I walked from Borda to Roncesvalles on Thursday April 18 and it was very cold with high winds, freezing rain/sleet, and very low visibility. We knew the weather was going to be bad, but it was worse than expected. Although well prepared I was...
I admit, I was ill-prepared to hike the Napoleon last year. This is from my blog entry for that day:
". . . Somewhere near the summit of the pass it began feeling very Everest-like. I didn’t take pictures because it was freezing by that point...
I once walked from SJPP on May 1st. The day before in St. Jean was sunny and very warm for late April with people sitting on patios in tee shirts.
May 1 in SJPP in the early morning was overcast and chilly. After we passed Orisson it became...
@Bob P is right: He had asked why the Pilgrim Office told him and other pilgrims, and then confirmed again, that pilgrims were allowed to walk over the Bentarte/Lepoeder pass of the higher route while the sign down in SJPP said "closed". I very...
I’d also say if using an iPhone update the Medical Information section which is where most Emergency Departments would look. (Speaking as an ex-ED nurse )
I have always carried an ICE Card / folded piece of paper with my passport. It is a simple Microsoft Word table, split into four panels.
Each panel has identical information. But each panel is in a different language: English, French, Portuguese...
I can relate to this, fortunately harmless things then. For the neighbor who comes to water, there will now be written notes on each of my plants stating how much and how often. And I will weigh how much my cat should have each day, it is still...
For what it is worth. Anyone deciding to route through UK on their way should know that it is illegal to have any pocket knife with a blade over 3 inches long. I did read that this is the same for Spain also. But here in the UK we go one better...
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