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As others of the tofu-munching wokerati will have noted already, The Guardian has what seems to be a monthly mention for the Camino.
The latest offering...
Perhaps I missed it but one thing I also always do when having a shower is just wet my hair and body, turn the shower off while I suds where needed to and then quickly rinse , using the least amount of water I can to hopefully allow some warm...
On my first camino Frances ( my only one til I walk the portuguese in june) I met a lovely Australian couple, David and Lynn over dinner in roncevalles on my first evening proper. They had previously walked the cf so had a bit of knowledge...
William, did you walk today?
Also, when I did the camino I was afraid I was going to
have knee problems. I have had a sore knee on some
occasions walking here at home. So, I started doing
exercises to strengthen the muscles around my knees.
It...
Hi Paul - this is very off topic, but - Why no Compeed on Camino? When out walking/shopping/working one gets a small blister, puts a Compeed over it and when one gets home changes footwear – the blister is protected, heals quickly - works really...
You are in luck, because the time zone in Spain will oblige you to sleep in!
Dawn in April is at about 8am, civil time (because Spain is strangely on Central European time). And solar noon is, perhaps surprisingly, at about 2:30 in the...
And they are both the Camino Francés!
As @Juanma says, the high (crowded) seasons of the first 700 km of the Camino Francés are in May and September, (and it seems increasingly in April), while the high season of the last 100 km after Sarria...
It's not really an easy thing to deal with in the moment. Sorry the person acted this way. It can take weeks or months to get rid of these guys. You don't just spray and they are gone. You have to have continual surveillance with daily checks...
Amen. There seems way more over-thinking, over-viewing, and over-preparing than there used to be. The huge number of blogs, vlogs videos, and books makes for both angst and expectation.
It's never what you think it will be.
The "get to a bar" is the best idea but if members of the group do find themselves on the road with no bar in sight and needing to get a cab, here are a couple of thoughts.
1. Make sure members of the group can recognise the difference between a...
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