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    Photo Collage App

    I use one called Scrapbook
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    LIVE from the Camino The Nomad Pack - On the move!

    What a beautiful picture
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    LIVE from the Camino The Nomad Pack - On the move!

    Thank you so much for sharing your pilgrimage with us - and the wonderful photos of your family 😍
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    LIVE from the Camino The Nomad Pack - On the move!

    Especially of the cat 😍
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    Positive thoughts

    3 pairs (wear one, wash one and the third in case the washed ones don't dry in time). Hopefully there's space for a positive thought now ;)
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    Favorite Pictures of Animals on your Camino

    Can't believe it's taken me so long to find this thread - it's brilliant. Here's a few of my favourites from last year (seems so long ago ...)
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    Crash and Burn: Violating My Own Cardinal Rule of Hiking

    Day 2, out of Roncesvalles, I walked into a tree branch! It was right across the path at head height. I was so focused on where I was putting my feet I forgot to look ahead
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    Easy access to water bottle?

    I saw a bottle-holder online that attached to the rucksack strap but couldn't find one to buy so I cannibalised an old (bright yellow) bag and cobbled together my own version - it attaches around the strap with velcro ties. It survived the Camino and is still going strong. The guy in the hiking...
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    What is the name of green vegetable?

    And if you pick the turnip leaves when they're young, they're called "rabizas" according to my parents. Both grelos and rabizas are hard to find in the UK so I've made caldo with brussel sprout tops - cheaper than kale and delicious :)
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    Norwegian pilgrim soon on his way for the first time

    Buen Camino Frali.
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    Am I possessed?!

    finished the Francés nearly two months ago, happy I'd finished it but with no desire to do it again - it was a one-off and it's not as if I even hiked anywhere before the Camino invaded my mind and haven't hiked anywhere since. My fingers have now downloaded info on the Portugués and Norte and...
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    Pack spraying

    Well, I sprayed my stuff and walked and ... no bed bugs :). The municipal albergues all had plastic covers on mattresses and disposable paper sheets and pillowcases which was great, the private ones were a mix of everything but I followed the advice and inspected the beds carefully before...
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    "Once more unto the breach dear friends"

    Especially if it's Limonada ;)
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    "Once more unto the breach dear friends"

    Burn Camino. I reached Santiago a week ago and really miss it
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    Thank you, thank you, thank you

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