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    Packing shake down requested - Camino Frances - Oct/Nov

    @Philtration - the bag is sitting just under 15lbs @krystianw - Thanks for the link to the weather look ahead website- its amazing! too bad they don't have the historic trends for the way to Muxis and Fin. Thanks for your other insights too, my art supplies are sitting just under a pound, the...
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    Packing shake down requested - Camino Frances - Oct/Nov

    Hi everyone, thanks for your ideas. I will look at dropping one merino long sleeve, and maaaaybbbbeeee a pair of pants (more on that below). @LisaWalker I think you're right about the Cashmere. It's that or the puffy. I think one insulation layer will be enough. Dropping a few things will...
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    Packing shake down requested - Camino Frances - Oct/Nov

    Hi friends, I'm super happy to be packing my bag to hit the camino once again! I'll be starting in st jean october 4th, and following the arrows to the ocean, I'll be staying in albergues along the way. This is my 3rd Camino, but I'm always happy to have eyes on my packing. Currently (no water...
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    Say No! to rubber tips on your poles.

    I love this thread, haha. On my first Camino I walked without the rubber ends because I had taken them off for backpacking trips in the Rockies and PNW. The click clack of the poles was a meditation to me. I really had no understanding for this polarizing view of the sound, though I can't see...
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    Travel from Canada to Porto

    I know you've had lots of recommendations by this point. But I'll share my route as I'm going from western Canada too. In 2019 I flew Edmonton - Montreal - Porto and back the same route. We had one day in Porto before starting. At the end of the Camino we we cutting it short, arriving in SDC...
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    Strategy on staying more than one night in a town

    I ran into an issue when I needed to take a injury related rest day in Burgos or Leon (this was 2015, the details are fuzzy). Hobbled into town and was told at the large municipal that we could only stay one night unless I had a doctors note. Seeing a doctor wasn't going to happen, after trying...
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    Merino vs. Cashmere

    I'm a huge Cashmere fan. And have worn cashmere in the backcountry on many over night hikes. I get all my cashmere second hand ($10 CAD) and love them. On my first camino I wore a fleece zip up as my warm layer, but my plan is to take cashmere for my next camino. It's much lighter, compacts...
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    November Camino - (F) alone?

    Thank you everyone for your thoughtful responses to this thread. I'm feeling very confident about this offish season camino. :)
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    November Camino - (F) alone?

    Hello everyone. I'm a solo 31 yo F. I'll be in Europe for a trip until the end of October and then have some time and the ability to extend my trip and possibly do a Camino before going back to Canada. I completed the CF in 2015 in fall and the CP (from porto) in 2019. Both of these caminos I...
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