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    st patricks day

    a very good day to all my readers whether on the trail or off it, carrying tents or not, following the yellow arrows or your own heart! Buen camino amigos and may you find the Way wherever it takes you. Gracias Sean aka John Josiah1 :D
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    A shorter stage from Cercedilla

    Hi ! that wouldnt be the turn off from Cruz de la Gallega by any chance? That was one of the options I was keeping in mind as there is a road clearly marked down into Valsain from where i thought I could either rest up or get transport into Segovia :D From what everyone is saying it would...
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    taking a tent on the camino Madrid

    THANKS 2 PEREGRINA AND ALL OF YOU! ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE EH? :D :D AM THINKING NOW OF POLISHING THE HITCHING THUMB AND TRYING THAT ON THE LAST 10K OR HOPE A BUS APPEAARS! IS THERE NOT A BAR SOMEWHERE ON THAT LAST LEG I COULD GET A TAXI FROM? I HAVE A 1/50 WALKING MAP AND WOULD BE...
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    taking a tent on the camino Madrid

    What is a Segway?
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    taking a tent on the camino Madrid

    FALCON 269 Tis funny u should mention taxis as that was my final great thought before beating my self senseless with the tent and donating my possessions to charity :D Btween taxis, expensive accomodation and actually being able to eat methinks the pension is looking fragile and the credit card...
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    taking a tent on the camino Madrid

    after reading about the lack of albergues between madrid and segovia I am back to square one. I am NOT fit enough for 35k stretches! besides, I might sleep under the stars in a bivvy! as hotel accommodation is not cheap I would hate to have to bus and train it between suitable albergues...
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    taking a tent on the camino Madrid

    many thanks! im particularly aware of the fire problem and the deaths caused by the careless! nice to see there are patrols although im not sure if they would stamp the sello whilst arresting me and giving me a bed for the night :D the bit about the bed to bed ideology is fine except that i...
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    taking a tent on the camino Madrid

    Weight and too much bother versus nights out where possible?
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    camino madrid

    many thanks john! have no intention of moving an inch till i get new guide :D got an os map from those nice people at the map shop in Hereford which made me wonder a little hence the trepidation! I was in St Jean a few years back when it was mild and yet 4 pilgrims died up on the tops! You...
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    camino madrid

    section from Cercedilla to Segovia. How difficult for not so youthful 75yr old?
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    Camino Mozarabe

    Hi to Grayland! I admire your tenacity and training approach but MINE SUITS ME!! In fact the older i get the more de4lighted i get with a slower pace as it means i can take ages to get to Santiago and i'm in no rush! I got a bit fed up years ago with youngsters in particular boasting about...
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    Camino Mozarabe

    hi to grilly and g/day to sandra! as i learnt from bitter experience on the camino frances and the portugues route 15km a day is my comfort zone so most people DO pass me! at a push i have thumbed and got lifts from those with a sense of disbelief that an elderly pilgrim was bobbin along on...
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    Camino Mozarabe

    ARRIVING CORDOBA 26 SEP AND HEADING FOR CAMPSITE FIRST THEN OFF TO MERIDA (SLOWLY!!) TO DO ANOTHER BIT OF VDLP. HAVE DONE FROM MALAGA OVER LAST FEW YEARS WITH VARIOUS MISHAPS AND INFIRMITIES GETTING IN THE WAY ( I AM 74) AND WILL BE CHEAPSKATING BIG TIME!! ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE?? TRYING TO...
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    Another Backpack recommendation request

    at the risk of being stoned to death by all those who enter the arena of equipment i have a small question to ask too! i have walked the frances route and the portuguese. i tried to start from malaga this year but after a series of small incidents and accidents got very fed up and skulked...
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    malaga to merida via baena? anyone done it?

    now in malaga and bad start! no one seems to know much about route from here and map shop couldnt help. catching bus to antequera and camping at el torcal site then maybe bus to cordoba and hopefully hitting the yellow arrows from there! still good to be in spain and picasso's corner...
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