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    Musical instruments on the Camino.

    I'm 72y/o and have been playing the guitar since I was 14years old. When home I play every day however i find it refreshing to leave the instruments home. You will find from time to time guitars at albergues. The point being is to step out of the familiar and replace it with something else...
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    Cyclists

    matbe we should all have potting soil shovels instead of scallop shells hanging on our mochillas. In defence of litter it's a great way to assure yourself that you are on the right path, if the litter runs out you are oboviously on the wrong path. Sierra Club motto take only pictures leave...
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    Permethrin

    No one will ever see this but I'm going to say it anyway. The best defence against bed bugs are 1. learn to identify the evidence (google images is a fabulous resource)...bugs,cast off exoskeletons,and evidence of scats(poop if you will) flip the mattress up and check the tufting of the...
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    Trekking Poles Tips

    I have cheap poles (with rubber tips) mine have lasted all of the Frances and 2/3s of the del norte. for the sanity of those around you use rubber tips. I had everything I could do not to say something to people causing a racket on the Camino. My main use of them was to keep my arms elevated...
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    Do albergues refuse the pilgrims who don't carry their packs

    everyone walks their own Camino their own way. I had to let this pack carry thing go. I had even made up a pejorative expression "Kiloleros" those who would only carry two pounds. And I let that go too. As a side note, when I was in Leon it came to my attention that there was a bus that...
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    “Cheating”

    I think we all wrestle with questions of authenticity. I had a pejorative word for luggage service users "kiloleros" until i met an aging couple that would not have been able to do without it. I found out in Leon from a hospilitero whom I had enquired about a bus to Leon's outskirts. His...
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    Avoiding starting at Santander?

    take the train to mogro there is one every half hour then walk to Santillana. I didn't take my own advice and walked to Santander to Santillana. just about killed me. Mogro will half that distance. To tell the truth having done the Frances I realize that the Del Norte would make a fabulous...
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    Via Francigena Affordability?

    Responses to threads like this are emblematic of the problem with news groups in general. When the question arises"how much" the answers should reflect "how much". When questions concerning availability arise answers should reflect availability. I know that the personalities that populate...
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    Some folks just really don't get it ....

    Dr Phil is quotable on this "plans have timelines and consequences...pipe dreams do not". Show them your schedule and tell'em. "be there or be square". I've shoveled a vacation or two down the toilet...I no longer wait for Godot.
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    were i to do the Del Norte again

    share the wealth post the links
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    were i to do the Del Norte again

    I would have taken a bicycle. Not a tech 4k$ wonder of modern manufacturing but a nicely appointed $400 dollar Trek such as I have at home. No insignia bedecked, spandex tights hog the usb ports in the albergues, equipment laden miracle of modern efficiency for me. Just a nice bicycle. Why...
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    Do albergues refuse the pilgrims who don't carry their packs

    I'm off to the Del Norte this Wednesday. Starting in Santander ,so i guess I have (de-officialized) myself for not having started in Irun. I will however, as i did on the Frances carry my own gear. Not that it is a form of self flagellation to do so, but the weight keeps me mindful of my...
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    Leaving on my first Camino in the morning & I'm terrified. Please help!

    Go back to your medical provider, explain the situation and make them put you to the front of the line. I had an issue that had to be looked into before I left...about thirty days. Once my situation was made known they swept me through a series of appointments,tests, blood work and counciling ...
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    Camino Norte Planning !!

    "SOME RAIN" interesting..i wonder how much is some. I'm dressing for the worst. Any equipment ideas. I had a pancho on the Frances last year and even a short wearing yielded soaked clothing not from leaks but from persipration.
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    Camino Norte Planning !!

    i will be interested in all replies to this thread as the DEl Norte is on my radar screen for mid august 2018
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