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  1. haylesm

    Lost & Found Found!!! 5/12/22 - Travel Money Belt - 4 km outside of Pontvedra

    Well done, an excellent outcome! We found a wad of cash in a plastic bag outside our albergue in O Pedrouzo in 2016. At the time I wasn’t on any forum, & didn’t think to check if such things existed, so we handed it into front reception, hoping it would make it’s way back to the owner. I still...
  2. haylesm

    Post a photo of your arrival.

    Did you mean mine? I just noticed most people pasted direct in their message but mine were attached. Here they are
  3. haylesm

    Post a photo of your arrival.

    2016. We neglected to take photos of us in front of the cathedral but we did get another pilgrim to take one of us at the sign on the outskirts of Santiago. And my husband took this one of me in the streets on the way to the cathedral. It was a cold, rainy day and I think it captured both my...
  4. haylesm

    Time to get through Madrid Airport Passport control queues/Covid checks?

    We flew into Madrid last month (July) on a visit to my husband's family. I came in from Mexico and my husband came from Australia. Both our experiences were quick, nor long queues at immigration nor the covid paperwork check zone (follow the blue line). However things can change on a daily...
  5. haylesm

    The Solution to Toilet Paper for the Camino/Outdoors Anywhere!

    OH I LOVE this idea! I'll have to include this in a book I am writing about toilets (I know that may sound a bit odd. I worked for many years in a water authority, doing school education programs, and I once researched and developed a program called Toilets Thru Time. It's actually quite a...
  6. haylesm

    Salomon trail runners for 800K

    Hi Stephanie, I’ve had very good experiences with Salomon shoes in general. I had a pair of hiking shoes (not boots, so no ankle support) which I’d worn hiking for 6 years before wearing them on the Camino Frances. They made it but only just! I threw them out at the end. But they had been well...
  7. haylesm

    New Pilgrim, looking for strategies to find private rooms.

    Hi Jim, we walked CF in 2016 and used an app to locate albergues with private rooms. Usually contacting them in the morning was sufficient to prebook for that night (although my husband is Spanish & had a Spanish phone contract, not sure what roaming charges would be like if you have to make...
  8. haylesm

    Peregrina bitten by snake near Lintzoain

    Lol yes us Aussies aren’t likely to mistake worms for snakes 😂
  9. haylesm

    Australians allowed to travel.

    Aussie here. We've just booked flights to Spain for July. Alas not for the Camino this time. :( My husband is Spanish and hasn't seen his family in 3 years, is going to be Godfather to his first nephew in July, too. If we had enough time off work, we'd definitely do the Camino again this year...
  10. haylesm

    Leggings/tights experience, pros & cons

    I used full length skins under shorts. They were fantastic in the rain for body temperature regulation (we walked in July-August and had first and last day cold and wet), great for cool early mornings and I'd take them off when the sun warmed up. They dry so quickly there was never a problem...
  11. haylesm

    Compression bags for clothes packing?

    I used zippered lightweight, waterproof bags and found that really good for packing/unpacking/keeping things organized & easy to find. Once I’d offloaded all the extra, unnecessary stuff I’d packed (like a dress and shoes for going out at night haha haha 😂), space wasn’t an issue. I found pack...
  12. haylesm

    My Camino Diaries

    Me neither! I found him while learning Spanish with the intention of walking the Camino solo. But he asked me if he could join me and I agreed 😁
  13. haylesm

    My Camino Diaries

    Congratulations from a fellow Aussie (Adelaide). I walked the Camino Frances in 2016 with my (now) Spanish husband. Qué recuerdos!
  14. haylesm

    Connectivity from Australia

    I haven’t noticed any problems with access, but I haven’t been active in posting lately so let’s see how long it takes for this comment to appear.
  15. haylesm

    My cancer camino

    Me too Luka (benign brain tumour in a crap location). I've recently had surgery for the part they can get. I agree with you - COVID-19 has barely been on my radar this year! My husband and I walked the Camino de Santiago together when we first met (he's Spanish and I'm Australian). We plan to...

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