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    DTCamino replied to the thread Next after Camino Frances.
    I think he is going May/June so I put a start day mid May to June into Camino Weather App and the average looks enticing. See below.
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    DTCamino replied to the thread Next after Camino Frances.
    Ruta De Lana is 27-28 days depending on where you start and stop. After reading pilgrims accounts from Peregrina2000 and others it where I’m heading. I did the Madrid last fall and the Lana sounds similar: less crowded route with great scenery...
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    DTCamino replied to the thread Backpacks Check-in or carry-on.
    I’ve only once been required to check my backpack in all my trips to Spain (Lufthansa last year), but I put all the items I have to have on my trip in a dry bag in the top of my bag that I can remove , so if it gets lost replacing a backpack...
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    DTCamino replied to the thread Alicante to Orito.
    I did a little more research and the route below Fontcalent is mentioned below in the first Alicante-Orito stage in Caminosantiago.org under the link below...
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    DTCamino replied to the thread Planning?.
    Some of the albergues were closing this last October earlier than posted. May have been a fluke but if you contact them a day ahead you’ll know who is open. Plenty of private accommodation with exception of only a couple of stages if you get in a...
  • DTCamino
    DTCamino replied to the thread Planning?.
    I just did that walk in September and booked private accommodations nearly the whole way which was unnecessary as the daily pilgrim count is low enough that the albergues always had room. The takeaway from the Madrid is there are a couple of...
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    DTCamino replied to the thread OK guys, what underwear?.
    Ex Officio give n go work great for me. They are wicking and comfortable and don’t get too stinky. I’ve gone to silver infused socks liners to help with stinky feet, and Jockey and others make silver infused underwear which I’m trying this April...
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    DTCamino replied to the thread Plane to Atocha to High Speed!.
    In three hours between arrival and my train to the Camino I’ve had time to stop off in Madrid at the sporting goods store to buy walking poles and bought food for the train several times. I think it helps I’ve done this before so it’s second...
  • DTCamino
    I vote for the Camino de Madrid. You start in Madrid and end in Sahagun so transportation to and from is easy. It takes 13-14 days to walk, has infrastructure, mountains and the Meseta. The albergues are never full, or you can do private...
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    I stopped and ate at that one, too. :D I was starving. All I had for breakfast that morning was the usual nutritionally flimsy coffee and toast and later a protein bar are the area of the military reservation up on the hill before you walk down...

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