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  1. Walton

    Camino Wildlife (excluding escaped circus animals)

    A bit off topic ..... then again not so off topic. One thing that strikes me when in Spain, Portugal or France is the distinct lack of song bird life in the forests or along the way. On my morning walk here in the Australian forests, birds and seen and heard all the time. Sadly, this was not...
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    Those BRIGHT motion activated lights, or how to pee in 5 seconds

    Sometimes I think it is so nice sitting in the dark half asleep doing what nature intended. There is no snoring or rustling plastic bags and you can usually take your time without someone rattling the door every couple of minutes or so as often happens. Ahhh solitude! Just don't nod off. Oh...
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    What does 'Gronze' mean?.

    Joan - it looks like my review was reinstated at some time but no-one from Gronze told me it has been reinstated and I wasn’t any wiser. It also looks like Gronze members can now leave reviews and indeed someone else left a negative review of that Gite a month later. It is the original review...
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    What does 'Gronze' mean?.

    Take no notice of the Gronze accomodation reviews. On the Le Puy route we wrote an adverse review about a Gite where we found dirty sheets, pillows and quite a few other things that needed improvement. Gronze deleted my review, We met a German woman a few days later who stayed at the same Gite...
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    Le Puy route

    I’d like to but if Gronze are deleting adverse Gite reviews then logic might tell you that the Gronze reviews possibly do not accurately reflect users opinions. My review was deleted and the Gite page changed so no more reviews on the said Gite could be made by anyone. A German girls review on...
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    Le Puy route

    Thank you I emailed Gronze asking why my review was deleted. This is the Gronze reply Hola, Nuestro software de control de comentarios ha hecho una alerta porque dice que una persona ha escrito dos comentarios con dos nombres de usuarios distintos. A veces el software falla, hemos de...
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    Le Puy route

    We finished the Le Puy yesterday. It is a physically demanding route especially from Le Puy to a day after Conques. There are many steep ups and downs and the track itself is very difficult in places. Poles helped us a lot but we severely underestimated the difficulty. If we did it again, we...
  8. Walton

    Shoes & Mileage!

    I have Merrell Moab adventure 3 lace low hikers with Vibram soles. So far, we are currently 330kms into the Podiensis. The shoes have been blister free and very good to walk in but the soles have become noticeably softer. To counter this, I have put a woolen insert in the shoe between the...
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    From Bayonne to SJPdP, July 22-23, 2023

    I know you are excited and that's fantastic but .... Your hearts might be saying this and so might your mind, but your body and feet may have other ideas later. Have you heard about the story of the hare and the tortoise? I have seen many hares depart on their Camino on Day one, leaving lots...
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    The culture has changed...sadly

    Tom - Well said. As for change - Gosh - It happens continuously. I saw it year in and year out while teaching at University. Students come and go rapidly, not so much the people in the administration, but change nevertheless happens. Even teaching has changed, some would say for the better...
  11. Walton

    Lausanne to Montreux

    Just multiply miles by 1.6 500 miles = 800 kilometres. A milestone to be sure! or should that be a kilometre stone? :D
  12. Walton

    Theft overnight in an Albergue

    We were robbed in Zubiri also way back in 2016 and I know who the robbers were. They were two young women, who I noticed took a very keen interest in everyone while resting on their beds. I thought it kind of odd at the time. Next morning, they waited until the dorm was empty (everyone was...
  13. Walton

    UK - For travellers who may need to exit Schengen zone for a short time

    This is interesting but I don't understand what the advantage would be by having a break outside the Schengen zone. As I understand it, unless country to country special bilateral arrangements have been made, such as those that exist between Spain and New Zealand, people like us Australians...
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    Coastal camino v. Central

    Hello Susan Absolutely agree with Woody's quote and comments. One thing is when you get to Vigo, following the yellow arrows takes you uphill and downhill and uphill and downhill etc past various churches. Do yourself a favor and use your mapping / gps app such as Google maps for example, and...
  15. Walton

    Starting in Gibraltar tomorrow

    Would like to follow but unable to find the button on the the of screen. Anyway, enjoy your pilgrimmage!
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