Especially if you are a hiker, pilgrim, want to be Pilgrim, anybody that really enjoys the outdoors and hiking PLEASE heed the following...
I am a soon to be 77-year-old male, healthy and in decent shape. I was hiking the Camino Baztan and all...
If you do the coastal route it should avoid the big highways. The littoral, in my experience, has had a lot more interaction with the highway. Though it’s been interspersed with the most breathtaking ocean views, so …. 🤷♀️
Two things:
this is one of the three major routes leaving Porto, that effectively form two routes with variations. There is a fourth route through Braga that gets little discussion on this forum.
My experience with the central route is that...
I am interested in the Camino from Porto....
Interest is beginning to wane due to an aversion to busy highway walking.
This post prompts further research.
I have occasionally slept outdoors through choice - mostly on the longer stages of less travelled routes like the Via de la Plata. If I think that is likely then I carry a bivi bag and a short self-inflating sleeping mat in addition to the...
"In 2014, Jean-Marc Lucien, who graciously received 700 to 800 pilgrims each year in St Privat d'Allier, was sued for unfair competition. The person concerned was acquitted in 2016 but was forced to close his cottage and move. "I was receiving...
I use my backpack cover when my backpack goes into the plane hold, putting it on back to front keeps all the stops hidden and secured. IMHO I think for the extra 100grams or so it's worth carrying even if you're using a poncho.
For rain on the Camino you probably don't need pack cover. We have found if traveling where there are crowds, tourist sights, train & bus stations, the packs rain cover helps protect against thievry. Like if you are riding the Metro in Paris...
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