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    Poncho quandary — Altus, Frogg Toggs, Vaude, or something else?

    We used frogg toggs (jacket and pants) and kept dry despite deluges of rain. Highly recommend. They can make you quite warm as they don’t breathe, so plan accordingly. If you use them, you need a pack cover, works just fine one piece of advice, a baseball cap under the hood of the frogg toggs...
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    October 2021 English Way

    Awesome! You’ll love the Inglés! Just when you’re into it it winds down, though. If you have time, I would recommend cont to the coast. Buen camino
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Covid digital vaccine passport being prepared (for EU citizens)

    Why do you say “hopefully, it may extend...” to an Orwellian restriction on freedom of movement?
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    On the Camino, on this date in March...

    Today at 9:33 AM Add bookmark #1 Today, three years ago I started my only Camino de Santiago to date, in an all too brief period on the way to visit our son in Venice. I pray to get back, but am sanguine as to the possibilities. Even that one Camino Ingles changed my life forever. To join an...
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    Three years ago...

    Today, three years ago I started my only Camino de Santiago to date, in an all too brief period on the way to visit our son in Venice. I pray to get back, but am sanguine as to the possibilities. Even that one Camino Ingles changed my life forever. To join an 800+ year company of peregrinos is...
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    There is truth to the maxim “Be careful what you wish for”

    I guess this virus heard the many laments that the Frances was overcrowded. 😪
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    Ingles in March or Summer 2020

    I did it in March. March is great. Cool temps for walking. A bit wet, but hey, it’s Galicia.
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    Ferrol to Neda. . . Pedestrian walkway alongside the train-track causeway?

    I used it last year, in a very heavy wind— quite exciting! A welcome relief, too, as the first stage to pontedeume measured a bit longer than the guide indicates.
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    Just Like They Did in "The Way"!

    The parador de los Reyes Católicos in Santiago was a very nice reward at the end...
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    Orange Juice- a topic of interest to me re: Portuguese Camino

    That is correct.
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    To all pilgrims who have walked in France

    Thank you so much for your kindness in that thoughtful, detailed description! I am very grateful for it, and my yearning to get going is intense! Every time I think I‘ve settled on one, I think again. I may or may not have a companion on the way. My wife and I have travelled frequently to...
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    To all pilgrims who have walked in France

    Merci to everyone who replied! I will certainly check back in here when the route is chosen and taken. I’m hoping for June— I suppose waiting too late in the Fall brings dicey weather into play? Anyone who has walked these routes, is Fall walking too chancy? Starting Sept, or Oct?
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    To all pilgrims who have walked in France

    I am setting aside the time to walk another Camino. I have walked the Inglés first, due to time constraints, and now want to walk the Francés. But I want to start from France, about a month out or so from St. Jean. Can set aside 65-70 days. Therefore, the choice boils down to starting from Le...
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    Rucksack/backpack size?

    I took a 40 L, but only because i’m very tall (smaller didnt fit torso) and it was late winter, so I had sleeping bag. Per volume only, 30L is plenty. I carried some of my wife’s stuff, and even with sleeping gear it weighed 18 lbs.
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    Ferrol

    If you’re in Ferrol the evening before, the Church of San Francisco will give you a sello after 7:30 pm Mass.
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