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  1. TonyC

    Just for fun...your muddy shoes

    Ah yes. But if the sun had been shining it would have been a glorious walk across the heathland. Even with the rain and mud it was a nice route. The walk alongside the road was still tedious even with the sun shining. If it had rained on that route it would have been doubly tedious, ugh!😥
  2. TonyC

    Just for fun...your muddy shoes

    You're correct. It was a very sticky clay that weighed an extraordinary amount. We also had to stop frequently to try to clean it off with our walking poles. But it was a very nice route to Vilar de Mazarife. Much nicer than following the N120 to Viladangos as we did last year. That was very...
  3. TonyC

    Just for fun...your muddy shoes

    Not mine, but my wife's. Mine were just as bad. Photo taken as we crossed the heathland after leaving La Virgen del Camino, near Leon.
  4. TonyC

    Freaky co-incidences on the Camino

    In Autumn 2015 after leaving Sahagun we reached the point where the Way splits. One direction takes you on the old "Roman" route, the other on the more modern route. We had, more or less, decided to take the modern route towards Bercianos but stopped to look at a large map display at the...
  5. TonyC

    Help! Wikiloc Tracks, Maps, and Frustration with Technology

    Hi. I see that you have an Android phone, as I do. Can I recommend that you look at the OSMAnd mapping app on the Google Play Store. This uses Open-Street-Mapping (OSM) and allows for full downloading of very detailed maps onto your Android, so being off-line doesn't matter. The download...
  6. TonyC

    Do you ever get confused as to which bano/servicio to use on the Camino?

    Slightly off topic but related to confusing door signs. I remember walking along a corridor with a usually very staid colleague who suddenly said, as we passed through a swing door, " You know, I can cope with doors that say 'Push', I can also manage those that say 'Pull', but I really...
  7. TonyC

    Zip Off Pants

    We ought to get together. I have a spare pair of legs as I had been wearing the trousers without the lower legs and washed them one evening but then left them on the wash line. Only realised at the next albergue. Dumb or not?
  8. TonyC

    Insurance

    On further investigation of the need for a "qualified guide" I think that they assume that if you are hiking you must be high in some mountain range or other, which explains the 5000 metres altitude aspect as well. We have now found a UK travel insurance company "Staysure" who will happily...
  9. TonyC

    Insurance

    One of the main points to check is the duration of the insured cover. Most policies only cover for a limited period, this applies even to a full year policy. Companies seem to quote a maximum number of days per year e.g 90 days, but be aware that any single trip is limited to something between...
  10. TonyC

    Insurance

    Thanks for the reply. I quite agree that the cost of the travel insurance is well worthwhile. But the problem with our existing insurance provider is that they will not cover me for anything as I am over 70yrs old, but it still covers my wife (68), but even so will cover my wife for "Hiking and...
  11. TonyC

    Insurance

    My wife and I have a quite good travel insurance already, organised through my bank. We will be starting our first camino on 4th September from SJPDP. With this in mind I checked earlier today to see if we could get the insurance cover extended (from its current 31 days for any single trip) to...

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