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  1. Michael Gray

    Weirdest/Strangest item someone has taken on the Camino

    I met this guy in 2016. He was "raising awareness" of the plight of Syrian refugees. He'd carried it from SJPdeP to Santiago, was on his way back to SJPdeP and was then heading home to Barcelona with it.
  2. Michael Gray

    Blister advice please

    Tea Tree oil. Antiseptic and dries and toughens the skin.
  3. Michael Gray

    Planning to walk from Astorga solo, advice please!

    Don't miss the tiny Hermitage Ecce Homo just outside Astorga.
  4. Michael Gray

    Comment by 'Michael Gray' in media 'The climb up to the Meseta from Castrojerez - a great way to start the day!'

    Ah yes, I remember it well, and the wonderful view in both directions from the top.
  5. Michael Gray

    What to see and do, or eat, for a few hours in Madrid?

    The Prado! One of the world's great art galleries.
  6. Michael Gray

    Care and maintenance of boots

    My current boots are synthetic fabric but I'm interested in solutions for leather as well.
  7. Michael Gray

    Care and maintenance of boots

    What is the best regime for looking after boots on the Camino? I always brush the loose mud and dirt off and pick stones etc out of the tread at the end of the day. What about drying wet boots? I have seen manufacturer’s advice to avoid sunlight and artificial heat and not to stuff them with...
  8. Michael Gray

    What's your earliest Camino connection?

    Listening, 40+ years ago, to the LPs from which this CD comes:
  9. Michael Gray

    Poem for our time written by Sister Lucia of the Discalced Carmelites in Antequera

    Thank you. I had done that but I was hoping there might be a more idiomatic version out there, something more poetic than Google's effort. Perhaps it's too soon for someone with a feel for the poetry to produce a better version.
  10. Michael Gray

    Poem for our time written by Sister Lucia of the Discalced Carmelites in Antequera

    Is there a kind soul out there in the forum who would translate this for us monoglot anglophones, please?
  11. Michael Gray

    Interesting Camino Markers - Post photos of markers you have met

    Precise indeed, to the metre!
  12. Michael Gray

    Animals that I met (and was quick enough to get their photo)

    I forget where I saw this in October 2016.
  13. Michael Gray

    Interesting Camino Markers - Post photos of markers you have met

    Questionable precision.
  14. Michael Gray

    Haglund's deformity

    I suffer from Haglund’s deformity (so I’m told), a bony bump on my right heel. No pain or discomfort at all, but it does mean I quickly wear a hole in the fabric lining of the heel counter of any hiking shoes or boots, long before the shoes/boots otherwise wear out. The hole in the fabric then...
  15. Michael Gray

    Cathedral Closed...Is the Camino still worth it?

    I am a Catholic and the pilgrims' Mass in the Cathedral in Santiago was very special, but so was every pilgrims' Mass every day along the way. Moreover, there are so many other churches along the Way, from beautiful Cathedrals in Burgos and Leon, far more architecturally impressive than the one...
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