Richard Smith

Active Member From Sydney, Australia

Joined: Aug 15, 2016

Last seen: 50 minutes ago Viewing thread First stop from Coimbra

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- Richard Smith reacted to jungleboy's post in the thread First stop from Coimbra with Like.
  
  English is widely spoken in Portugal, on par with Northern European countries like Belgium and much more so than Spain/France/Italy, per commonly cited statistics. Try, ‘Bom dia. Excuse me, do you speak English?’ and I would be surprised if...
  
  50 minutes ago
- Richard Smith reacted to Grousedoctor's post in the thread Camino Portugese v Camino Frances with Like.
  
  My perspective is that I’m open to traveling/walking anywhere once. I’d hate to miss out on something because of my preconceived ideas. So far, I’ve never been disappointed! Bim Camino!
  
  59 minutes ago
- Richard Smith reacted to Rick of Rick and Peg's post in the thread Gradient Graphs for Camino Frances with Like.
  
  This link shows a profile of the whole Camino Francés using the same elevation scale. On the whole, the section between Burgos and Astorga looks relatively flat. https://www.pilgrim.es/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/camino_franceCC81s-01-2.jpg
  
  Yesterday at 3:23 AM
- Richard Smith reacted to BarbaraW's post in the thread Planning how long from SJPdP to Sarria to rendezvous with a friend? with Like.
  
  Flexibility of both time and mind is important, for you both. I've twice planned Caminos with the intention of meeting up with a friend, and both times the friends had to cancel for medical/ family reasons. Which meant that I ended up with spare...
  
  Yesterday at 3:17 AM
- Richard Smith reacted to Waka's post in the thread Training for CF in September with Buen Camino!.
  
  Hi Richard I’ve incorporated hill into every walk, hard not as I live on the Jurassic coast, very steep but not as long as the Camino.
  
  Thursday at 1:44 AM
- Richard Smith reacted to Bradypus's post in the thread Taxis with Like.
  
  I'm assuming that the quotes are based on the distance including the journey both ways. Most unlikely that the driver could find a passenger for the return journey to Bilbao. That's about 400km. A fee around 1€ per km does not sound so excessive...
  
  Wednesday at 1:15 PM
- Richard Smith replied to the thread 4 and 5 star hotels.
  
  We did splurge when we reached Santiago (see pic with bath). On the caminio we started with albergues but found private rooms were roughly double the cost of two bunks (back then), so we mixed bunks/rooms/hotels for the rest of the walk. All...
  
  Wednesday at 1:12 PM
- Richard Smith reacted to Corned Beef's post in the thread Porto Hostel/ albergue with pilgrim dinner with Like.
  
  Sandeman Hostel on the southern side of the river does this @ €10. Depends on numbers though.
  
  Wednesday at 8:47 AM
- Richard Smith replied to the thread Training for CF in September.
  
  Great training so far, a nd I agree with the suggestions above to taper off in last 2 or 3 weeks. I didn’t see anything about hills, so I suggest doing some gradual hill walking with your pack
  
  Wednesday at 8:45 AM
- Richard Smith reacted to trecile's post in the thread Training for CF in September with Like.
  
  Your are ready! I would suggest backing off a bit a couple of weeks before you go.
  
  Wednesday at 8:42 AM
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