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My Camino walks are definitely my vacations. Admittedly, I'm not walking with a religious motive, but I don't think the two terms are incompatible. A "vacation," to me at least, means leaving the routines of my normal life -- work, doing...
On one of the FB forums, someone asked about detouring to Fragas do Eume, just outside of Pontedeume, and it looks amazing. Since I'm splitting up Ferrol - Pontedeume into two days (taking the long way around the estuary), I would have plenty of...
Are you looking only for people walking for religious reasons? I've walked twice with my kid, who is very obviously nonbinary, but did not walk with any religious purpose.* If they are someone you would be interested in talking with, I can put...
I've also become a rain skirt fan. Although purchased for my Camino, I wore it skiing a number of days this season and it kept my pretty dry in pouring rain both while skiing down and riding the lifts up (I'm a patroller and don't really have...
Hi!
Kilt/rain skirt is all i wear i wont Camino in winter; but i wear shorts from end of March to Early December in UK
Rain kilt weighs 78grams on and off in seconds ;and you don't have to stand on one leg to put it on!
Wore it on the...
On the issue of "town clothes," I brought with me an extremely lightweight swing dress, which could also double as a nighshirt/gown. That being said, I definitely used it more as a nightgown than a dress, generally just throwing on my next days'...
I was not in the best shape for my first Camino, and was sick as well. You know what I did? I gave myself the grace to walk what I could, and took a cab to my accommodations when I got to the point of being miserable and couldn’t go any...
I don’t even know where to start with this comment haha. First off, I’ve traveled the world (45 countries at this point), without a man. I never take a tour, and plan everything so that I’m completely independent. That includes time in the Middle...
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