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GGerard Griffin reacted to Wanderwoman2's post in the thread Observations from my second Camino with
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Hello all! Just a little follow up to my post a few months back on whether it was too soon to second Camino a year after the first. The answer was a resounding no! I got a cheap flight and found myself with no reason not to go to France and try... -
GMy friend got pick-pocketed in Barcelona. Took just a few minutes to realize, but it was too late. Here's the concern. He had EVERYTHING on his phone. Credit cards, airline reservations, maps, contacts, everything. Only phone number he could...
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GHi! Basic equipment? You’ll need a rucksack, walking shoes and a couple of changes of clothes. If it makes you feel better, I didn’t have any ‘equipment’ for my first camino. Took the (lightest) clothes I owned, bought shoes (which ended up...
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GSimply avoid Sarria, Porto Marin, Melide, Palas de Rei. I looked one day before or at the same day for a bed and had no issues and was mostly out of the big groups that started in Sarria. They all stay in the same place mostly.
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GGerard Griffin replied to the thread Feeling alone and anxious.Good advice. I did exactly that and I'm now in Santiago, after staying in fine albergues in Ferreiro, Gonzar, Casanova and Santa Irene with lots of free beds in each place. Santiago or bust! Arriba! 😎
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GMy first Camino from Moissac in France, back in 2005, my old knee gave out at Logrono and I bought the cheapest clunker of a bike that Decathlon had .. had a back rack put on it, bungeed my pack to that and carried on - was extraordinary how I...
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GGerard Griffin replied to the thread Alternatives to walking if injured.You can use luggage transfer, or use a backpack, but it's better to use a rear rack with a pannier bag attached to each side. You can ride with a poncho, a rain jacket, or both. Albergues have safe storage for bikes, inside or outside, and you...
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GGerard Griffin replied to the thread Alternatives to walking if injured.I think a bike might be the answer. I had knee pain for years and it used to surface when I walked the Camino, but since I took to the bicycle it's gone away. I think the strengthening of the knee muscles helps it. Knee pain varies, of course...
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GI'm with my daughter in a beautiful, historic and recently renovated off-stage albergue after Triacastela. The hospitalera (Eugenia) is wonderful. There is room for 60 pilgrims. We are the only ones here.
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GGerard Griffin replied to the thread Feeling alone and anxious.I'm in the third off-stage municipal albergue since Triacastela, and they're all half-empty. Munis don't accept reservations, so it's first come first served, and if you're there at 1 pm when they open you're certain to get a bed. Nothing to...
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