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jonesy75 reacted to Simperegrina's post in the thread Cancelling Camino - Soliciting Advice with
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Please please don’t cancel So many posts in reply, giving good advice You don’t mention which route you’re doing from Porto - Central or Coastal? Summarising options: - ship your pack from accommodation to accommodation, so you’re only... -
jonesy75 reacted to Peterexpatkiwi's post in the thread Cancelling Camino - Soliciting Advice with Like.
@ctwillie , in July of last year I faced a similar dilemma. Just weeks before leaving I injured myself. Tickets paid for, the first couple of days booked. What to do? In the end I went. I went not knowing if I could even walk the first day, let...
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Greetings, I highly recommend using hiking poles - they were a real help to my knees and added safety on occasional steep rocky downhills. I echo the suggestions to have rubber tips to prevent the click click on hard surfaces. I walked the CF in...
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Update #2 on this. I have now created a new user group on the forum for users that have 5 posts or less. These users will have a less privileges compared to users with 6 or more posts. For example, users with 5 or less posts can not start a...
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Dear all, I woke up this morning to over 200 new spam accounts having signed up and started sending inappropriate Private messages to members. I am so sorry for this! They have now all been deleted. When I woke up, I did disable the...
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jonesy75 reacted to lovingkindness's post in the thread Most Dangerous stage on Camino Frances.? with Like.
...for me the most dangerous stage appeared unbidden at the very end, in an empty dormitory in SdC. It was a powerful ache to never go back to the harsh realities of the other world, but remain a walking peregrina forever...
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I think the only advice I've heard is slowly acclimate yourself to it. I hear though that if you walk barefoot a lot (me at home) you probably won't notice the difference and should have no issues "getting used to it."
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Ok, update. I didn't need to try an extra insole to boost my foot up. But the clever way of lacing seemed to completely alleviate any rubbing. I've now walked a good 20 miles in them and seem to be just fine. I can even wear my favorite drymax...
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Apart from the town sites, and this may be a bit off the usual responses, but, there is a large shopping area, 3kms from centre or frequent number 9 bus - Centro Commercial Parque Rioja on the south west of town and it has a large Decathlon and a...
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jonesy75 reacted to Lydia Gillen's post in the thread The booking ahead problem: Is it a problem? with Like.
Starting in 2007 I never booked, did not even know that one could unless you stayed in a posh hotel. In some way there was always stress, would I get a bed??? and young tall men kept passing me by. I think I must be the most passed-by pilgrim...
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