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Many blessings to you, have been thinking of you since this was announced. You are embraced by a worldwide community of Peregrinos, may you find comfort and peace. Buen Camino to both of you.
On my 2023 flights from Sydney to Madrid via Doha my checked-in backpack was trashed somewhere along the way despite being packed inside a locked hold-all with my walking poles, tips covered with rubber feet. One of the shoulder straps of my...
I was walking through a small town with an ageing population of over 3000 ppl that marks the end of a (gronze) stage on the mozarabe and, in advance, checked the availability of grocery stores. One small shop opens daily from 10am to 1.30pm...
Plan shorter stages. 30km days and I don't get along.
Take fewer things (no backup anything except my highly refined glasses and my meds, no umbrella, disposable ponchos, no liquid soap/shampoo....YMMV).
No punishing expectations ( no "I should...
Carry less.
Walk further.
Walk even slower ;)
I'm starting to realise that a Camino is best not measured in kilometres walked, but in how many times the heart smiles. :rolleyes:
Why?
Because it really is all about the journey, not the...
This Resource was first uploaded in 2013 and has passed through many revisions over the years. We have not had any updates since 2017, but today @wisepilgrim has been kind enough to offer us this list of "all" albergues on the Camino Frances as...
Can’t believe no-one seems to have mentioned a corkscrew!!
I took camping cutlery, bowl and cup on my first Camino but not since as didn’t use them. The corkscrew was the one thing I missed and have carried on each subsequent trip! Those with...
A few weeks ago I carried an inexpensive handle-less microwavable cup (from Walmart and on its third camino now) and a spork. I bought a pocket knife when I arrived and in Galicia where there is no cookware, plates, etc. in the lovely Xunta...
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