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    Are there Book swaps on the Camino. What book would you take.

    I took a book- set in Spain & thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Tired at the end of each day I probably only managed a chapter at a time. I left it in an Albergue when finished and purchased a new novel in Burgos, again in Leon (books in English -limited in number-can be found in University...
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    Time to Critique my list and weights!

    I disagree with others about the compass - most useful if you ever travel in the dark & miss a turn (also I encountered some rural villages where "spoof" yellow arrows were painted on the ground to lead the unsuspecting to a cafe or bar. Compass useful to find your way back. Agree about the...
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    Personal Acts on The Camino

    Mine was to locate and restore a small cairn in a Rioja vineyard which my wife and some fellow pilgrims had built in memory of a friend who died on a training walk in preparation for doing the Camino in 2015. In 2020 I made sure the cairn was in a good state of repair.
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    Succinct advice

    Go solo, bond with others.
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    Gareth just walked the camino Frances during the COVID pandemic

    Congratulations Gareth & thank you Ivar! I am on the Camino Frances myself, now 11 days - at San Juan de Ortega and will be in Burgos tomorrow. The Frances is definitely open, albeit with reduced albergues in operation, and many precautions/ restrictions yet pilgrims seem welcome. People are...
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    Gareth from Dublin on Camino yesterday.

    Thank you so much for the updates Gareth. Are you seeing any signs of tighter movement restrictions -or are you confident of completing the Camino? PedroG
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    Gareth from Dublin on Camino yesterday.

    I meant Albergoes! PedroG
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    Gareth from Dublin on Camino yesterday.

    Brilliant pictures Gareth! Are allergies all operating? I plan to go in 3 weeks. PedroG
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Reopening and Accommodation

    Hello Everybody I am a brand new member, intending to walk the Camino (for charity) in September this year (postponed from my original plan of April). Now that visitors to Spain from UK/France are permitted I am interested in finding out about Albergues opening. Will there be sufficient...
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