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  1. MikeyC

    Compostela: Electric Bikes Excluded?

    I'm sure there's many a "pilgrim" who games the system. I've seen a tour guide get off a coach, enter the bar and stand at the counter stamping a pile of credentials whilst her fellow pilgrims remained on board. I feel sorry for them and more so for the volunteers in Santiago. After the joy of...
  2. MikeyC

    Money taken from my Cash Passport! ☹️

    My debit card has a control panel in the app which allows me to switch off various card uses such as disabling on line purchases. I also scrape away the 3 digit security code on the reverse so that the physical card is of limited use online if lost or stolen.
  3. MikeyC

    Goretex is a waste of money?

    That's a brave chap. I would think twice before posting on YouTube that a well known consumer product is allegedly, in his words a "scam". My own experience of Goretex products from Berghaus and Musto is that they work fine, even on a fairly humid Shikoku hike.
  4. MikeyC

    Advice sought for wounds on feet from walking

    Sound advice above. My own experience is that as soon as I feel a niggle or hot spot I need to stop immediately and deal with it. In the past I have pressed on, saying to myself "it's only another 1km, then I'll do it". Poor decision on my part as a hot spot soon becomes a blister. Dealing with...
  5. MikeyC

    Need to buy day pack in Burgos

    A few years back a fellow pilgrim was sending his pack ahead and was carrying just a snack and water. I had stepped out of the albergue to check the weather. Back in reception I mentioned to him that it was a bit chilly for shorts and a shirt. When we met up 12 kms later in Hontanas I...
  6. MikeyC

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    As I am prone to the odd blister or two (hence I now routinely wear sandals) I'm in the market for some miraculous feet. 🤣
  7. MikeyC

    The Chickens....

    We passed through Santo Domingo mid afternoon on the 11th and festivities were in full swing. The main street was full of stalls and hundreds of people and families, many with red neckerchiefs. The photo is a snap from the coach as a bug of some sort has curtailed our Camino this year.
  8. MikeyC

    Stage 28

    More than likely given how many use these two guides. i.e. Triacastela to Sarria. My Michelin guide has O Cebreiro to Triacastela as its Stage 28 though.
  9. MikeyC

    Stage 28

    I think Stage 28 is where the Harry Potter movies were filmed.
  10. MikeyC

    New Camino route identified

    .... The antipodean clock is ahead of us here in the UK as indeed you are on many other things. If only my father hadn't cancelled his £10 tickets in the 1960s.
  11. MikeyC

    New Camino route identified

    Indeed, that is his full name, but he rarely uses it after having a tough time at primary school with name calling.
  12. MikeyC

    New Camino route identified

    This was a headline in the Gazeta de Vallodolid which I came across today. It would probably be better described as “Old” Camino route identified. I have paraphrased using Google translate. It seems a dig by the University Archaeology Department to the north of the city uncovered the bed of a...
  13. MikeyC

    Folding up an Altus?

    I paid a little extra to get the self folding one.... Whoops, 11 days early!
  14. MikeyC

    Carry-on packs

    My Osprey Atmos 36 is, from memory, 2cms over the height limit for the airlines I usually use to travel to Spain. There's plenty of space for the other dimensions but that's no help in the luggage measuring frame. The problem is the backplate which is rigid. So risk it or check it. I check the...
  15. MikeyC

    Sick of Merino! Bamboo instead?

    Purely subjective but I always preferred my older Icebreaker tops. As a matter of interest Icebreaker was sold in 2017 to VF Corp which also owns Smart Wool, Timberland and North Face.
  16. MikeyC

    Resources / Logistics Guide to Kumano Kodo

    Thank you. I enjoyed reading that. May I just add a couple of comments. As you say, slippers are an essential but if you have large feet take your own. I have yet to stay anywhere in Japan which had slippers bigger than a size 8ish. It avoids any embarrassment on either side. (And sometimes...
  17. MikeyC

    What does "good shoes" mean?

    I typically take Hokas as well as Teva open toe hiking sandals. I'm happy to wear sandals all day but depending on terrain and weather I might start with Hokas and switch after lunch. I tend to blister on the toes and sandals prevent this or, if I've got a hot spot from the Hokas, allow the skin...
  18. MikeyC

    Searching for a walking quote

    Going off at a slight tangent, walking has also crept over into management speak. The two that I recall were from Toyota and Hewlett Packard. Under the Toyota Production System there is the concept of Genchi Genbutsu (English: Go and see for yourself): The best practice is to go and see the...
  19. MikeyC

    For those who have walked the Camino 2 or more times

    One big difference is that you will be walking in the spring rather than the autumn. Our first Camino Frances started mid September and we returned for a second time in the Spring. What a difference. The sounds of cuckoos, the poppies along the trail and even fields full of poppies near Fromista...
  20. MikeyC

    Booking tickets on the Renfe site

    We are fans of Trainline ever since rail strikes in the UK caused a group of us to change travel plans. Those that had booked directly with the train operator had to jump through hoops to get a refund. Trainline refunded us with just two clicks on their website.

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