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Prevention and cure..
I use Micrpore tape or in Spain it's Lucopore, it's a sticky paper and doesn't allow the skin to move creating the blister - it's always worked for me! If I feel a blister developing I tape it over with micropore which effectively stops it developing!
Hi - I've just completed the Camino Primitivo - had a real problem with my right knee after the Hospitales route (2 heavy downhills) - I ended up in the next few days till Melide (where I ended this time) coming down sideways ie like a crab on most of the downs. I didn't care how I looked, I...
I stopped by there on Sunday the day after it opened on Saturday, it's really lovely in a quaint old courtyard - there were tables outside and coffee on the go very kind hospitaliero had loads of food laid out - a stop here is highly recommended :)
Thank you very much for your reply, it has been dry everywhere even here in the UK! I start walking on the 23rd and will take what comes and enjoy it anyway!
I'm starting to walk from Tineo to Melide in just over a week, firstly is the Primitivo well waymarked, I can't find any information about this? Also I wonder what the ground is like at the moment - has there been any rain, is it muddy or is it still dry after the summer? What is the prospect...
So much advice! Here's what I do, I have a tiny torch safety pinned to the inside of my backpack,very useful any time of day or night. Most albergues aren't completely dark even in October. Carry a small hand held torch in preference to a headlamp which takes up space and also weighs, so for the...
Sorry to hear you had the stomach bug - it floored me too. I must have been just a day or two behind you and was struck down in Campiello - I was lucky that my partner wasn't walking and had the car - he took me to Tineo to the Medical Centre there where I got treatment and medication, they...
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