Euros. Figure about an 80% charging efficiency, so the cost of charging a battery is only 0.16 Euro. In thermal...
  12. newfydog

    2019 REI Camino at a discount

    “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." --Mark Twain
  13. newfydog

    2019 REI Camino at a discount

    I have no problems with people who are tourist, not Pilgrims. I have toured many mosques, Buddhist temples etc. I also have no problem with people paying for deluxe tours. It is their money, and some people just don't have the confidence or health to do it on their own. ( The price does...
  14. newfydog

    Z-Packs Question

    I've posted on ours a few times. I love mine, my wife likes hers, but never got a perfect fit. The straps can be sweaty. They are indeed light and waterproof, and look like new after a Stevenson Trail and a Nepal trek. Here's some of my posts: #12 I got it in indigo. I wore it on a hike...
  15. newfydog

    What if you can't get a bed?

    The Stevenson Trail is not a pilgrimage trail, but a recreational hiking route. There are not as many options or people looking after you. Some of the stops are really small, and when they are full, they're full. Book ahead---we booked in January for an April trip. If not, know some French...
  16. newfydog

    Thoughts? - people getting a compostela without walking the final 100k

    That is some great stuff. Does it work in reverse? That is, if one has gone to Santiago voluntarily three times, without a crime, are they then allowed some of these transgressions?
  17. newfydog

    Thoughts? - people getting a compostela without walking the final 100k

    Have you read Wiilliam Melzer, 1993 the first English translation of the Codex, with his commentary? He describes the distinction between those sent for penitence and for punishment---there were both. He then describes the corruption during the 13th century when concept of the vicarious...
  18. newfydog

    Thoughts? - people getting a compostela without walking the final 100k

    It is easy to dismiss his work in that manner. Call the items you don't agree with fiction. Actually, "Iberia" is not a novel, it is a non-fictional collection of his travel and research, called by the Wall Street Journal "some of the best writing ever on Spain". I give you an example of why...
  19. newfydog

    Thoughts? - people getting a compostela without walking the final 100k

    This is why I don't post here much anymore. You "True Pilgrims" are so judgmental of other people's opinions. To me, just me, my opinion, which I am entitled to is that one thing I love about the St James Pilgrimages is the history of cheats, scoundrels, thieves and prostitutes and fake...
  20. newfydog

    Thoughts? - people getting a compostela without walking the final 100k

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . newfydog said: Nah. Many of the original pilgrims were sent on their trip as punishment for a crime. They cheated every chance they got. It is a tradition. So have you...

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