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  1. LesR

    The Camino will provide?

    C Could not have said it better myself....
  2. LesR

    Shirley Maclaine - The Camino - Swimming place

    I read it end to end (prior to my first camino) and concluded that it was a complete book of fiction, and have no intention of ever opening it again....
  3. LesR

    Tell me what I need to know

    Four things you ned to know (IMHO): 1 Love your feet 2 Listen to your body 3 Stop and smell the roses (often) 4 Take your time on the camino to make peace with your past. That is all you need to know - and be receptive to whatever comes along...
  4. LesR

    Storage in Refugios/Albergues

    Also helps to be carrying your backpack rather than wearing it... much more manoeuvrableand less likely to bump others if space is limited....
  5. LesR

    Euro Denominations

    Agree with advice above that. given your difficulty in sourcing smaller denominations in Oz, best to take just a small amount of cash into Europe and withdraw cash as smaller denominations once you get here - taking a large amount as cash is a recipe for disaster, irrespective of the...
  6. LesR

    Camping on the Camino?

    My understanding is that, in Spain, camping is by default prohibited... It is only allowed where it is specifically allowed.
  7. LesR

    Heartwarming story / Camino for Spanish inmates

    I cannot speak for the participants, but perhaps the takeaway message for the rest of us is that sometimes good people do bad things and incarceration should be as much about rehabilitation as retribution... And where better than a Camino?
  8. LesR

    How to recover from a tough day

    After three caminos, I have worked out what works for me... Once I have arranged accommodation for the evening, it is time to hydrate - 800 ml of water (that is the size of my drinking bottle) with one or two electrolyte replacement tablets, then do the daily washing, then walk around the twon...
  9. LesR

    Etiquette/ what to wear at churches

    I think the point of many posts here in resposne to the original question is to the effect that it is not necessary to carry specific clothes for use when entering a church - standard pilgrim clothes can still be 'respectful'...
  10. LesR

    Etiquette/ what to wear at churches

    "dress appropriately" is still a fairly wide field ... I do recall reading an anecdote in which a priest was quoted as saying he would rather see a pilgrim in shorts inside his church than see a pilgrim in long trousers walk past the church... I have also seen a pilgrim in a church in Gannon...
  11. LesR

    Washing clothes in Albergues

    Alternatively, carry your 'dirty' clothes for a day (or two) until the weather improves or you stay at an albergue with a washing machine - obviously only practical if you carry reserve walking clothes...!
  12. LesR

    Washing clothes in Albergues

    Have found that Head'n'Shoulders hair shampoo is a very effective washing detergent - saves having to carry two 'soaps'...
  13. LesR

    Washing clothes in Albergues

    IMHO, eau de pilgrim is a fact of life on the Camino, and necessarily not a big issue... My strategy is to hand wash the day's clothes each night, and to put as much as I can through a washing machine once a week as the opportunity presents... Washing machines may be convenient but also come...
  14. LesR

    Things to do in Sarria

    I stumbled on a 'market', I think on a Saturday, during my last pass through Sarria, Wil be a must do/see next time I am in Sarria!!! "Traditional fair and cattle market: held on the 6th, 20th and 27th of each month in the Campo da Feria, in the highest part of the town, next to the Camino de...
  15. LesR

    Fires in Navarra

    Seems you walked through the day before I did... Please note that these are ground fires adn not necessarily a threat to life or limb if one is sensible. However, should the fire gets into the crown (and it won't necessarily), especially of the eucalypt trees, that is dangerous and definitely...
  16. LesR

    Fires in Navarra

    Both Spain and Portugal had fires October 2017 - I walked past a fire on the way into Tricastella, and pilgrims were asked to delay leaving town the next morning until full light, presumably so that they did not walk into a fire situation. As it turned out,there was no immediate danger, but we...
  17. LesR

    Hunter too close to trail

    Hmmmm... Open season on cyclists....? Tell me more...
  18. LesR

    Traveling with an ASD teen

    Gender segregated bathrooms was the norm for me in 2017 and 2018, with only a handful of mixed bathrooms with individual cubicles for toilet and/or shower (Complexo Xacobeo, Triacastela comes to mind - and my wife did encounter one male still the buff in the bathroom, presumably in the erroneous...
  19. LesR

    Schengen Requirement to show €100 per day upon entry to Spain?

    Initially wondered if the original news article was date April 1....
  20. LesR

    Schengen Requirement to show €100 per day upon entry to Spain?

    Two caminos, but no-one at the border crossing before Roncesvallesto check my small change...

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