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    The Meseta in spring

    I've just spent a glorious week crossing the vast plains between Burgos and Leon. When I walked the meseta in 2012 it was late September, post harvest, and the land was tired, brown and golden yellow. In spring 2016 it was a fresh green world. This short post on my blog gives a flavour of what...
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    Bedbug Question! Settle our debate!

    I've been bedbug-bitten on each of the three caminos I've walked and have seen some terrible sights of infected bites. I wouldn't put permethrin next to my skin, but nor would I stay in an albergue again without a treated mattress cover.
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    Rediscovering the realities of Camino life

    Haha, no option but to keep plodding on! Looks like we walked the Camino Frances at the same time, Ingrid. I left St Jean at the end of August 2012 and arrived in Santiago at the end of Sept.
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    Rediscovering the realities of Camino life

    Like many on this site I'm hooked on the camino and look back with a "rosy glow" on my month on the Frances in 2012 and last year's continuation of the journey to Finisterre and Muxia. However I'm currently walking from Porto to Santiago on the Portuguese and rediscovering the aspects of...
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    Camino signs: do they happen to anyone else?

    What a great story!
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    Camino signs: do they happen to anyone else?

    Two years on from walking the Camino, scallop shells still seem to be showing me the way. My latest blog post explains... http://highlandhind.wordpress.com Does anyone else have similar experiences ?
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    what backpack to use for a 5'8 women? I have no Rei store (or similar) nearby

    The Gregory 38 women's pack worked well for me ! It's light and very adaptable. Buen Camino.
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    Walking to the End of the World

    Hello I'm writing a blog about my current travels on the Camino Finisterre with some old pilgrim friends I met while walking the Camino Frances in 2012. If you're interested in the story it's at http://highlandhind.wordpress.com Thanks Nancy
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    Can I pick up a "Passport" in Santiago?

    I walked from St Jean to Santiago in 2012 and will be meeting up with the old camino "family" in the city later this month so that we can all walk together to Finisterre and Muxia. But I won't have a current passport with stamps for the albergues which lie ahead. Will I be able to acquire one...
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    What not to miss?

    Incredible! I agree almost exactly with both your likes and dislikes and I've written about them in my blog (highland hind.wordpress.com ) I wish I was doing it all again this year but instead am meeting up with old camino friends from 2012 in Santiago on the 24th Sept and walking to Finisterre...
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    Reunion in Santiago two years on

    Not a single day has passed in the last two years when I haven't thought about the Camino and the lifelong friends made along the way from St Jean to Santiago in September 2012. We've stayed in touch and in less than a month's time five of us (two Australians, Irish John, Swedish Helen and I)...
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    Hanging your 'drawers' out for the world to see!

    I remember a motley collection of underwear - including my own - hanging in the tower high above Grañon church. The guano from the pigeons was a constant threat to pristine laundry but by that stage on the Camino no one was caring about who wore what below their shorts!
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    Where was this place? - and make sure you sniff it out!!!!

    I remember it well. It was like an oasis in the desert after the early morning walk from Zubiri. The cafe con leche and food were delicious and no-one could bypass the aromas! The only downside was that it gave us the (false) impression that similar establishments would magically appear every...
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    A road paved with scallop shells must surely be a sign?

    I wonder if anyone else has been debating whether or not to walk the Camino, only to stumble across something that felt like an omen or sign? If so, what was your experience? And did you follow it or decide to dismiss it? I walked the Camino Frances in 2012 and am longing to repeat the...
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    List your pilgrim blog URL Here - we want to read your story

    Hi Suzanne, Good to read your story. My blog is http://highlandhind.wordpress.com Buen camino
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