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    Menu at Cafe Suso (2023)

    a great place to stay and if you leave your coat in the bar after a long night it will still be there in the morning
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    The Elvis Bar in Reliegos

    I had such a good night that i would not have got back into the refugio except for a pilgrim standing outside having a late smoke
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    Things to Do to Help Prevent Shin Splints

    I had painful shin splints. Iboprufen is the worst thing you can do I learnt because it further constricts blood flow. I had some relief but not cure from a glass of wine or agua dienthe in my coffee or a beer whenever I stopped. I understand alcohol dilates blood vessels. worked for me
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    Hiking from LePuy in April. Advice needed!

    My wife and i did the via Podiensis a few years back after doing Francais a few years before that. We didn't start in le puy because i thought it looked pretty tough and so we started on Conques. We had a great time . Fellow pilgrims who started in Le Puy said we had missed some beautiful...
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    FREE Kindle copies of TWO BOOKS :)

    thanks Paul, I went to the Amazon site (in australia I believe) and it seems the books are only free if you have a Kindle Unlimited subscription
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    Things to Do to Help Prevent Shin Splints

    when i walked the camino first I had severe shin splints. I tried iboprufen but this did not help and may have exacerbated the condition because it dilates blood vessels. I found small frequent doses of alcohol - agua dienthe in coffee, a glass of wine at lunch - worked best
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    Penitence by Proxy: Still Alive?

    Mullo49@gmail.com i read the book and both the concept and the interaction during her caminoa between Ailsa and the people she walked for was fascinating
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    Camino documentary on US PBS TV during 2018-2019

    I must have watched this about 10 times and still find it inspiring. I think I bought it from I-tunes
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    Shin splints

    iboprufen constricts blood vessels and makes shin splints worse. regular small doses of alcohol dilate blood vessels - agua dienthe in coffee, wine at lunch, beer in the arvo - worked for me
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    Shin splints

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