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+1 for the TP trail and horrible tea. I'll add bag rustlers at silly o'clock, head torches in the dorm, rabid non drinkers. Non judgemental non drinkers are fine. I try to sit next to them.
Now for some likes to balance. People who yomp past...
Hi, I love the Camino, especially where it throngs with pilgrims, I like the evening tribalness of it all and the close interaction, balanced with long periods of solitude of course, but! - there are a few things that niggle at me, not really...
If you have to trim a week off the Camino from St Jean to Santiago ... make it the meseta (hop onto a train).
The meseta has it's good parts, but sections of walking beside a busy highway for hours are Not for me.
Years back purchased every type of underwear style sold. I was adamant that I would find something supportive and that breaths. I tried every one in a field test ( clothing over top ). I have not looked back.
....jock-strap....
Goretex footwear works well in cold and damp weather, but when it eventually gets wet through, it takes an age to dry out again, the moisture gets locked in.. and when the ambient temperature gets up close to your body temperature, goretex...
StJdP to Muxia in 42 days should not be a problem for a seasoned walker barring accident or ill fate. If a problem arises deal with it when it arises. You can spend as much time trying to utilise public transport as you could have spent walking
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