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    Pilgrim Police

    What Pilgrim police??
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    Walking in August/September 2023--Concerns about Drought

    I started August 8 2021....some days were hot but you are done walking for the worst of it. We had no rain until the last 2 days....which I loved! I'm going again this year leaving SJPP on August 13.....maybe I'll run into you!!!
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    Left adapter in wall & can't charge phone

    I've done that so many times! Can't get my head around how I can unplug and leave that gadget behind! I always found a place to buy a new one.....ask a local or at Albergue (maybe they have mine!)
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    Disparities between Wise Pilgrim and Brierley distances

    Lol.....hard to tell if you are joking.....you sound so sincere!!
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    Money and Bed Bugs Issues

    I never saw bed bugs or heard of any on my 33 day camino Frances. But it is not the cleanliness etc of the hostels that bring them.....it's pilgrims! It can happen anywhere at anytime....picked up at airports/planes, hotels, trains etc. I recently read that 50% of the population has no...
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    Securely Storing Valuables While Showering

    Perhaps stupid.....but I just hid stuff somewhere....lol.....under pillow, in the bedding etc. I know it only takes a second to get ripped off, but I never did. I will try to be more careful this year after reading store about a pilgrim getting his pack stolen outside a rest stop....and...
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    New Camino Video Very Good.

    I can't find part 4??? You got me hooked and no part 4?? Lol.....help
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    Do I need to pre-book a place in Santiago for Later July

    You need to book santiago of all places! Make several if you are unsure of arrival date, bu be sure to cancel asap.
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    Stuck in Paris! Help a first time pilgrim get to SJPDP

    Did you check the train from montrepasse? It goes to Bayonne not Bordeaux. Leaves at 7 am .....it sounds like some are running? You shouldn't be headed to Bordeaux anyway
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    When do most pilgrims feel like quitting the Camino de Santiago?

    I never felt like quitting, but I cursed all the way up O'Cebreiro
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    Santiago to Porto - by bus or train?

    I did the bus....it was great
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    Is the Albergue in Roncesvalles a “must”?

    Definitely an individual choice...I love them and wouldn't stay anywhere else!
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    Things I fear

    The last 3 may be your only real problem! Trust me I had all the same fears and the result....the best experience of my life (and I was 71 when I walked the whole way!
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    Camino through the Pyrenees

    Go the mountain route...it's magical! I did it at 71....has a reservation at Orisson but chose to keep going. Next time I will stop there just to make it a bit easier on these old bones. There are no hotels on the mountain, but if you don't stay is some hostels you really are missing part of...
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    How Important Was It To You To Do "Full" CF ?

    Did it in one go in 2021 at 71....BEST thing I have ever done in my life!! Since then I have done the Portuguese from Porto and the via Francegina (Lucca to Vatican). GO FOR IT!
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