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  1. HermanTheGerman

    Does walking quickly mean that you're a bag snatcher???

    After each Camino, I've notice that my walking speed increases. It's something that just occurs instinctively without me being aware of my walking speed. Whether I'm walking out of a shop back to the car in the car park, or along the footpath en route to somewhere, I usually hit my average...
  2. HermanTheGerman

    French pilgrim arrested for graffiti on Camino mojones

    The graffiti all over the steel figures up at Alto de Perdon was also a real disappointment.
  3. HermanTheGerman

    French pilgrim arrested for graffiti on Camino mojones

    No objections from me either!!! It's hard to imagine that a pilgrim would vandalise the Camino. Don't these people learn anything from walking the way??? I remember the last load of drivel we had to read on the last part of the Frances; someone thought it profound to scribble the lyrics of a...
  4. HermanTheGerman

    Music to keep you going

    Love Over Gold by Dire Straits was also a fantastic album that powered me along the Portuges in January. Telegraph Road in particular is a great song. Will albums like this ever be recorded again?
  5. HermanTheGerman

    Music to keep you going

    Luar na Lubre was recommended to me before I walked the Portuges alone over New Year's. In particular, the album Cabo do Mundo which even has a song about Santiago. It's Celtic folk music sung in Galgeo which is highly appropriate for the journey. This kept me going over the last 120km with...
  6. HermanTheGerman

    The Camiño Bug Strikes Back!

    Well look on the bright side, at least if it starts to rain you won't get wet :D.
  7. HermanTheGerman

    Weight loss

    I met an Italian guy on the Portuges a couple of months ago who told me how he lost 17kg on the VLDP!
  8. HermanTheGerman

    A Digital Pack Fitting Tool

    Hmm, this app crashes on my HTC Desire S with gingerbread. Doesn't matter though, my new Osprey Kestrel 38 came from England a few weeks ago and fits well.
  9. HermanTheGerman

    The Camiño Bug Strikes Back!

    The weather will certainly be better than it was in the 1st week if January. I missed a lot of opportunities to stop and enjoy the scenery due to the crappy weather from this stage onwards to Santiago. I hope you get more of a chance than I did. Bom Caminho!
  10. HermanTheGerman

    The Camiño Bug Strikes Back!

    Nuts? What does that make me then? My backpack has already been packed for 6 weeks now and we have to wait another 4 before getting back out on the Camino. I must be bonkers right??? ;)
  11. HermanTheGerman

    What weather website to use?

    Re: Re: What weather website to use? Well first of all it would give you a good indication if what it is you need to pack... Not to mention knowing the conditions one is likely to encounter when taking the Napoleon Route to Roncesvalles. I'm sure the guys from the mountain rescue team would be...
  12. HermanTheGerman

    What weather website to use?

    Re: Re: What weather website to use? Although I'm a Camino rookie and will be doing my first in four weeks time, the advice I've received here in the forum has been to use wunderground. They've also got an app which can be downloaded for a smartphone from Google Play. The weather reports for...
  13. HermanTheGerman

    Using smartphones in Camino emergencies

    Re: Re: Using smartphones in Camino emergencies My HTC google navigation is without a doubt more accurate than my Garmin motorbike navigation also. In fact, it does everything better for far less money.
  14. HermanTheGerman

    Using smartphones in Camino emergencies

    Re: Re: Using smartphones in Camino emergencies Hey Nico, thanks for the info. Thats the answer I was hoping for. In the meantime that's exactly what I've been doing and have found a rechargeable cylinder on Amazon, but no solar panel as yet. And yes, I would definitely agree with you about...
  15. HermanTheGerman

    Using smartphones in Camino emergencies

    Im also in the market for something like this. Is the external power source also rechargeable, or does it run off disposable batteries?
  16. HermanTheGerman

    wifi along the Camino?

    My HTC will definitely be accompanying me on the Camino. It hosts an excellent GPS mapping program called Alpine Quest, for which I have created a contour map of the entire Camino Frances with GPS tracks which run independently of an internet connection. Additionally, I can access weather...

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