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  1. Helen Burns

    Armed & Dangerous at the Albergue

    Any tips on making an elegant ascent?
  2. Helen Burns

    Armed & Dangerous at the Albergue

    It was siesta time in the Melide alburque and I was just dozing off (on a top bunk) when the top bunk next to me collapsed with a tremendous crash to the floor. The wooden posts literally splintered! The poor guy on top of that one rolled onto the floor, miraculously unhurt. Luckily there was no...
  3. Helen Burns

    Getting along in French on the Camino ?

    Speaking Spanish certainly makes things easier in the marketplace but it's amazing how much can be communicated without words. Some of my fondest memories are of spending time with pilgrims whose English vocabulary was as scant as my Spanish. Buen Camino.
  4. Helen Burns

    Frances alone or with boyfriend...

    Alone alone yes. Wow your question has stimulated a LOT of response. I desperately wanted/needed to walk the Camino and my partner didn't. I wanted him to come but I also wanted to walk alone - if that makes any sense. In the end he stayed at home. I have never felt so much gratitude for the...
  5. Helen Burns

    Please tolerate me revisiting the topic on Camino Guides...

    It felt sacrilegious tearing up my guidebook but I did it anyway and have no regrets. Divide it into three or four sections and poste restante them ahead to key stops eg. Burgos, Leon. (you can add a few little luxuries to the package also which can come in handy). I carried a double sided...
  6. Helen Burns

    Gear List: SJPP-Logrono

    oops forgot - two or three safety pins - make excellent clothes pegs and you can pin anything onto your pack the next day if it hasn't dried. Mobile phone? No. You will connect in so many other ways. You can't book refugios, as in France, so really there is no practical point to taking a phone...
  7. Helen Burns

    Gear List: SJPP-Logrono

    At last! I've found someone else who chops their toothbrush handle off. You will be walking west and beginning early most days which means the sun will be on your back for most of the time. For this reason I didn't bother taking sunglasses and I had no regrets. Dr Bronners all-purpose soap...
  8. Helen Burns

    What is the one Albergue that you would say not to miss

    Azofra, for the care to detail, the cleanliness and the wonderful hospitalero. Ruitelan, for a vegetarian meal and the dedication of its two hospitaleros. Mariabella's refugio in Cizur Menor. Relax in her garden. Say hullo to the tortoise. Cacabelos, for the luxury of a room with only two beds...

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