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  1. PeterD1951

    hiking boots versus tennis shoes

    Yes, almost as irritating as people criticizing others for using poles........... but not quite.
  2. PeterD1951

    hiking boots versus tennis shoes

    Seem to remember a John Steinbeck character who used 'ole tennis shoes', but not for walking. My Meindl Bhutan boots were fitted properly by Cotswold Outdoor in the Uk and I found them brilliant. Nearly everyone I saw who wore running/trail/training shoesspent the first half hour every morning...
  3. PeterD1951

    hiking boots versus tennis shoes

    Seem to remember a John Steinbeck character who used 'ole tennis shoes', but not for walking. My Meindl Bhutan boots were fitted properly by Cotswold Outdoor in the Uk and I found them brilliant. Nearly everyone I saw who wore running/trail/training shoesspent the first half hour every morning...
  4. PeterD1951

    Peaceloving American...

    As an Englishman walking the camino just before the referendum on whether to leave the EU or not, I found I had loads of political discussions with people from loads of different countries, including residents of the USA. I found (to me surprisingly) all the Americans to be really nice people...
  5. PeterD1951

    Worrying Trend

    Those Spanish Ibuprofen are great aren't they. I have to take 6 at home to get the same effect!
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    Worrying Trend

    Sorry, only just saw this... BIG LIKE!!!!!
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    Worrying Trend

    Had a quite wonderful second breakfast of bacon and eggs somewhere (sorry, can't remember where) but as we were finishing at about 9.30 a group of Germans came in, looked at the rapidly emptying plates and ordered the bacon and eggs, but with a bottle of tinto. THAT was too early for...
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    Worrying Trend

    Far more importantly I found that the amount of gin in my g&t was in inverse proprtion to the size of the town in which it was bought. Thus a g&t in Burgos had less gin in it than the wonderful one I had in Villafranca Montes de Orca, and it had juniper berries added. Generally it was impossible...
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    When to call for reservations

    We booked a few beds when we knew we were doing a long (for us) day, but mostly just took pot luck. I rang at lunchtime to make sure space was available where we wanted to stop, and there was only one occasion when space was not available. We tried to avoid stage ends. If we were going to be...
  10. PeterD1951

    Biking the Camino from Pamplona in Oct. 2016- Advice/Itinerary

    Could you please promise everyone that you will not ride your bike on footpaths marked SOLO PIETONAL.It was the most frustrating thing about my Camino. I could never understand why cyclists insisted on using the gravel footpaths parallel to an empty road either. I should point out that when...
  11. PeterD1951

    First Timer, Tickets Booked! gear Packed, PaniC

    Study the lyrics to The Lumberjack Song from Monty Python to find out what real men use for underwear!
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    First Timer, Tickets Booked! gear Packed, PaniC

    Underwear??? I tried several makes and now use Sloggi Shorts with a bit of Lycra in. They are horribly expensive and the most comfortable underwear I've ever walked in. BUT a word of warning!!!! I had a pair purloined in Boadilla (I think) by a German packing up at about 5-30am. If you see a...
  13. PeterD1951

    Back Home

    Hi, hope the July 4th bbq went well. Yes, I think we may have passed on the bug too. Ignore the profile pic, the beard is still attached!
  14. PeterD1951

    Back Home

    It's just over a fortnight since we arrived in Santiago. Heather's Fitbit tells us that we walked a total of around 700km although the guidebook says Logrono to Santiago is just over 600. I expect the rest was sight-seeing and general wandering about. Our last night in Santiago was spent having...
  15. PeterD1951

    Dysentery from fountains?

    I think the cheap wine acts as a disinfectant actually.
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