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    Overweight on the Frances?

    I was 93 kg, 5’4” and 49 years old when I walked the Camino and I agree with go slow, listen to your body. Yes to poles and being willing to occasionally send your pack ahead. It’s doable, really doable. Like you, I am generally active. I don’t work a desk job, and my normal monthly steps is...
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    How do you use such a small pack?!?

    I am a large woman (short, fat, middle aged) and I took less than most packing lists in this forum and still had 6.5 kg before water (including pack weight) just because my clothes are big (and therefore heavier and bulkier. What I really wish I hadn’t brought was my iPad mini, because I had...
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    Bunions...

    An old old thread…but is suddenly personal. I have recently developed a painful, red bunion and even my beloved Scarpas, and all shoes but 2 pairs that I have, are suddenly agonizing. Any recommendations for bunion-friendly footwear brands? I don’t know if I will be able to afford them before...
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    Let's talk waist packs!

    I took a crossbody bag on my Camino but perhaps because I am short, fat, and middle-aged, I found that the slight weight on one side over many, many steps gave me a backache. Covid permitting, I hope to walk again this summer and have purchased a waist pack for this very reason. It’s just big...
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    Let's talk waist packs!

    Great video, thanks for the explanation of your experience with this
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    Really Dumb Albergue Question. Sorry.

    I wouldn’t dream of NOT sleeping in a T-shirt on the Camino. You gentlemen do have it easy.
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    Really Dumb Albergue Question. Sorry.

    I have a lightweight waterproof stuff sack for valuables and my after-walking dress, clean underwear and cycling shorts (not the padded kind) in it, plastic ziplock with soap, zippered mesh bag of magic (all plastic clothespins, safety pins, a large mesh drawstring bag for laundry, plastic...
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    The Best Clothing ? And the winner is....

    I lurvve equipment/clothing discussions, because it's fun for me to read about everyone's experience. However, since I am short and fat there's next to no options for me that are not wildly expensive if available at all. When I still lived in Canada I could pop down to the outlets across the...
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    Managing a Camino budget

    I have used this system in the past, I learned it from traveling with my ex-husband in the ´90s and it's a great way to budget. I walked the CF in 2019 and spent between 30-35/day without feeling like I was curtailing my spending. I stayed in albergues and usually ate the pilgrim's meals. I...
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    Body weight. Who cares?

    I am quite overweight and more so since I have put on almost 5 kilos since covid began and I was stuck at home for much of it. I have just decided that if it is possible again, I will walk in summer 2021. I not only need to shed the covid kilos but more, as I don’t want to damage my knees and...
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Covid19- groceries...what to do

    Is this perhaps the article? https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/03/coronavirus-plastic-industry-bags/
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    Plantar fasciitis

    I had an ongoing double case of plantar fasciitis from ages 17-38. My podiatrist told me that it would never heal until I quit my job. I wore Crocs in all non-work hours, which helped enormously. Then I quit my job, and approximately 6 months later I could walk normally again. I have a...
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    Will it EVER slow down?

    I am only seeing this now; apologies for such a late response. I also teach and therefore can only go July and August. the only days I had reservations was Sarria to Santiago. (Prevention rather than actual problem). From my starting point, Pamplona, to Santiago, there really was no problem. I...
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    To the person who wanted to inspire love . . . you didn't!

    Huh. Graffiti doesn’t bother me. maybe because I have mostly lived in cities and there is always graffiti somewhere, routinely scrubbed off and frequently reapplied. I don’t like pointless tagging, (although I live in a city where there are certain areas where it’s legal and there sometimes is...
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    From which country this pilgrim is from?

    I am wearing a 20€ pack from Hofer in Vienna. It has been perfect.

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