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France is a camping paradise! Along the via podiensis, often you can camp for very little money on official campsites, showers and all. There are countless campsites along the way, some of them only ~5-10€. Many gites allow camping in their... -
Matthew Fitzhenry replied to the thread Where to stay in Lajo or Les Faux?.I stayed at gîte les Bouleaux Nains in Lajo, it was the gîte with the most people when I was there with almost 20 around the big table at night, very lively - other places in the area were booked out. There was no wifi there (when I needed it) in...
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Love the picture! In my experience the Camino provides, but it will give you what you need, not necessarily what you want. You might want a private room with own bathroom and might get a mattress on the floor in a dormitory... You might want...
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Matthew Fitzhenry reacted to Pelerina's post in the thread Reserve early to avoid disappointment! with
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Hi @ElCee I hope I can help. To your second question first - you don't HAVE TO book in advance - it's more a question of what your needs are, what you're comfortable with and your ability to adapt to distances etc if no accommodation is found... -
Matthew Fitzhenry reacted to JabbaPapa's post in the thread Reserve early to avoid disappointment! with Like.
More flexibility on where you'll stop and sleep impacts many parts of a Camino, including finding out that some place and/or some people are preferable (to you personally) here rather than there. If you need a rest day you're not bound by...
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Matthew Fitzhenry replied to the thread Reserve early to avoid disappointment!.This tendency towards booking everything in advance is making it more difficult to walk a spontaneous Camino. I suppose the majority of those booking in advance are reserving private rooms, but if the shared dormitory accommodation becomes full...
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Matthew Fitzhenry reacted to Bradypus's post in the thread How often do you take a break? with Like.
No. I stop when I feel I need to. Or want to. A bit like scheduled rest days - they sound like a good idea in principle but once on the ground events dictate rather than theory.
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That's quite the broadbrush statement. I'm wondering your role is in that experience. Reminds me of an Aussie pilgrim I kept running into whilst walked Le Puy to SDPdP. She went on and on about how the French were "so rude". I asked "how many...
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