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As I have walked now 7 times , my pack is 14 lbs . I have kept it as light as possible . I have learnt my lesson .
I no longer take waterproof pants , not necessarily . It is so warm and you sweat so much they are so uncomfortable . I do take a raincoat which does the trick . I do not even take...
Hi , here is what I am doing . As I have done the Portugese central route twice before I am not walking Porto to Villa de Conde . It is all board walk and I don’t want to do that again so we are going to get the train there and start walking from there . So you would add the extra day to walk to...
Sure , you can contact me on my email and I can send you my route .
We can then maybe contact each other by WhatsApp if you like . I live in Vancouver Canada .
Cheers
Denise
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Hi , I am am walking with my niece and we arrive in Porto on the 8th and start walking on the 9th and a leave Santiago on the 23rd . I have a route plan for each day averaging 23km. A day .. if you would like me to email you the route plan let me know . This is my 7th Camino
Cheers Denise
Hi , as I was walking up from StJean pied de port to Orisson , I found a Tilly hat . It is new so it must of fell of someone’s back back . This was on the 11th September . I am walking to Burgos so if it is yours maybe we can meet and I can give it to you . I am currently in Pamplona . It is 15...
Hi, Love your day to day that you have posted on the Madrid route. I am at work and it is quiet , so I am reading it . Sure makes me want to start walking now.. cheers
Hi, thank you for this , I appreciate your knowledge . Sounds like you had a bit of rain :( yes I am use to walking to in the rain living in Vancouver, but I prefer to not have it on the Camino as living out of a back pack it is not pleasant if everything is wet. I will look over your links...
Hi, Thank you for this information, i will take a look at your blog. I live in Vancouver , the only place to live :) great hikes here. I love planning my next Camino, so many routes to take. The fun is in the planning as well, keeps me going to I am actually on the walk. I walked the Frances...
Hi, I am Australian but have lived in Canada for the past 32 years so I am a little bit more now a Canadian. I am planning on walking the Madrid Camino with a girlfriend September 2020. I am just looking at what the route looks like. Did you find a book on the route ? I have walked not 5...
I just flew from Vamcouver Canada to gate wick London and connected flight to Porto to do the Portugese Camino . I had everything except my poles as that is no longer aloud . They went through my backpack and asked many questions , I think more about where I was going and how to go about it as I...
I have walked the Frances route twice , each Time i stopped at Orrisson as it the best fun ever . You meet so many friends and they remain a big part of your walk . They put on an amazing meal , and at the end , each person gets up and introduces themselves and says why they are walking the...
thank you so much for that information. I was on the Portuguese Camino a couple of years ago and I am going again this fall, but I Struggled with the metro system over there . I did not know where to get off the train, so i just got off when I seen a large majority of people getting off.. lol...
When you get out of the airport to get the train. Do you know the stop near the cathedral in Porto? there is a train station there , or what station do you get out of the train? if you any one knows this this would be helpful. Cheers
HI,
I used Mulberry silk liner, did you know that bed bugs hate silk . In the first world war, soldiers would wear silk stockings under their uniforms to ward off bed bugs in their bunkers. Here is a link which informs us that they hate silk...
Bad news about being laid off, but I envy what you are about t do. I have also walked Camino Frances i two parts, and the Portuguese Camino. I am going to walk the Frances up to Burgos starting on the 1st September. Again, I am restricted with time as I have to be back at work . One year I will...
I am on a keto diet, more for health as it helps me as I have lymphoma . I walk the Camino every year for the past 4 years and I will be this September again. I just don't worry about sticking to it on the walk. I feel you need as much energy as you can get as some days are very challenging...
Really , I can’t believe I done three Caminos and just had crossiants .. thanks for letting me know . I will certainly ask on my trip in a couple of weeks
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