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I really enjoyed reading Patrick Leigh Fermor's kit list from his epic walk across Europe in the 1930's which is here:

http://pilgrimpace.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/kit-list/

It is a very beautiful piece of writing - and very different gear from most of us!

Andy
 
Get your Spanish eSim (phone number)
Get a Spanish mobil number + data while on the Camino
Get a spanish phone number with Airalo. eSim, so no physical SIM card. Easy to use app to add more funds if needed.
Those were the days. At least like Patrick Leigh Fermor I have a copy of Huxley's Antic Hay to add to my autumn/winter pack. The famous pneumatic cushion which is described by Huxley might also come in handy. Margaret Meredith
 
How very strange I'd just started rereading 'A time of Gift's' (I'd last read it when I was 17 and had a 'notion' of setting off myself) when, because of those feelings 'setting off and shaking off' it evoked, I popped onto the forum where I found this thread....Camino serendipity :)
 
We will pick up your luggage, send it to Santiago and store it for you (2024)
Let us pick up your suitcase once you arrive in Europe....
...and ship it to Santiago for storage. You pick it up once in Santiago. Service offered by Casa Ivar (we use DHL for transportation).

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