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    Using smartphones in Camino emergencies

    Just follow the arrows and you will get there in the end.
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    Is it worth taking a foldable bowl? Link in description.

    I usually had muesli every morning so needed a bowl and spoon. Not that much weight and you know you have one if none available. Find one that is easiest to clean.
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    Yet another thread about walking alone

    You did wait for the missus in Santiago didn't you?
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    Yet another thread about walking alone

    I walked the Frances with a wife and child so was never alone. I enjoyed it immensely. About 3 years later I walked the Pennine Way in the UK on my own where it is not so popular. I camped all the way as did most others that I met but there wasn't many out there. I suppose I was trying to...
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    Booking albergues or not

    I understand some smaller villages are less able to cope but that would be seasonal work. If there is 50 or more pilgrims looking for a bed each night something needs to be better organised that everyone either booking ahead or racing to be first in the queue when the doors open. A pilgrimage...
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    Booking albergues or not

    Surely if the Camino is that busy that people have to book ahead so that THEY are not the ones left out then the Spanish tourist boards should have a place at every stage for pilgrims or tourists to go to, to find a bed. It works in other countries. In Australia it is called the tourist...
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    Snow flakes on the Forum

    I would have wrapped a xmas present with the most annoying /nosiest family members name on it and put it under the tree. Actually last weekend I was mowing the lawn and came across a very large Tasmanian tiger snake skin which made me a bit nervous
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    Importance of weight

    Okay then. I'll just wander along the Camino by myself. It didn't matter anyway. Maybe I'll find an empty albergue . but that doesn't matter either, I'll just stay here.
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    Importance of weight

    eyeore, eyeore says that
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    Booking albergues or not

    I would not like walking the Camino having to book ahead for every nights accommodation. To me it would become more like a packaged holiday than a pilgrimage. I always enjoyed the freedom of stopping when I liked or needed to. Some days I only travelled half days for physical, spiritual or...
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    Importance of weight

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    Importance of weight

    No she was about 13 kg. If I ever looked like complaining about carrying her, her mother would have reminded me of how long she had carried her 24 hours a day. The same day we left St Jean an American was carrying 40 kg of books to a school in Pamplona.
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    Importance of weight

    I may have been naive or plain stupid but I started with 30 kg and made to Santiago with a 30 kg pack. Don't worry too much about pack weight. Worry more about what you take that will make your Camino more personal. It is not a competitive race with every gram vital to success but you will be...
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    Enjoying regional wine on the Camino

    It is so hard to replicate the joy and the feeling of the Camino. I have been trying for 17 years unsuccessfully.
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    Enjoying regional wine on the Camino

    I'm not an expert on the quality of wine and food but I am an expert on how I felt consuming these and have enjoyed some memorable lunches and evenings on bland simple food and drink at the right locations, company and with feeling "in the moment" than I have with some more elaborate events. I...
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