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  1. Antonius Vaessen

    Stage 3 Via de la Plata help

    Referring back to the question of the OP his concern was the distance of this stage. Skipping the first 16 km is a solution. Certainly for a third stage of the VdlP 31 km is much. Certainly there are worse stretches on the VdlP but that was not the point here.
  2. Antonius Vaessen

    Stage 3 Via de la Plata help

    If you want to walk all the way you can walk to the entrance of the national park and phone a taxi from there and go back to Castilblanco or to Almaden and next day take a taxi back to the enteance. I did this stage twice and did not bother to walk the first 16 dull asphaltkilometers. Most of...
  3. Antonius Vaessen

    Buying a guidebook in Porto?

    Perhaps in the famous Lello bookshop, it might be busy though
  4. Antonius Vaessen

    Ourense Thermal Baths - worth a visit?

    There are free thermale Baths, wherr you have to bring a swimsuit. In the ones where you have to pay you can rent swimsuits.
  5. Antonius Vaessen

    Lost items tales

    One day I lost my reading glasses. 3 stages later I found them hanging on the keys of a closetdoor. How they got there I don't know. Probably they were in my backpack in a hidden corner and fell out three days later. ( I am sure they were mine because of the colours of the little rope)
  6. Antonius Vaessen

    Guide books - are they worth it?

    If I use paper guides I use them in preparation at home. I don't take them ( anymore) with me, because I very rarely used them
  7. Antonius Vaessen

    Easiest section

    I agree that the start of the Via Podiensis after the early pilgrimsmass is the most special start of the caminos I know. In my diary I wrote that it reminded me of the moment that cows in spring for the first time are released into the meadows : they jump for joy of being able to run again That...
  8. Antonius Vaessen

    Saint Jean Pied de Port to Roncesvalles, leaving in the afternoon

    I am curious to hear what decision you will make in the end. The advice to stop in Orisson or Borda A kilometer farther up the mountain)and start early the next day is so sound that it is hard for me to understand why you would stick to your plan that has so many risky factors
  9. Antonius Vaessen

    Easiest section

    I dont know if the physical challenge only concerns stagedistance or also the difficulties of the trail. The first part up to Conques is beautifull but hard, because the trail goes up and down many valleys. After Conques it gets a little bit easier ( though the climb out of Conques is probably...
  10. Antonius Vaessen

    LIVE from the Camino Repair to backpack waistband

    I buy regularly at Decatlonshops, until now I did not have any problems with their products.
  11. Antonius Vaessen

    Camino Norte - Albergue los doce tribus

    It is a donativo, so you dont give more money than what it is worth to you. I dont think they have this albergue for reasons of financial gain
  12. Antonius Vaessen

    Where to get damaged hip belt repaired in San Sebastián?

    Look for a Zapateria
  13. Antonius Vaessen

    Albergue in Sao Pedro de Rates

    According to Gronze.com the albergue has 50 beds, so there won't be a problem.
  14. Antonius Vaessen

    Camino Norte - Albergue los doce tribus

    I stayed there in 2018 and liked the place, quiet and a beautifull garden. There was a communal dinner then and probably still is, given the character of the group behind it. We were joined at the meal by one or two persons of the albergue a member of the twelve tribes organisation. An...
  15. Antonius Vaessen

    Lost & Found Lost Shoes

    I tried to delete my message but apparently it did not disappear from the thread. So my last sentence was incomplete. I wanten to say that to me the chance that big shoes like this were taken by mistake is small. The shoes of the pilgrim who took them should be left behind than
  16. Antonius Vaessen

    Lost & Found Lost Shoes

    A pair of 48size shoes taken by mistake??? If that would be the case It would be
  17. Antonius Vaessen

    Pilgrims Behaving Badly - Is the Camino Frances full?

    I agree with Bradypus. I too think that the positive economic effect of thousands of pilgrims is overestimated. The passing of hundreds of persons everyday through your village, or in front of your house surely can be a nuisance, even if the vast majority of the passersby are wellbehaving
  18. Antonius Vaessen

    How crowded is the Levante

    Next year April I will start a camino again. At the moment I am considering the Via Francigena from Aulla. The Levante has come up as an option to. What I want to know is how crowded this camino is. I don't mind walking alone , a crowded camino does not attract me. But meeting some other...
  19. Antonius Vaessen

    Sunrises and Sunsets

    Here's a picture from Finistere
  20. Antonius Vaessen

    Most stupid question prize winner (Eyeglasses category)

    Can't you tie a thin, sprong rope to the arms of the glasses. If you tie them tightly the rope will not come off.

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