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    Towel - Help!

    I use a large 100% silk sarong, found in an op shop. Dries very quickly, uses: wrap-around, scarf, sheet, bed divider, sun shade, ties up as a bag and light as a feather!
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    Thinking about tents

    Excellent!🤣🥾
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    Pilgrims [Documentary - Camino de Santiago] - - With a guy named David, and his first aid trolley thingy

    Thankyou for this film, - I too usually ignore all the many personal films but this one was superb! You truly captured the atmosphere and the experience......ooooh when I Can I start again?!
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    COVID New start dates?

    Same here- I was planning to start my 8th Camino on May 4th- the Via de la Plata. I’m hitting 70 same year as you (June...) and that’s my plan now....
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    DIY hiking wool?

    I’ve walked 7 different Caminos, all 5-6 weeks in length and have never had any blisters- I’m sure it’s because of using untreated sheep’s wool. I first heard about it from an old shepherd here in the Uk- just take some from the hedges. When I feel a ‘hot spot’ I put first a small bit of...
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    Somewhere Along The Way - The Camino Song

    Thank you for this - so catchy, great for singing along! I’m in Santiago, having completed my 7th Camino today since 2004- now that IS tragic?!
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    Good Things That Happen On the Camino

    Annie, I'm so pleased you started this post! A great idea!
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    Documentary DVD on Camino Frances

    Camino Documentary, 6 Ways to Santiago. Lydia B Smith's film is superb, inspiring and I LOVED it. It's now available on DVD www.caminodocumentary.org
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    Is this bedbugs?

    They usually bite arms and shoulders, normally tiny very red itchy spots. These look bigger than ones I have experienced!
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    Five tips for the novice pilgrim

    This is excellent - succinct and absolutely all that needs to be said - especially number 5! buen Camino!
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    April/may 2014

    Hi Annie - I too will be 62 this year - aagh! Planning to walk the Del Norte this Spring, and am booked in for hospitalier training in UK in March. We met on the VdP when I recognised your skirt - remember? I've been in Peru last 3 months learning Espanol with David from Portland/Vancouver - we...
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    The Coolest Secret Item

    A roll of Dental Floss! So strong & weighs nothing - washing line, tying tape....
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    It's Different This Year

    A different year, a very different Camino for me. I started the VdlPabout the same time as you Annie- we met in Salamanca, I recognised your skirt?! I chose the VdlP because I had heard the reports of crowds & bed races etc on the CF, & having walked the CF twice it seemed a good choice. First 2...
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    Sitting in Philly

    I flew into Seville yesterday, today enjoying being in temps of 28 degrees, start walking north on the VDLP tomorrow....hope to meet some of you somewhere! Wishing all of us safe caminos...
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    Camino Portugues de la Via de la Plata: along the way

    Likewise, great photos, thankyou. I start in just over 2 weeks, on May 8th from Seville, can't wait!
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