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    Guide Book for Camino Le Puy

    I walked in September as part of a group of 3. We mainly stayed in Gites, which provided dinner, bed and breakfast for an average 40 euros a head. Add lunch and drinks, and it worked out to about 55 euros per day. We also took a few nights in Air Bnbs and cheaper hotels.
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    Guide Book for Camino Le Puy

    I walked in September this year and used the electronic version of Miam Miam Dodo loaded on my smart phone. Surprisingly that worked really well because the e-mails for most accommodation were included and I could just click on the link straight through to write my brief email requesting a room...
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    Le Puy Lodging Reservations via Tourist Offices

    My wife and I and a friend walked in August and September this year. It was wonderful. Because we were a group and wanted to walk moderate days – 15 to 20 kms, we booked ahead from Le Puy to Conques. Mostly by e-mail direct with the Gites, the guidebook Miam Miam Dodo is available online and...
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    Your Fave Le Puy Lodgings?

    Hi from Toulouse! Rob, Lucy and Pam. :)
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    Two stamps from Sarria to Santiago????

    In 2018 a member of my Camino family loved getting interesting stamps. She ran out of space on the main part of her credential and started getting stamps around the edges and map borders, so by the end it was really covered. The people at the pilgrim office were intrigued, and readily gave her...
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    Te Araroa

    Hi. A friend recently did 1 month from National Park to Wellington, and I joined him in March this year for a week from Levin. Briefly: It was great! The App is fabulous - the GPS function places you on the trail on a topo map in real time; The Tararuas were, as usual, harder than expected...
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    Smart Packing and Unexpected Backpack Items

    A 1m or longer fast charging USB cable - so you can easily charge your phone a distance from the socket; A good european USB socket plug - saves carrying an adaptor; Hikers wool - the magic anti blister product.
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    The time slows down and stretches on the Camino?

    I had a very strong experience of time slowing down on my first Camino, the Frances in 2018. I remember telling family and friends when I returned home that it was the first time in decades that subjective time slowed down for me - one month felt like 6. I've assumed it is connected with my...
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    An Iberian Indiscretion

    Wonderful stories, thank you. There are several paintings by Sorolla in the Oviedo museum of fine arts, including the attached of oxen launching a small boat in the surf. This photo is a very poor image - the original is magnificent, full of life and action. I am definitely going to the Sorolla...
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    Oviedo to Aviles...1, 2 or 3 days walking?

    I walked that section a few weeks ago and agree with Martyduc. Its an easy, but fairly long day. There is a good sideria about 2/3rds of the way along, at Aguera, just off the road on the right. Asador los Manjares.
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    Bikers on the Norte

    I finished the Norte 2 weeks ago. It was fabulous. I did encounter a few push bikes, and had one really close call - walking a steep uphill section of a minor road, two bikes came down very fast and the lead one just missed me as it came screaming around a corner. There was no visibility...
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    LIVE from the Camino San Sebastian - zero accommodation

    To answer your question about donativos. I've stayed in as many as I can, largely because the shared pilgrim experience is so good in them. I haven't had any problems as above, although one pilgrim who arrived at the Monasterio de Zenarruza at 5.30 pm was directed back 1.5 kms to a bed in the...
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    LIVE from the Camino San Sebastian - zero accommodation

    I started in Irun on the 17th and haven't had any problems with a mix of booking and "winging it", although I do plan my day to ensure I arrive by 4 if I dont have a booking (earlier in very popular smaller albergues). It is fairly busy but there seem to be pensions in the 30 to 50 euro range...
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    Help camino passport now

    I went there at 9.30am in the morning 11 days ago to get my first stamp. Even though they had already closed for the morning and were just finishing cleaning they generously let me in and stamped my credential. They couldn't have been more helpful. I think if you go there early in the morning...
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    Buen Camino App

    I'm on the Norte using the app now. It is excellent.
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