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    is a poncho enough or do i need a jacket as well in May

    Make sure the poncho you bring is a really good poncho- in January I loaned mine to another hiker while I was wore my goretex since I was conservative/extra safe and carried too much stuff. He had a torn poncho from the wind and he was miserable and wet and cold and trying to find a way to...
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    Does anyone know what's going on with the 'milestones'?

    Here's a photo of the new ones taken a couple of weeks ago. I think the carved arrows will be nice - harder for vandals or no-do-gooders to "reroute" the camino. This photo was taken as leaving Portomarin- in some areas they aren't all set yet (or they are in the middle of also doing a...
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    So I don't want to walk all the way down the hill before the end of the day...

    I'm not sure when you will be walking, but in mid January we found nothing open in Fonfria- no albergue, no cafe, etc... This was not unusual for this time of year, but just wanted to mention it in case you may also be there in low season....
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    Winter packing list review help please - Dec/Jan Camino Frances

    *** the website won't let me post the full response, so this is continued from the post above *** - warm gear: hat, neck gaiter, neoprene gloves, thin poly gloves. Hat, neck gaitor and thin poly gloves were good. I used the neck gaitor as a headband A LOT when the hat was too warm...
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    Winter packing list review help please - Dec/Jan Camino Frances

    I wanted to do a followup on my gear list, now that I'm home and had a wonderful time on the Camino Frances from Dec 8 - Jan 21 from St Jean Pied de Port to Finisterre. We had a wonderful time, a BIG mix of weather, and of course learned a few things about our gear (and other pilgrims gear)...
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    LIVE from the Camino Lucky winter weather!

    Where did all of the great weather go? We had a really fun time up to Foncebadon and Cruz de Ferro- Snow and lots of wind! It actually was fun- and made those extra kgs of winter gear that I have been carrying seem worth the extra weight! Now a forecast of rain all week.... We're...
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    Need help with hiking poles

    Sorry for the late reply - I'm on the Camino now! :-). Mine are Black Diamond CF Flicklock poles. The CF stands for carbon fiber so thet are a bit lighter than aluminum.
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    Shoe hallux rigidus - hallux limitus

    I don't know anything about the OP's condition hallux rigidus, but I wanted to share a revelation I am having on the pain at the base of the big toe (and inner ball of foot). In 2004 I did an 1100 mile hike (with backpack) and had fairly constant foot pain starting on the second or third day...
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    LIVE from the Camino Lucky winter weather!

    Beautiful weather continued - so much good weather that we were kind of happy to need to use our rain ponchos (otherwise they are just dead weight!). A bit of windy rain today on the Meseta...
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    LIVE from the Camino Lucky winter weather!

    Goncalo, we will probably see you if you only started a week after us- we are going very slow! :-)
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    Christmas on the Camino

    Merry (belated) Christmas from the Camino Frances! I wanted to share two photos from the wonderful Christmas dinner that they hosted at the Burgos Casa de los Cubos albergue on Christmas Eve. After having only seen two other pilgrims in the previous five days (and knowing both of them would...
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    LIVE from the Camino Lucky winter weather!

    My husband and I started today, and we feel very lucky. Lucky to have the opportunity to walk the Camino, and lucky to have amazing weather! Today from St Jean to Valcarlos had light rain/ heavy mist for parts of the walk (we didn't leave St Jean until 2pm, it started sprinkling around...
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    After the Paris bombings - taxi from Pamplona to St Jean still an option?

    To follow up with Graylands questions about what I encountered walking from St Jean in "winter" (Dec 8), altho it did not feel very much like winter today... - no problems at all getting taxi from Pamplona, there was not even a stop or visible guarda/officers at the border - the Pilgrim office...
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    Need help with hiking poles

    Just my preferences: Adjustable length (I frequently adjust mine based on up or down hill), and Cam-lock style (after a bad failure of the twist lock style, and annoying grindng when muddy even when it did 'mostly work', and carbone fiber for light weight.... Sounds like you have a nice Santa!
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    Newbie needing advice

    Welcome Tony! I'm on this forum planning our winter Camino on the Frances that starts in a few weeks. This will be my first Camino so I'm not going to be a lot of help planning for the Camino, but I did hike 1100 miles of the Appalachian Trail in 2004. I think when people question...
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