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  1. servaasgoddijn

    Which Osprey backpack?

    Hi, I walked 3 month with a Ospray atmos 35 ltr and was very happy with it. Apart for the usuel things like clothes, sleeping bag etc., there was place for a 1 kg tent, cooking gear and a 3 ltr water bladder.
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    To experience some of France: Biarritz or St Jean?

    Biarritz is the sea resort of Bayonne and very touristic. Bayonne is a typical France city with a great city centre and a half hour bus ride from Biarritz. Buon camino.
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    Altus poncho

    Hi, I have a packa, a poncho with sleeves and it has long vents under the armpits. I ordered the packa in the US. Google 'the packa'. There is also a demonstration on youtube.
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    Bed bugs alert

    Hi fellow menbers. I follow this forum now for about three years and have read a lot about bed bugs. It seems to be a collective obsession. I was warned. But when I started my camino last year, from Vézelay to Fisterra, I forgot all about bed bugs and that was fine. I slept in all kind of...
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    Can I walk for Javier, a dead man?

    Re: Can I walk for a dead man? Hi, Alex, I walked last year and dedicated my camino to a friend who died two years before his planned camino. His name was written under mine with the mention "vicarie pro" (dedicated to). So, no problem. Servaas
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    Vézelay to Fistera in ninety days

    Dear friends, In 2011 I celebrated my seventieth birthday by walking from Vézelay to Fistera. Now, five months after my return, it’s time for a summary. I think there will be some answers to questions I’ve seen on the forum lately. To begin with, this was for me the most impressive event so...
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    Just Back: Camino Vadiniense ("Picos")

    Thank you Rebekah, I'm relieved. If one of 40-something can do it, I can do it. Next year I will be 70-something :)) Servaas
  8. servaasgoddijn

    Just Back: Camino Vadiniense ("Picos")

    Hi Rebekah, This year I walked from Vézelay to Fisterra. I took the Norte. I intended to take the Primitivo also, but changed my mind. Now I regret it. So I plan to walk september next year to walk from Bilbao to Gompostela via the Vadiniense and part of the primitivo. So I'm very interested in...
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    'Tent' or No 'Tent'

    Hi Abbeydore, I walked this year from Vézelay to Fistera and had a tent with me, because I need a lot of air to sleep. The tent weighted less than one kilogram, all in. I didn't use it as often as I planned, but in France I camped sometimes wild and in Spain often in the garden of the albergo...
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    Trondheim (Nidaros) to Santiago de Compostela

    Hi Lovingkindness, Congratulation. I have followed your pelgrimage now for a jear, except the three months i was myself on the way. Looking for your messages was in fact the first thing i did in the morning. It was a great pleasure. Thanks. Servaas
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    Ideas for Getting from Satiago to Amsterdam / Edinburgh to S

    I flew yesterday from A Coruña naar Amsterdam by Vueling. Euro 142. Booked 5 days before in a little travel agency in the Rua Rosalia de Castro 29 in Santiago. From Santiago to A Coruña by Train takes 30 minutes. The bus to the airport takes another 30 minutes.
  12. servaasgoddijn

    post restante Mont-de-Marsan (France)

    Thank you so much Canuck, I've found the address now. :D falcon269, I will give him your best wishes when I call him tonight.
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    post restante Mont-de-Marsan (France)

    I am not Servaas but his significant other. Servaas is well on his way to Santiago and has asked me to send a few articles to Mont-de-Marson. He did leave a list of addresses of post offices but Mont-de-Marson was not on it. I've tried looking it up on the internet but I couldn't find it. I've...
  14. servaasgoddijn

    Class of 2011

    Hi fellow members, Tomorrow the 3th I'm going to Avallon, Tuesday the 5th I start in Vézelay. I will take the Lemovicensis, the Ruta de Norte and the Primitivo. I know there are not many of you to walk this way, but I hope to see at least some of you; I've glued the forumsticker to my...
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    Which guidebook for good maps?

    Hi Laurie and Maria, De yellow German guidebooks are called OutdoorHandbucher and are edited by Conrad Stein Verlag. They seem very accurate to me. I say seem, because I didn´t use them till now. I´m starting in two month time. They are little and weight near to nothing. After removing the...

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