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Water can enter trail runner shoes, hiking shoes, or backpacking boots through any opening during a rainstorm, when walking through wet grass and brush, or drench into them if you walk through puddles or other standing...
I leave Richmond, VA, for SJPdP, arriving on Monday, 25 March. Many thanks to Ivar for creating this community forum and for all the contributions from so many pilgrims! The resources, insights, and sharing of experiences have been a blessing!
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Early April is a great month to walk. On five of my walks, this is the time period we walked.
On four out of five, I was in shorts and a T shirt by late morning each day with unseasonably hot weather a couple of years.
On my fifth walk that was...
Just a few days ago I finished my first Camino video. That one was about Camino Frances. The first Camino got me addicted. Two years later I was back on the Camino - this time I started walking from Lisbon.
For the second video I added also...
Thanks peregrino_tom! Great summary…I am planning this route (including Sende Litoral—Spiritual Variante) and Santiago to Finisterre on my first Camino — with a start at the end of March. Your experience aligns with many others that I have been...
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...
The Napoleon pass might still be closed in end of March if there is too much snow up there.
You will need to check with the local pilgrim office in SJPdP before starting.
I am starting on a similar date in Seville. Here is how I planned my...
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