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🦠 Covid & the Camino

Discussion on how COVID-19 might affect your Camino
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COVID Is Covid still an issue and how to deal with it ...

Water and Hydration

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Water, water...

Managing Disabilities on the Camino

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Walking With Facet Joint Osteoarthritis

First Aid & Blisters

Some tips on first aid and blisters on the Camino
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What should I do about calluses?

Medical help and injuries on the Camino

Some tips on how to deal with medical help on the camino
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Medical help Valenca
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Mental challenges

Some tips on the mental challenges on the Camino
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AA meeting daily 6-7pm Casa Anglicana
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Training, Fitness & Health

Some tips on how to train and keep fit for a Camino
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How to choose a Camino Prep Fitness Program?
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    WildPlace
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    What kind of pain is that??
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    ShellsG
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    • Shin Splints 15 days before Camino Aragones and Frances.
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    Nearly ended it all!
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    William Marques
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    Medical care in Santiago and elsewhere
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    Penny Kingma
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    MCFearnley
    Altus 24 Liters daypack (DENON 24 H30)
    Technical backpack for day trips with backpack cover and internal compartment for the hydration bladder. Ideal daypack for excursions where we need a medium capacity backpack. The back with Air Flow System creates large air channels that will keep our back as cool as possible.

    €83,-
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    KinkyOne
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    • Walk well and safely in the heat, brothers and sisters of the road!
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    How would I ask for denture fixative powder in a Spanish pharmacy?
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    christy wharton
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    Voltaren cream ....is it worth it?
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    No pilgrims, but I think I have bedbugs
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    Icacos
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    Ideal sleeping bag liner whether we want to add a thermal plus to our bag, or if we want to use it alone to sleep in shelters or hostels. Thanks to its mummy shape, it adapts perfectly to our body.

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    did you need medical care on and after the camino
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    Bradypus
    Banana Peel Insect Relief and Shoe Cushion!
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    Active isolated stretches (A.I.)
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    Inexpensive Epipen Options?
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    Is permethrin carcinogenic?
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    Which UK insurance?
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    Camino Way markers in Bronze
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    Plantar Faciitis Treatments - Pre Camino
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    Robo
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    MTtoCamino
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    Chito
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    SYates
    Where in the forum I could find some philosophical / existential crisis threads?
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    kalliti
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