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    new walker--can it be done with minimal planning?

    Hi there, Sounds like the Camino is calling you...so my advise for what it's worth is answer the call. I got my call 4th of July weekend (2015). On the friday before the thought hadn't occurred to me to walk the camino. I knew about it from the book Shirley MacLain wrote about her walk which I...
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    How long........

    Hi there, My daughter (24) and I (61) will be starting our camino on september 24th. We took the Bierley and one other book can't remember author name and i put recommendations for stages onto an excel spreadsheet and then made adjustments taking it slower in the beginning and where they said...
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    Morning Walking

    My daughter and I are starting our walk the end of September. I'm a very early riser...she not so much. I thought it'd be great to start really early but after seeing threads I am convinced we should wait until morning light to begin...she'll be happy. Since you mention it...any advise for...
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    New to the forum... Hi

    Welcome! Good idea to start planning early. I got the great idea to walk the camino early last month...and my daughter and I are now set to start it the end of september so not a lot of time to plan and prepare! But then again if we had the whole year would we have been working out??? All I...
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    Botafumeiro Souvenir

    I'm so sorry. I would be happy to if you don't get one before november. I don't head out until end of september. celeste
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    Grañon hipplie place July 15 2015

    So you spray all those items with the permithon ahead of time right? ...and what do you mean you 'take' deet for the night? (again thanks soo much for helping on this...bed bugs kind of worry me)
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    First Camino, September - October 2015

    Best of luck!!! We're a few weeks away from our start and I'm getting more nervous the closer we get so I totally get it. By the time we start you'll be over half way through!!!! Enjoy.
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    Grañon hipplie place July 15 2015

    Other than spraying your sleeping bag with permethrin what other prevention techniques are you applying? thanks again.
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    The Oficina del Peregrino

    Thanks soooo much for your time on putting this together. My daughter and I will be starting our camino the end of September. This is the first time so this kind of information is greatly appreciated.
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    2015 SEPTEMBER PILGRIMS

    I'm not sure where I read it but i thought the train to SJPP was still down. Maybe it's back up??? Anyway since i thought it was down and couldn't find that leg of the train available online we're taking a van from Biarritz. Here's our plans and timing to give you an idea. My daughter and I are...
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    Grañon hipplie place July 15 2015

    Thanks so much for the warning. We'll be heading out late September and i had hoped the 'bed bug' season (if there is such a thing) would be over. I'll be sure to spray our sleeping bags before we go. I sure hope the albergue does something to deal with the problem or it will be spreading...yuck.
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    GPS vs Smart Phone for route tracking

    Thanks I'll do that and see what happens!
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    Question re rain and shoes

    Thanks for letting me know. I'll be on the camino frances so I don't need them then.
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    2015 SEPTEMBER PILGRIMS

    Hi there, I've looked over the forum site and can't find the place to buy a forum badge. can someone direct me? My daughter and I are starting at SJPP on the 24th so hopefully with a badge on my bag we'll run across some of you!
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    GPS vs Smart Phone for route tracking

    Hi there, I was wanting a history/map of where i was for each day of my camino. Would runkeeper be good for this? is there any place online I can see an example of what history would look like? If not runkeeper, anyone have any other suggestions?
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