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  1. dick bird

    Kdrama Camino Sighting!

    Working in Villadangos at the moment. Fair number of Koreans on the Camino, and a surprising number of Taiwanese.
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    Valdesalor - picking up the albergue keys from bar, etc

    I suspect there is only one key, but you’ll need to register first anyway, just hope that any earlier arrival is awake and on the premises.
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    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    I think we can agree that one should pay for what one uses. The exact cost of electricity is variable and difficult to calculate so why not offer a euro or two and consider the balance as a gesture of goodwill?
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    Snow in Navarra, currently, or at least a few hours ago...

    And it is very cold on the Meseta right now, 0 Celsius in the mornings.
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    Making friends when starting the Camino later

    You live in the UK, Spain isn’t far away so you could easily do the Camino in two or more stages which is what a lot of people do. Alternatively start from Burgos and next year start from Saint Jean. You’ll be well and truly hooked by then, like the rest of us.
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    What are your favorite Camino misspellings on the forum?

    ‘te’ is a pronoun, replacing a noun.
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    What are your favorite Camino misspellings on the forum?

    Umlauts, tildes, accents, cedillas etc are lumped together under the term ‘diacritic’ and they have different uses in different languages, for example shortening or lengthening a vowel, shifting the stress, or actually changing the sound of a vowel or consonant. They are used because the Roman...
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    LIVE from the Camino Do not climb over this fence

    Let’s keep this relevant to the Camino, which is in Spain. For whatever reason, there is little or no difficulty but on some routes it is a different matter. The Camino is not popular with everybody and on other routes I have seen a number of attempts, usually quite petty, to sabotage the Camino...
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    LIVE from the Camino Do not climb over this fence

    Farmers do, not so sure about landowners.
  10. dick bird

    Baggage transfer from all hotels or just some?

    Any hotel that is actually on the Camino will have pack transport. You don’t really need to organize it in advance - all the companies have a system for booking day by day: usually you complete an envelope which you attach to your pack and they do the rest.
  11. dick bird

    Alert Two reports of agressive dogs just after Oseira

    Report it to the police. Spain has tightened up a lot recently on the control of dogs.
  12. dick bird

    Ultimate Dog Repellent

    More or less. Working dogs are exempt though. If you check online you can get the details.
  13. dick bird

    Ultimate Dog Repellent

    I know this is little comfort after the event, but Spain has recently passed legislation making it illegal to allow a dog to roam so if you have a bad encounter you could report it to the local police.
  14. dick bird

    Backpack is 2 kg too heavy TwT

    What does your pack actually weigh? My suggestion is take the lot then dump what you find you don’t need. Somebody will be grateful for it.
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    LIVE from the Camino Working as hospitalero at Albergue Municipal de La Virgen del Camino

    We met at Villadangos when Angel was showing you round. We are hospis here. Hope it goes well for you. Send me a PM if you have any questions or queries. Good luck.
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