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    Paris to Chartres in January

    Hello! I'm just back from completing my pilgrimage from SJPP in October and I have, naturally, the camino bug. I have five days to kill by myself in Paris this January and I got the potentially ridiculous idea to walk to Chartres before I head back home to Australia. I still have all my camino...
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    Musical Instruments on the Camino

    My camino dad had a ukelele with him, it made for some fantastic evenings of singing and music - he had us all sign the ukelele as well. It was a really lovely thing to have, I would definitely recommend an instrument. Hearing certain songs now makes me cry with how much I miss the camino!
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    The story of your Stone at the Cruz de Ferro

    My stone was from the rock on the bank of the lake in my garden. I carried it in my pack from Australia, my home, and across Europe with me for four months before I even began the camino. It began to wear down and I would find particles of it throughout my clothing for months. My travels were...
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    Drinking water..

    I got sick on the Meseta at Carrion, and at least six others I knew got sick the few days around there. I can't be sure but I think it was the water that did it - I'd been warned about the water there from another woman but stupidly ignored the advice... But to avoid spending a night on the...
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    Sleeping bag advice

    Thank you all very much! I've sorted it out now :)
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    Sleeping bag advice

    Hi, I'm leaving for my first camino this Thursday and just realised I have a problem with my sleeping bag. I had been planning to bring a sleeping bag that is quite large and weighs 1.3-1.5 kilos. I know this is annoyingly large and heavy but I didn't want to buy another if it wasn't...
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    What did you read on your Camino

    I was planning on bringing Don Quixote as I thought it was very appropriate, but it is such large book I think it would be too much of a burden. I'm trying to think of an alternative now...
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    Walking with a teen?

    I'm 18 and doing the pilgrimage from SJPP to Santiago by myself this September. I don't think being younger makes much of a difference - if anything it is better in the long run as you get the emotional and spiritual benefits of the pilgrimage at an earlier stage of your life. I think it is a...
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    Class of 2013

    Hi, I'm Bene from Australia and I'll be doing the Camino from SJPP starting in September. I'm in the very-excited planning stages now, refining all my gear and beginning my proper practice walks. I'm pretty nervous because this will be the first time I'll have traveled overseas without some...
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    How many pairs of trousers?

    Hi, I'm walking my first Camino in September-October this year. I've seen many people say to bring two pairs of trousers. I've got one pair of zip-offs and it seems to me that two is over-kill. Is it okay to bring just one pair and something else smaller to wear while the pants are washing? Or...
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