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    Boots, shoes or sandals

    Wear what you are used to walking in. After some practice walks of more than 3 miles! I wore hiking sandals - little strappy toe things by Hi-Tec and my genuine trade marked Crocs because I've not worn any footwear with backs for more than 10 years. Since both of these are light they reduced the...
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    Walking alone?

    Re: Walking alone? My diary On 15th Sept 2010 after two nights on 'Pride of Bilbao' I was among the last of the few who could start my pilgrim walk by stepping off the P&O ferry into the heat of the port of Santurtzi. Nobody seems to know if a new company will take on the route. An hour later...
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    bed bugs and sleping bags-again!

    Aparently only 50% of people are sensetive to bed bug bites so many more are bitten than know about it and presumably the people who are not sensetive are as likely/ more likely? to carry them to new sites than the people who notice the bites. Bringing them home with me is about the only thing...
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    Bilbao onwards

    I'm getting the ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao on 13th September. I'd like to go through the St Anthony tunnel, but I also hope to walk by the sea during the couple of weeks I have available this time. So will probably only get to Santander!

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