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I am a very experienced Camino walker - Frances 2006, St Olaf 2008, Via de la Plata 2010, Portuguese 2012 and this year 2022 Ingles, I wear a size 11 Keens boot - wide toe box, 1 kg for 2 boots, very comfy. Bought in Australia but avalailabvle world wide. Very happy with my boots. Also shoes...
Try Black diamond distance FLZ poles. They collapse to 37cms so fit in a day pack. I have just bought another pair (having used them for many years. Worn out now) for $AU 169.90. Ann
Who did you get your insurance with? We are planning Camino Baztan in early August followed by a pony trek in nepal. need to be fully covered. thanks, Ann
Ideed yes. We plan to do Camino Baztan (a short but very beautiful one) in early August.We are then going on to Nepal to do a pony trek in Upper Mustang. Well, that's the plan at the moment. Ann and Kerith (Australia)
If you buy Black Diamond Z-poles they fold into 3 and easily fit in a backpack. I have been using them since 2010. No problems, including Ryannair. Ann, Pilgrim from Australia.
I too have had the problem. It took about a month of daily applications of WD40 (a lubricat spray) into the joint before it finally let go. Now when I walk I flick my poles up and down every day so they don't have time to get stuck.
Hello from Australia Kev and Kath. I walked from Seville to Zamora in 2010 and then Zamora to Santiago in 2019. Yes, book accommodation in Seville, altho' with Covid restrictions the crowds may be less. No trouble getting a sello from the cathedral altho' we got ours on Easter Sat. We loved the...
Of course we are watching your videos, Ivar! And lamenting that we are stuck here in Australia with closed borders both internationally and intra-Australia. We had planned to walk the Camino Baztan plus some of the Aragonese in June; that may not even be possible in 2021. Virtual walking is OK...
Thank you all for such a speedy response. Yes, I am thinking of 2021 - it seems we won't be allowed to leave Oz before July 2021 at the earliest and who knows....but by then things will be clearer. I walked the Gudbransal track from Oslo to Trondheim in 2008 and met only 1 other pilgrim so I...
Hello everyone. As soon as australia will let me out I'll be off to Norway to walk. Does anyone have info on the North Path to Stiklestad. I can find very little info. Is it way-marked? food?accommodation etc.
thank you
Hello - Ann, a 63 yr old who walked the via de la plata last year.
I have walked 6 caminos and have always carried a female specific Osprey. My latest (walked the VdP last year) is a fairview 40 - so much easier to access a front loader than a stuff from the top. Only drawback was no space...
Thank you so much for this post. It took me back to my camino frances in 2006 where Granon and the lovely hospitalero, marina, were a very special highlight. We have such fond memories of your kindnesses. May you bless many other pilgrims in the same way.
2 pilgrims from australia, ann and Kerith
Hello bAlan,
I walked the Portuguese in Jan. 2011. No oproblems, 1 day of rain, no trouble finding albergues except for 1 monastery closed. a beautiful walk, not hard. enjoy. Ann
I walked from Oslo to Trondheim with a friend in 2008. Carried a tent and basic food - muesli, powdered milk, Kaavli crispbread, liverwurst paste and dried meals. getting food was sometimes a problem so you do need to have a stash. But the fresh bread=, butter and bananas when we got to a town...
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