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    Boots or Hokas for the Central Route

    Boots if you’re climbing the Matterhorn, well padded trainers or trail shoes for Caminos. I used Adidas trainers with padded insoles for the Portuguese, Primitivo and the Frances. Didn’t notice the cobblestones. My wife swears by Hokas. Comfort, comfort, comfort should be your mantra.
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    Maps.me

    Note : you may want to replace maps.me which is now owned by a finance company with an opaque history and privacy controls with organic maps, open source and by the same developers. It works exactly like maps.me but without the user tracking stuff. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maps.me).
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    How busy is the Frances these days?

    Hi, four of us left St. Jean yesterday and are now in Zubiri. Roncevalles was far from crowded and the hostel where we’re staying today is less than half full. We left St. Jean at 6:20 am and saw one pilgrim ahead of us, none behind. We met maybe 30 altogether en route to Roncevalles. At the...
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    Sleeping bag or silk liner

    Ah - good to hear, many thanks
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    Sleeping bag or silk liner

    Thanks for the responses. Looks like we’ll go with the liners. Cheers
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    Sleeping bag or silk liner

    Hi, four of us are starting out from St. Jean next Thursday 9th June to walk the Frances once more. We’ll be staying in the albergue in Roncevalles on Thursday night and are wondering whether we need lightweight sleeping bags rather than our ultralight silk liners. I can’t recall whether...
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    Phone apps Camino Frances

    I’ve always used maps.me for which some very helpful Dutch people created a set of KML files of routes and accommodation on all of the major Caminos. Maps,me was open source but has become somewhat commercialised so the original founders forked the code into a new app called Organic Maps which...
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    Starting June 9 from SJPP

    You might be right. Perhaps take a single pair of briefs but try walking without them. I suspect you’ll be absolutely fine.
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    Starting June 9 from SJPP

    One other comment. You’re bound to have been told to keep your rucksack as light as possible. This really is important. Walking 25km day after day has a huge impact on knees, shoulders etc. Aim for around 7kg total weight including pack and 500g water. This will make the walk so much more...
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    Starting June 9 from SJPP

    I walked the Cumbria way some years ago in fairly heavy duty shorts with separate underpants and had the most awful chafing. Have since walked a couple of thousand km on Caminos in extremely lightweight Rohan shorts and separate underpants and have had none so impossible to tell until you try. I...
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    LIVE from the Camino Burgos to Leon

    The most delightful series of blog posts I’ve probably ever read - muchas gracias Henry.
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    Running shoes, not trail runners

    I’ve used Adidas supernova running shoes for my recent caminos having switched from Merrell boots. The same pair of Adidas covered the Primitivo and the Portuguese from Porto plus daily use at home. I replaced the insoles with sorbothane insoles and took a second pair with me. I alternated daily...
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    Camino Ingles August 2021

    Hi Sue, my wife and I walked the Inglés last month. It’s a very gentle Camino, undulating but no hard or long ups and downs that we noticed, certainly nothing that I can remember that would warrant the term ‘steep’. I’m sure that your husband will be absolutely fine. It’s a lovely Camino.
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    Whatever, I’m going

    Hi, just got back from walking the Inglés then to Fistera via Muxia. Don’t fret about COVID, fully vaccinated, you’re incredibly unlikely to become seriously ill even if you do pick up the virus and that in itself is extremely unlikely. Accommodation as always is likely to be your overriding...
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    Camino Inglés - crowded conditions, Aug. 2021

    Ah, should have mentioned that bars and restaurants all appear to be open. There’s typically 5km+ between them so carrying a small snack and half a litre of water is a good idea but there’s no danger of running out of energy. It’s a short Camino with no really serious ups and downs, nothing to...
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