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Pilgrim House offers service such as printing of tickets, laundry, used pole repository, place to hang out and talk, a more formal debriefing if you want to participate. They can answer questions, etc. Volunteers provide the manpower for the...
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Pilgrim House has no affiliation with the Pilgrim Office. It's a place of respite and assistance for pilgrims. If you are lucky you can meet @natefaith there. Unfortunately, they are closed on Wednesdays and Sundays...
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ThatIrishGuy replied to the thread Upcycle walking poles.So I take it this 'Pilgrim House ' is distinct from the office that give out the compostelas? I must look it up next time. The Pilgrim office, where one registers for compostellas also have a collection of donated poles/sticks/staves. I borrowed...
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There's also rambling. I'd say all of us are walkers anyway, just that hiking, rambling, bushwalking, and so on are particular forms of it.
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As runners, my parents and their group of friends shared common activities where we tagged along: marathons; hikes on the Appalachian Trail (we did portions as a family and as a group, but an 80-year-old friend of my parents did the full...
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I consider myself more of a walker as I can head out my front door and be in the country within minutes. It is a flat "rails to trails" eight mile path, so is definitely a waking path for me. In our National parks in the US, mostly in the...
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One can be both a hiker and a walker at different times, but one might prefer one over the other. If I go on a hike, which I don't often do, then I am a hiker. If my focus is on getting from point A to point B on foot on a nice path that isn't in...
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The distinction may not exist in British usage, perhaps partly because of the difference in physical environment. However, in North America, the distinction is real. "Hiking" implies a more strenuous effort and terrain, usually involving uphills...
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On the Camino Francés or not that far off route are ~ 20 official campsites. Cost is roughly the same as albergues and include shower ect. Plus some albergues that allow camping in their gardens, at same cost as a bed or slightly less, with...
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