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    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 11.0

    Approaching Pancorbo - Via de Bayona 2024
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    The Way: how do you feel about THE movie?

    You can find it on YouTube under its Spanish name.
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    The Way: how do you feel about THE movie?

    I've voted for 2, although I did rewatch it, very recently. I watched it well after walking all of my caminos (to date), mainly to see how closely it followed "Off the Road" by Jack Hitt, on which the film was supposedly loosely based. The only scene which I remember the book and film having in...
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    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 11.0

    I used to lend a hand in the kitchen at Casa Manolo during school holidays. Thanks for the happy memories that photo brings!
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    Listening to music while on the camino

    In line with (almost) everybody else, I have never felt the need to listen to anything other than what was going on around me, while walking. I've never felt the need to listen to music in albergues either, once I've stopped. This is probably why I find the idea of 365/24/7 staffed albergues...
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    Credencial Question

    That's the one! I ordered a new one for my upcoming camino, and was happy to see that they've toned it right down. The upside of that old one was that it was impossible to lose, but the downside was that it was relatively large, and couldn't easily be carried in a pocket. Thank you for reviving...
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    Credencial Question

    I had brought the big, garish, yellow credencial issued at the time by CSJ, and had walked from Chartres. This was deemed acceptable, thank goodness.
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    Credencial Question

    I'm willing to bet that the lady you mention was none other than the redoubtable Mme. Debril. I met a bicigrina in Roncesvalles who said that Mme. Debril took a lot of convincing that her cycle helmet, hanging from her saddle, wasn't a small engine. She did eventually get her credencial stamped...
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    Over the counter pain killer UK warning for Spain

    Totally agree! (Nolotil was a great hangover killer, though).
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    A long (winding) road.

    This is the bottom of Cuesta Matamulos, just before Hornillos del Camino.
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    Over the counter pain killer UK warning for Spain

    Gosh! When I lived in Spain, I used to gobble Nolotil like Smarties, for any aches and pains. Hope all that badness has worked its way out of my system by now! Thanks for the heads-up!
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    Christmas and New Year Eve on the Camino

    I did the camino during that period of time, and I was worried about where I might be able to stay during Christmas (it was 1998, so there weren't as many options as there are now). I asked the hospitalera at Mansilla de las Mulas if I could stay there over Christmas, on my way back from...
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    Five Extra Days

    I used to live in Ávila, and it really is a beautiful and fascinating little city with magnificent walking opportunities in the Sierra de Gredos. Alas, I don't think it meets the 'WARM AS POSSIBLE' criterion, as I remember it being extremely cold at this time of year.
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    Poll Why did you have to abandon your Camino? Anonymous

    Maybe I should improve them by taking the Hospitales variant next time!
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    Poll Why did you have to abandon your Camino? Anonymous

    I've had to abandon the Primitivo twice - both times for reasons of illness. The first time was a really severe case of 'flu, and the second time I caught some kind of evil stomach bug which was running rampant in the valley where Pola de Allande sits. I'm hoping it will be 3rd time lucky on...
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    Women and non-binary pilgrims on the Camino

    I've sent you a DM with my email address.
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    I arrived in Santiago and didn't see a single pilgrim.

    Very much looking forward to walking this camino relatively early next year (March or April) before it is 'discovered' and altered as other caminos have been.
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    Donating in donativos

    When I worked as an hospitalera in Belorado, way back when, I was absurdly grateful if anyone offered to help with cleaning or other albergue tasks. Our donativo box was somewhere off in a corner, and we never looked to see who was donating or who wasn't. I don't recall much warmth from...
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    Donating in donativos

    I am so pleased to hear that that is still the case. I stayed there in early November, 1998, and remember being struck by the generosity of the message. It was something I never saw in any other albergue. IIRC, the albergue was in the church itself, in or near the bell tower. I wonder if that's...

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