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I know that, I have suffered the same agony and now have two new hips (resurfacing). With these new hips I did a 2500 km camino without a problem. I exercise every day. Ibuprofen is not a solution.
Hello everyone!
Sorry to shout, but these are exciting times. I have started this thread to serve as a point of conversation for the Camino Guides Beta that was launched last month.
Since I have been kicking the tires so to speak and searching...
I tried Timps a couple of years ago, and the wore out and fell apart quite quickly (only a couple hundred miles). That's when I switched to the Olympus and they are now my go-to shoe. Maybe the Timps are more robust nowadays, but they certainly...
OK, so as someone who has a walked a few caminos already, some that tested me physically and mentally, I’ve tended to write off the Portuguese coastal as something of a camino lite for the Instagrammers.
But I found a two week window in dreary UK...
UPDATE: After spending several hours today trying to verify whether or not I had a reservation and with the help of my son who teaches in Bogota, Colombia and is fluent in Spanish, we took some suggestions from my fellow Pilgrims and contacted...
Personally, I no longer use plastic water bottles, especially the single use type. Not only are they very bad for the environment when discarded, it now appears that they could shed microplastics into the water, and therefore into you...
My metal water bottles are 500ml and I seldom fill them all the way. It really depends on the weather and if there are a lot of places with either fountains and/or cafes on the path I am walking that day how full I make them.
I just recently...
Hola peregrinos & peregrinas!
Just started a humble, new channel offering tips and hacks and other gadgetry that came to me while (and after) making my first couple treks across Spain...but also consider this a space to share your own tips and...
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