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    May 2012 Camino with a baby

    hmmm . having watched The Way movie id go for a 2 year old any time rather than the sullen 60 year old brat Sheen . toddlers are a lot more fun and rewarding they eat less cost nothing for accommodation dont argue (unnecessarily) clothes are smaller to wash will slot in with your early rise and...
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    Looking for a walking companion

    dear agony aunt i too am looking for a walking companion the guy at the hiking store said get a set of pacer poles they support you and never give up ? was he being rude kind regards tamtamplin . dear tamtamplin go with the poles if you dont like them you can just toss them over a cliff not so...
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    Arn..Pack size

    dear agony aunt i have a wife, 7 children and 2 parents and really like the new mini cooper coupe car ? what do you think tamtamplin . dear tamtamplin either get rid of unnecessary family members (start with the younger weaker children) or consider a slightly bigger car duh aunt aggie
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    How's the camino in September?

    what beautiful prose kokolo i walked the vdlp over the same period as you describe and it is exactly as you say the earth giving up the fruits of her labour it is only the unfortunate few who will see the brownness of the fields and take another route starting in late 30deg temps, with clear and...
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    Mental Preparation Are you ready ?

    suggestion.... take your heart but leave your head at home . when your head is ready, let it catch up with the rest of you that way everybody is happy . your heart goes on wild and dangerous trips to far-away places and your head stays at home opening the mail and vaccuming the rugs in the tv room
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    Afraid to take a chance!

    hello Seamus sorry - more unsolicited stuff about those pesky expectations...... this is the truth - the things you fear will probably not happen and while youre looking the other way, all kinds of shite might happen . but for sure do not commence the pilgrimage with pre-determined expectations...
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    Preparation

    so Duncan big up on the decision imho & experience the camino is much more fun if the non-physical disabilities are attended to well before taking the first step on the hallowed terrain so whether its ocd bipo depro whatever you might want to get this under control losing it with no support can...
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    Those were the days

    Derek - ? hoe is dit dat jy Afrikaans praat en sulke mooi engels skry en dat jy innie summer of love groot geword het my brein is ge-frazzel deur all die excesses van 60s free lovin ek kan skaars uitwerk of dit vrydag of woensdag is in elk geval - beste ek sou wou saam met jou die camino geloop...
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    Those were the days

    Derek . as my recently crossed over mum used to say to me "now get off your fat ass and stop feeling sorry for yourself youre the only one that can put the sparkle back in your eye and the spring in your step" . so there
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    starting sevilla camino mid-august/september 2011

    @ mmm042 thanks for the Sevilla reminder before first light i grandly commenced my camino at the cathedral, and the proceeded to walk in circles for 3 hours before hailing a taxi to take me to Santiponce and youre right - nobody could direct me - only the taxi dude . i didnt realise that "north"...
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    starting sevilla camino mid-august/september 2011

    hi Pandas i will have a go at your weather question the vets can have a go at the rest . i walked the vdlp from Sevilla to S'tiago from 14 sept to 28 Oct 2010 temps were just below 40 deg C at start in Sevilla and dropped to about freezing at the highest point near Lubian on 5 Oct heavy rain on...
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    Getting ready

    i love the subconscious camino preparation youve been doing most of us have been preparing like you for most of our lives we just dont know it until theres that seemingly insignificant spark that ignites our dreams . ? camino miracles i think so
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    Where are all the forum members?

    if you stop over at Casa Anita's albergue on the vdlp on the way out of Bercianos de Valverde you might see the Forum badge as well as the Confraternity of St James South Africa badge that i donated to their bar as a momento when they became too heavy to carry
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    The Journey, or the destination?

    i opted for both journey AND destination i planned on 6 weeks to cover 1000kays (thanks to forum vets) i took a few rest days and built in enough time to walk on to Finisterre i catered for stuff going wrong, and was mentally prepared for not actually getting to S'diego . with about 5 days to go...
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    Where are all the forum members?

    this is a true story..... . i stepped off the trail in Salamanca to mingle with the gorgeous 22 year old students despite wearing crocs and smelling like i d been 20 days on the road and booked 2 nites in a modest hostal no more than 50m from the cathedral . as i was checking in, the door next...
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    Where are all the forum members?

    9000 members 25% active bloggers = 2250 10% have badges = 225 10 possible routes = 22.5 pilgrims per route 12 months = 1.8 member pilgrims per month on any given route 50% is the number of members displaying a recent and recognizable photo of themselves = 0.9 pligr 50% is the number of pilgrims...
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    Accommodation and stamping of passport - hostel/hotel??

    accommodation ranges from wild camping, to the penthouse in a 5 star hotel with costs ranging from zero to a very lot and God did not create all albergues alike so not all are dorm-like generally you will have options . on the vdlp in Oct 2010 i generally spent my rest days in hostals and mostly...
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    Divine Providence

    @ Renshaw in the words of the great Mohammed Ali the greatest ever world heavy weight boxer fighter... "everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"
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    Class of 2011

    @Tim - respect brother ! @Ian - you camino legend you !
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    Hello from a deaf newbie.

    at a pre camino workshop by the CSJ of SA in CT one of the presenters had put together a back2back 1 page picture collage of all the things she might need - so it had a pics of food types, moods, emergency situations, directions, accommodation types, transport etc etc armed with a this...

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