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    GPS meltdown

    Somehow pilgrims got to their destination with no maps let alone gps. Still, it’s kinda nice having an idea where your next bunk bed is located. Maps. Me works fine and doesn’t require data. Triangulation to down loaded maps and waypoints is accurate within meters.
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    Shirts and underwear

    I did it last June/July with breathable synthetic underwear and T Shirts from Costco. Washes and drys fast. Adidas, Columbia, jockey, Nike all good.
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    GPS on Camino Frances

    Maps.me wirked well. Once you load the maps, you don’t need data and it doesn’t drain batteries. I way marked each daily destination and I could mark my progress very accurately
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    Has anyone ever considered a Camino "round trip"?

    On my CF this last summer I encountered 4 people returning to their homes.
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    Preguntas from a Newbie

    Where breakfast are available, 6:00 is often the time. In the heat of the summer, 4-5 am departures are common, giving 2 hrs in the dark(ish) before sun up, so bring a morning snack. You can usually find eateries along the way if the CF about 1 hr apart. Still some remote sections are foodless...
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    Hospital bill from spain

    Fair is fair. Pass it along to your insurance and follow up with the to see it gets paid. A day in a US hospital would have cost 10x that.
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    Not what I expected but...

    Seems to me that your Camino is having just the right effect on you. This is what it is all about. For the introvert, it provides bonding, the extrovert, detachment. Solitude, a blessing. Relish in every wayward emotion. The journey is the destination.
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    How often will we come across drinking water? Sizes of water bottles??

    With the exceuof a few legs, 1 litre is all you need. When villages are spaced at 5 - 10 km, that’s all you need to carry and at that, you’ll find it to be more than eough even when trekking in July and August. There sre a few sections with no serviced for 15+ km so you can take a couple of...
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    Training for Camino - my worries

    I never met a pilgrim who was perfectly fit for the journey on day 1. Get good footwear; there are lots of posts in that. Break in your shoes, walk at least 1 hr a day for a month before you leave and then start. Take it slow and easy for the first few days. Listen to your body. If it says...
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    Walking Down Hills

    Apart from poles and their use, you might want to tighten your boot strings so your toes don’t slide forward an get injured, blisters an bruised toes aren’t fun.
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    Walking Down Hills

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    Newbie picking a starting point for October

    Allowing for 1 rest day per week, you’ll cover about 250 km in 2 weeks so you could launch in Leon or Astorga
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    Fork in the road

    That trek has no food water and few people but then there are pictures like this to be had.
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    Should or shouldn't I bring a camera (Sony a6300)?

    Take it. Keep it strapped to your chest do you can take photos as you go without stopping. 1 in 10 will be good and with the camera st the ready you can easily take a thousand. You will refer to them for the rest of your life. And, if it really becomes a burden, mail it home. I met one...
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    Alternative Route - Camino Frances

    The crowd only become noticeable after Sarria and people tend to string out along the trail and laps into their own particular mind space when they walk so, you really laps into your own world and don’t see people as being part of the crowd. Where it is available, take the alternate routes shown...
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