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    Hey there! I wanted to chat about my experience on the 2017 Camino Frances. I'm pretty average physically, maybe a tad overweight, did some training (could've done more), and could've lightened my backpack a bit. Started off strong from SJPP...
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    I love it when the world turns indigo :
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    Bala reacted to VNwalking's post in the thread want solitude with Love - Red heart Love - Red heart.
    Who says the Camino can't be a retreat? It is for me. You can party or socialize all you like on the Camino but not to forget that not everybody has your experience.
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    Bala reacted to SabsP's post in the thread want solitude with Like Like.
    The Camino can mean lots of things. Yes, for some it can be joyous and inclusive, but that is so utterly limiting IMO. To me it is certainly not always " cheerful ecstatic exuberant festive heartwarming joyful jubilant merry upbeat wonderful" (...
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    Bala reacted to VNwalking's post in the thread want solitude with Thank you Thank you.
    That's Hollywood. Many of us are totally not into contrived camino families. It's both not true and not the situation on the ground. If you want quiet, you can find it. But as others have said, quieter caminos might be more your cup of tea.
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    Bala reacted to BHP's post in the thread Death of American pilgrim in Castromaior today with Love - Red heart Love - Red heart.
    This was my husband. So many thanks to all of my fellow pilgrims who stopped to help and to pray and to translate for me. He was doing what he loved. Thank you for the news article link.
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    Bala reacted to Tarquin's post in the thread Weather on the Camino Ingles 17 April with Like Like.
    Beautiful walking weather on the Camino Ingles today
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    Bala reacted to Kathar1na's post in the thread €12000 fine on Route Napoleon? with Haha Haha.
    My humble opinion: If exceptions are made it only increases the number of people who believe that they, too, are exceptional. I already start to regret my participation in this thread. 😶 Maybe it would indeed be better if everybody believed that...
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    This book by Katherine Lack landed on my doormat last week. I ordered it having found her Frontstalag 142, The Internment Diary of an English Lady fascinating, not least because my grandmother and aunt must have been interned with Fanny Twemlow...
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    I started walking the American Discovery Trail back in 2019. My plan was to walk the southern option between Cincinnati, Ohio and Denver, Colorado that fall, and then to fly to Delaware in February 2020 and make the full coast-to-coast walk...

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