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“A few days” meaning how many? If we know the total length of your walking time, it’s much easier to give advice. In general, I recommend an uninterrupted walk, simply walking without bus/train transport. if reaching Santiago is important to you...
Liners are not for the prevention of bed bugs but to keep a sleeping bag cleaner because it's easier to wash a liner than a sleeping bag.
The usefulness of treating your gear with permethrin against bed bugs is not to avoid getting bitten...
There is also a popular belief that silk liners have anti-bedbug properties. There is no evidence this is true. But silk is a nice lightweight fabric to use.
...I am on day eight of walking the Francés at the moment. It is quite busy. A lot of talk about beds (and the need to book ahead).
I don't book.
Today I tried really hard not to get a bed. I really tried.
Got up late. Took my time to pack...
Hi, Buen Camino!
1. Nope, not mental in any way at all - getting up in the middle of the night and booking to go next day is not wildly uncommon. You can 'train' on Camino by starting with short days and building up - ignore the 'day stages' in...
I just made it to the train. So Arlés here I come. And I just got a friendly mail from one place in Vauvert that I have a booking and if my back hates me then I can cancel or arrive as late as I please. So that’s sorted.
River path. The other path is simply the outskirts of Burgos and is very commercial/industrial area. You walk along concrete sidewalk.
The river path takes you around the airport and then along a path following the river into Burgos. Very...
OK, I know I'm and over planner / over thinker.
Pat and I have a checklist on the Fridge door that we go through when we go away.
We are both the type that asks the other as we drive off down the road......
"Did you turn the cooker off"?
"The...
Yes I agree. Walking has always been a key part of my day in, day out. I have never owned a car. I have never needed to! I would alway walk anywhere within 3 miles, and for longer journeys I was 5 mins from a bus station, 15 mins from a station...
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