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    Wow! Hotel Norte y Londres prices

    I did part of the Norte until the weather was too awful ( I went down to do the Portuguese to finish.) I made it to Bilbao and found a place for about $35 for a hostel. It was completely expensive everywhere...I think it was also because many of the auberges were still shut down, especially...
  2. Allyson Hughes

    Fear of heights and the Way from Le Puy

    I did the LPEV (and CF) and don't recall any scary cliffs. The hike out of Cahors after the bridge is steep but short and the hike in to Conques is rocky and steep but doable. I did much of the trail in a heat wave and it was stifling (August 2019) and I did the alternative Cele route for 3...
  3. Allyson Hughes

    Camino Del Norte starting 3rd September 2021

    Buen Camino. I want to do this one too but waiting to see how it goes. I did the LPEV and CF in 2019 and want to do another French one tying to the Norte.
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    Lonely Walking Now

    I walked the Le Puy in August in 2019. I was lonely not because there weren't many people, but because almost all of the walkers weren't pilgrims but French walkers that were on vacation and didn't want anything to do with me, and couldn't or wouldn't understand my poor French. BTW...don't go...
  5. Allyson Hughes

    Best shoe for Planter Fasciitis

    By the way, I wore ultra Lone Peak 3.5 and Hokas for the second camino, and a combination of Columbia hiking shoes and Brooks. First foot issues I recommend hocus because they're so comfortable and cushioned and or lone peaks because the toe box is really big. I also had Morton's neuroma and...
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    Best shoe for Planter Fasciitis

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    Best shoe for Planter Fasciitis

    I was a letter carrier for 32 years and got plantar fasciitis about 22 years into my career. I'm retired now. The best thing you can do is fix it. And you can. I did exercises and slept with a stiff boot which keeps your foot at an angle so that when you get out of bed you're not crawling in...
  8. Allyson Hughes

    Arrow at Burguete

    Both times walking out of Burgos I failed to find the arrow, and even now I cannot remember where it is!! About a group of 12 people of us were leaving the city albergue (which is really good!) and we all missed it in the morning darkness. We marched on, talking and not noticing we were not on...
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    Arrow at Burguete

    There is also an arrow sign on the building under Santander....
  10. Allyson Hughes

    Did you meet "The One" on the Camino

    I don't think that I would want to find that on the camino. I am in a state of reverie there....everything is perfect to me.....no hassles, no bills to pay, no garbage to take out....both literally and figuatively...no work or job. Your only "job" is to wake up in the morning, put on your...
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    Forum Book Club - Getting started, with book nominations

    Yes...the Camino was mystical for me. I don't need a guide to the Camino....I would like to discuss about the mystical aspects of the camino with others that they experienced.
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    Forum Book Club - Getting started, with book nominations

    The Pilgrimage by Paul Coelho
  13. Allyson Hughes

    An article about the excavation site of Atapuerca, just off the CF

    I made a point to stay in Atapuerca while doing the Camino. It was one of the best choices. There is a museum there and in Leon about this. Fascinating!!
  14. Allyson Hughes

    Why do pilgrims carry on when it is really hard?

    I for one am not religious but have a deep spiritual connection with God as I know the Oneness and Power of this Spirit. Walking the Camino connects me to the larger arena of people and places in that power, love and peace. There is no noise from my busy life in Seattle, no To Do lists, no...
  15. Allyson Hughes

    Special albergues on the Meseta

    No I don't...but I think I know what you mean....you don't give away where the good fishing is....!!!

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