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    Help needed for my first Camino

    Wow, that was quick, thanks Kanga :)
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    Help needed for my first Camino

    Can Gronze.com be viewed in English? I couldn't see anywhere to change language
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    West Australian group meeting

    Hi Cas, I can't make the meeting this month as I am going to Busselton to speak to a community group about the Camino. Could you please pass on a HUGE thank you to Rosemary, if she is there, for very generously supporting my Oxfam walk. Rosemary, if you read this, I did find you on Facebook...
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    West Australian group meeting

    Hello all WA Camino lovers! I hope to see everyone at KP on Sunday. I returned from my Camino last month having walked the final 200km with a broken foot. It is healing well and I have now committed, with another Camino forum member from Darwin (Donna Sch) and two other friends, to walk the...
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    Don't Cheap Out on Raingear!

    Tony, I'm in Perth and returned from completing the Camino Frances a couple of weeks ago. Happy to share info if you have any questions. Personally, I think the Altus and gaiters are the way to go but that's just my opinion. I took a good quality rain jacket also and really didn't need it...
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    Walking with my wife could have been a mistake!

    Jenn, don't hesitate on the insurance front. I returned one week ago on a very comfortable upgraded Business Class flight through travel insurance. I hurt my foot just before O'Cebriero and continued to walk to Santiago (in a fair bit of pain) before finding out I had fractured my foot. On...
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    Don't Cheap Out on Raingear!

    I wasn't sure about gaiters either but took them. I didn't wear them until the first day it rained and then wore them almost every day after - rain or no rain. The reason - clean trouser legs! I just returned home last week and throughout my Camino I encountered a LOT of mud which ended up...
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    Don't Cheap Out on Raingear!

    Another little tip with the Altus or other ponchos - wearing a cap or sports visor will stop the hood from falling down over your eyes and the rain driving into your face/eyes :)
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    Don't Cheap Out on Raingear!

    Hi Kyle, I have also just returned two days ago. Altus poncho (which accommodated my pack) with knee high gaiters kept me totally dry (except for the inevitable condensation). I found that when it stopped raining intermittently I would unzip the poncho and pull my arms out and leave the poncho...
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    Swollen Foot

    Cath, I have just returned home two days ago. I hurt my foot just before O'Cebriero and continued to walk to Santiago and then half way to Finisterre before I gave in to the pain (and swelling). I went to the hospital in Cee after many people telling me that pilgrim's would be treated for no...
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    LIVE from the Camino The meseta, it's beautiful!

    I finished last week and absolutely loved the Meseta. A very special part of the whole journey
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    LIVE from the Camino The camino provides. Today it provided mud!

    I finished the France's last Thursday and have got lots of the 'mud' photos too. However, after I broke my foot just before O'Cebreiro I was grateful for it, much softer than the alternative - rocks! Those next few days up and down were painful.
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    Oh no, I think I trained too hard!

    I leave tomorrow and had a cortisone injection in my knee for a niggling ITB on Thursday, my husband calls it my 'performance enhancing drug"!
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    Anyone doing the Camino in April 2016

    I leave on Monday and start walking Wednesday. Thanks for such a chirpy post, makes some of those little butterflies settle. Can't wait to be there :)
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    WARNING. simcardspain.es

    I got the same...
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