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I was there in October, and had to do the exact same thing you did... just to find out we could have continued on the road 20 meters parallel, a much better option. Especially since I almost lost my footing on a loose stone, and almost fell to...
Thanks! I agree a poncho is harder to put on. The advantage to a front-zippered poncho like the Packa or the Altus is that there's an easy way to do so! If you have short T-rex arms like me, and struggle to get the poncho around the back...
This May I will reach Santiago on the Primitivo, rest one day and then take a bus to Porto to meet my daughters (they will fly from Mexico) and start again with them, this time on the Portugese Central. I offered to get them poles; one option is...
This French video , part of the series Rebâtir Notre-Dame de Paris , details the raising of the new roof on Notre Dame Cathedral. The images are splendid.
@pixel , some people on the forum wear gortex shoes (or boots), some wear waterproof socks, whilst others wear sandals, both with and without socks!.
Many - myself included - wear non - waterproof trail runners. There's a few that I've failed...
I walked the Frances in May/June 2012 and met an Australian woman in Logrono who had walked out of St. Jean with a widower from North Carolina USA. He and his wife had always wanted to walk the Camino, but she passed away before they could. He...
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