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    To Bring or Not to Bring on the Camino?

    I agree about the camera for sure. My first two Caminos, I carried a very small digital camera and I have it with me now On the Camino Portuguese, but I am only using my phone. It hasn’t rained but I have carried my lightweight poncho. I needed it a lot on the Norte. So who knows. And I would...
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    No pain, no blessing?

    Dragging oneself through the pain seems like not a brilliant idea. On my first Camino, the Francis, I met two men who ended up in the hospital with intravenous antibiotics because they would not stop doing their 40 km days with blisters. Finally the blisters and bleeding were so infected, and...
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    How much road walking is involved walking the coastal way?

    I have been walking the real coastal Way, which isn’t even in Brierleys books until the 2018 edition. Most of it was boardwalks and pavers and some cobblestone but it was very nice. I walked along the beach almost the entire way. There were times when the path moved more into the roadways but...
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    How much money should I carry?

    I think that meant carry no more than €300 at a time.!
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    Just a little advice needed on the Coastal Option (Litoral / Coastal)

    I too will be walking the senda Litoral from September 15 to September 28 or 29th. From Porto to Santiago de Compostela with my German friend Ria. Maybe we will cross paths. When we get to Santiago we will stay at the monastery San Martin Pinario until Oct 3, when we fly to Barcelona for fun...
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    What did you forget that you would bring with you the second time?

    I ended up buying tweezers at a pharmacia along the way. It was very easy.
  7. woodswoman

    I DID IT!!

    I’m doing that route in mid-September. I too would like your top five tips although I plan to go as much as possible on the Senda Litoral. Thank you in advance.
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    What if I don't have a cell phone?

    On the Camino Del Norte, there are some very very long stretches, and I was lucky to have mine a couple of times when I was stuck far from my stoping destination for the night, especially if the place I thought I was going to stop was closed for bedbugs or abandoned. There are so many fewer...
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    Too old?

    I will definitely weigh on this. I am going on my third Camino in September and I will be 72 in November. Chronological age has nothing to do with it. I know 40-year-olds who wouldn’t dream of going on this walk. I myself would never have dreamt of going on this walk when I was 40 or 50 or 60...
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    Compostela or Passport: Which Means More to You?

    I have walked both the Camino Frances and the Norte and I will walk the top half of the Portugués in the fall. I have two regular Compostelas, and 2015 also got another one because there was some celebration of St. Francis, and the French church was issuing Compostelas for the event. In 2013...
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    Anti snoring device

    I strongly suggest you go to a pulmonologist and arrange for a sleep study. Snoring usually indicates sleep apnea, which means you stop breathing intermittently throughout your sleep cycle. Some people need a CPAP machine, but since I travel so much, and my apnea is very strange and uneven, I...
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    Porto Coastal Route Stage stage guide.

    I have a Camino Portugues guide by John Brierley which has all of that information . . . stages, distances between restaurants, bars, albergues, elevations, etc. etc I used his book for my Camino Frances and was sorry he didn't write one for the del Norte. I plan to walk from Porto to Santiago...
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    Need basic fitness advice for the unfit and (relatively) old newbie

    I have read these comments and want to say that I walked my first Camino (Frances) from SJPP to Santiago in September/October 2013, at the nearly 67. Camino del Norte in the same months in 2015, at nearly 69, from Irun to Santiago. I was so afraid of O Cebriero and hadn't even thought of...
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    Should I prebook a room in Santiago?

    I totally agree. San Martin Pinario (formerly known as Seminario Major) is an excellent place to end your stay. What I learned this last time on the Camino is that if you go to their website, it says they are full. But they are also a place for full-price rooms for conferences, and THAT's...
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    Will 1,000 mile socks be too hot in late May

    I wore 1000 Mile FUSION socks (double layered, as yours might be, but there is a difference in what they sell) for both Caminos, and on this last one, the del Norte, it was 90-97 degrees for the first week. My feet didn't get hot at all. And I felt so comfortable walking with those socks. I...

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