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    Please review my packing List

    Perhaps a crepe bandage would be useful ....support sore limbs, joints and muscles until you get to town and rest/recover.
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    Advice on Heat

    Some days are good for walking and some days are good for sitting and talking ...we have to make sensible choices in life and when the heat is belting down we need to be very sensible
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    Diabetes and the Camino de Santiago - a study from Penn State College of Medicine

    Hi. I have type2diabetes and didn't have an issue with walking the camino ....walking for 5-6 hours average each day helped keep my blood sugars in my "normal" range, along with my medication. My weight dropped with less access to the fridge. Also my blood pressure went down with my weight and...
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    Transport Options on the Meseta

    I believe there is a bus from Carrion de los Condos to Leon. There certainly was one taking us there (to Carrion) from Leon so I imagine you could jump on that bus to go to Leon.
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    Atonement? Is that what it’s about?

    Can you "walk a Camino" to forgiving yourself before you do the Camino ? Walking the Camino could be a way away and in the meantime you can be in a lot of turmoil. Perhaps the peace you want to feel is just a few "steps" away ?
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    'Addiction'- an appropriate word for wanting to walk the Camino again (& again)?

    Does it matter what whether you call it an obsession or an addiction or intense ongoing love affair or .....? Enjoy it. If you keep doing it and not enjoying it, then dont do it. If you cant stop and you hate it then get some help to do something else. The pathologising of an activity often...
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    Rain Protection: Poncho or Rain Jacket for CF in April and May?

    My wife and I have packs thats made from waterproofed canvas - worked well in the rain ...the packs were probably heavier than some though. We spent one day I remember taking rain pants on and off a few times with the sporadic rain ...the rain pants and coats can get you feeling quite hot when...
  8. Gerry O

    New here

    My wife and had a surprise coming out of Sarria....for some reason we thought the walk would be flat, perhaps with the occasional hill. As time went on we realised there were hills everywhere. Thankfully we trained walking up and down hills in a nearby national park firstly without and then...
  9. Gerry O

    TV program alert for Aussies

    Thanks Tassie Kaz ..... ill look into it ...:rolleyes::oops:
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    TV program alert for Aussies

    yes, I've heard about that route ... from memory, the time of the year you set out is crucial ??
  11. Gerry O

    Has any pilgrim decided to move to Spain?

    My wife and I arrived in Hospital de Orbigo early one afternoon to find ourselves at the preparation stage for a medieval celebration complete with jousting. Tourists from all over were there and "rooms at the inn" were sparse and our Spanish couldn't cope with the negotiations for a room. We...
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    TV program alert for Aussies

    For those with Foxtel ...on Fox Docos there is currently a series called Europe's Most Beautiful Hiking Trails ..... My wife and I are looking forward to getting fit again and tackling the first half of the Camino ....we only did the section from Carrion de los Condes onwards due to time...
  13. Gerry O

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD No Jousting This Year

    My wife and I turned up one morning in 2019 at HdeO not aware of the event and were confronted with a town of people dressing up in mediaeval costumes. We were really chuffed that luck had landed us there on the day. However, we couldn't find accomodation and our Spanish couldn't cope with...
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    Photo Book

    I'm halfway thru a Camino photo book using Albumworks. Seems easy to use . Im putting in the days route from the guide and divided photos into nature, walking, churches, villages and other odds and ends like storks. It's a lot of fun and includes commentary which my wife wrote along the way plus...
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    'Addiction'- an appropriate word for wanting to walk the Camino again (& again)?

    There Are so many people with so many experiences related to so many terms and words, it is ridiculous in my view to try to take all these into account when writing or speaking. If you e been an recovered addict for twenty odd years and survived this long without using then you are pretty strong...
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