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    Planning to start from Lisbon October 18th, 2021

    I must say, strange to see all these plans for walking this year, us Aussies are stuck at home probably until some time next year, 2022. We don't have any covid in the community as I write (a few in quarantine), and the Govt wants to keep it that way by limiting travel.
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    Pole Tip Protectors - A Serious matter - There are tips and tips

    I bought some from Anaconda years ago. However, my poles had longer rubber tips than I could buy, so when they wore through I pushed them right up and put new ones on the pole, that works fine.
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    February 2021

    well said! Easy to agree from Australia, as we are not allowed to travel, but would not walk now anyway.
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    Irun Oviedo

    That depends on Covid situation, which is very bad in Spain now - i would make no definite plans!
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    Camping Question - Things that go 'bite' in the Night

    and spiders, snakes, scorpions, other bugs......
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    Camping Question - Things that go 'bite' in the Night

    I was told by a local, on the Norte route, that they are re-introducing bears....... having said that, the people I saw 'sleeping rough' seldom seemed to have great places to sleep at, the routes are not set up for camping spots.
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    Did the pilgrims 1000 years ago walk on or next to the Roman roads?

    The christian pilgrim route took over from the pagan route to Finesterre, so long before any Roman roads. I think it has deviated and changed many times.
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    Seriously!?

    We had a trial last year of Google delivery drones here in our suburb of Bonython, Canberra, Australia - very noisy, intrusive and unwelcome by 80% of people surveyed - we drove them to an early finish of their trial.
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    Pilgrim "customs"?

    What about the 'buen camino' greeting as you are walking? (if that's the correct spelling...). And grafitti should be a big no, leaving rubbish also.
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    Four Categories of Pilgrims

    I think you can certainly have more categories. I perhaps fit in the Adventures one, but as an older person who has been walking all his life, the walking and carrying a pack was not new at all, the experiencing a different culture, architecture, landscape, people certainly was. The journey...
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    Camping the Camino del Norte

    As per the other enquiry about camping, you need to actually spend money and buy a a good quality lightweight tent, or their will be guaranteed trouble on wet, cold, windy etc nights! Cheap tents are either heavy or rubbish that will not withstand a shower.
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    Thinking about tents

    Pop up tents usually have rigid fiberglass poles or similar, so don't fold small! And having a single skin, no peg, cheap tent to my way of thinking is just asking for miserable nights. Better to spend money on a good quality lightweight tent. I do have a lifetime of bushwalking experience!
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    I'm still walking a bit of the Muxia Camino

    Could I ask why you are there, in this corona close-down??
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    Is Courtesy Still Alive on the Camino? A Pre-Bookers Rant and more...

    Would be very interesting to know how many of those 558 get to Santiago!
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    What is rule/law on a E Bike to gain your certificate?

    If you ride an ebike, it's like riding a motorbike all the way. Do you really think you should get a Certificate???

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