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Hello! Advice please. I walked 10 days on the CF in 2021, and plan to walk again this summer. Please let me know how different you think the CF will be. In 2021 none of the municipal or religious albergues were open. I stayed in individual rooms in a variety of accomodations, and I'd like to...
Completely agree. And PH tips is fine. I think Twinings eng breakfast is awful though, though their darjeeling isn’t bad- so Twinings is a partial exception to the British/Irish rule. And of course for loose teas, China and India rule.
And powder your feet every day before you put socks on. I liked the toe socks as an inner layer, wool socks as outerlayer— but the powdering helped most.
When I walked this part of the camino last August, the church and the village were all closed. Not a (non-pilgrim) person in sight. I had lunch on the grass outside of the church, though, talking to 2 other pilgrims and enjoying the view. Even seeing the entryway of the church was good.
I bought one in Roncevalles. But it was much heavier than my trekking poles. After 2 days I developed huge bruises on my right arm on the bicep. I couldn’t understand it as i was having no problems with my pack. By day 4 the bruise was worse and I realized it was the walking stick, so I switched...
I got the 38 and walked 10 days with it on the Frances this summer. It was perfect. Loved it all.
and having the red color was good - adds visibility when you're walking along aa road.
Wow we all have something to say about this. I just walked 10 days, for my first Camino of what i hope will be many, on the CF. I had somewhat reluctantly reserved a month in advance as i was come from the US and wanted to make sure places were open. I found that having done all the planning in...
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