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[QUOTE="David Tallan, post: 628817, member: 31995"] That is generally the case but there are exceptions. When I last walked the Camino Frances in 2016, there were a couple of times that we managed to wander off the path and, since they were before Sarria, there were not always other pilgrims around. I remember one time when we were a kliometer or two off the path and we did see other pilgrims - they were just as lost as we were and happy that I had an app that we all could use to find our way back to the Camino. I also distinctly remember a section between Riego de Ambros and Molinaseca where the trail markers were extremely infrequent (or hidden from us somehow) and the branch frequently seemed to fork into parallel paths. We were really worried about getting lost and were happy to have an app that showed we were more or less on the Camino heading in more or less the right direction. We didn't use the app in an ongoing fashion when we were walking, though. Just occasionally when we were worried about being lost or wanted a quick check on how far we had walked of the day's distance, and generally paused while we were doing so. So I don't think it was that likely to make us miss any waymarkers. Certainly many thousands (or hundreds of thousands) successfully walk the Camino de Santiago each year without an app, so I would hardly say it is necessary. But if you are carrying an iPhone or Android phone with you anyways, you may very well find an app worth the few dollars you spend on it. No app is going to be perfectly accurate, either. Neither will a guidebook or website. Personally, I took several apps as well as e-book versions of guidebooks and website bookmarks so I could cross-check them against each other to reduce the likelihood of errors impacting my Camino (although I wasn't able to eliminate that, either). [/QUOTE]
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