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    Camino Primitivo - Worst Experience OF MY LIFE!! Do Not Go There!! EVER!!!

    Paulette! We miss you guys!! We had the best time and so fortunate to meet you both on the trail, it was awesome awesome awesome and can't wait till we all meet again. All our love to you and Jill and send our best to the boys too! Finisterre looked brilliant. :cool:
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    Camino Primitivo - Worst Experience OF MY LIFE!! Do Not Go There!! EVER!!!

    I am joking of course. It's been quite the opposite. Such an amazing experience in fact that there is a little voice that i can hear, just a whisper, deep inside me somewhere saying "Nobody else needs to know... keep it to yourself... maintain the camino's best kept secret... tell them all...
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    Facebook Group To Track Our Progress

    Hi everybody, This forum has been fundamental in our preparation for the Camino Primitivo! Julija and I both appreciate all of the help from each and every one of you, and are really thankful for the wealth of knowledge made available here to use. We have set up a small private group on...
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    General Introduction + Alternative Accommodation Question.

    Ok great, I understand now... I think!... basically hotel stamps qualify for the credentials, plus correos and bars and anything really as long as they have a stamp to provide :) Also, thanks for the information regarding Correos... I've just been on the phone with them and sounds like an...
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    General Introduction + Alternative Accommodation Question.

    I did mean the stamps required in order to fill the pilgrim credential passport. Or have I misunderstood the pilgrim passport? I thought it was a requirement to pick up stamps along the way in order to prove the journey and get sign off in Santiago? Or are there only specific stamps needed...
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    General Introduction + Alternative Accommodation Question.

    Hi again guys, We have decided to stay a day in Oviedo as recommended. We will definitely take a stroll up to see the Naranco sites! I have ordered our passports from the forum too, expecting them to arrive soon :) The information we have received through this forum has been absolutely...
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    Strategy

    Great advice, thank you all. I have decided to downsize the size of our water bottles to two 1Litre bottles each. The 1Litre size fits much easier in our bags and also brings down max weight by approx. 1kilo each, which is a decent amount when considering everything else together probably...
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    Strategy

    Guys, thank you all for your input! Yes we are planning to do Camino Primitivo. I am probably worrying unnecessarily. I guess I will take 2 liters instead of the 3.5 liters I am currently practicing with! With regards to food, I assume then that if the albergue doesn't do food there is...
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    Strategy

    Hi guys, Our Camino start date is coming up fast (end of May) and we have been practicing walking as much as possible weekends and holidays. We've got our kit pretty much nailed down and stripped down to strategic bare minimum in 35litre backpacks. I'm currently experimenting with hiking...
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    General Introduction + Alternative Accommodation Question.

    Guys, absolutely stellar! I will order from the online store tonight. Apologies I should have mentioned earlier, I am from Gibraltar :)
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    General Introduction + Alternative Accommodation Question.

    Hi Guys, Thanks again for all the great info you have provided, I appreciate it lots. I have one more concern which I hope you can provide some clarity on? We will be heading north to Ovideo by train. Arrival time is in the late evening, too late I expect to visit the Tourist Information...
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    General Introduction + Alternative Accommodation Question.

    Hi Guys, Thank you all for your responses. I really appreciate you sharing with me. I have noted all suggestions and advice here and after looking into the websites mentioned I am sure they are going to help us a LOT! I will try to keep you as updated as possible and will be back with some more...
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    General Introduction + Alternative Accommodation Question.

    Hi all, I hope everybody is having a great Easter holiday, and enjoying a fair bit of chocolate today too. :) I am relatively new to the forum, this is my first post, but have been reading up and absorbing a lot of the great info everybody shares here for a while. Thank you for sharing, it has...
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