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Sorry people. I can’t understand this obsession about beds. This has been a pilgrimage now for around 1,200 years and I’m sure that even with very heavy traffic even in the early times there wasn’t an issue. I understand that early pilgrims may even have slept and cooked in the Cathedral. As one...
Interesting. I walked winter 2014 and the weather from St J P de p was vile. Two pilgrims that first day had their ponchos completely shredded by Roncrsvalles.
De Colores. Bogong
Most of the scary stuff I’d been reading on this site. Accommodation issues, blisters, bedbugs, distances, route issues, shoes, packweights, snoring and other albergue noises at night, medical facilities, went on and on. Left me fearful of a challenging ordeal which could threaten my very...
On a tip -off from a friend i finished my Camino before Semana Santa, met up with my wife and sister-in -law and afterwitnessing a marvellous procession on Palm Sunday in Madrid right near our hotel spent the rest of the week in Toledo, the seat of the Catholic Church in Spain.Processions every...
Told to me by a German pilgrim I met somewhere after Sarria in 2014. You could still see the terror in his eyes at the memory. He was my age, about 70. He had years earlier walked from Sarria in August, the Spanish holiday period. It was wall to wall people all seemingly having a very good time...
What I’m going to say might upset some prople and cause some disagreement. For 58 years or so I’ve been a jogger including daily runs of up to 15 miles and marathon training. I’ve tried virtually every brand of funner except now there seem to be more brands than there are people in the London...
I’ve heard of a number of fires triggered by phones on charge but it has always been due to the lithium batteries in the phones overcharging and overheating, never the cords or chargers. A few months back, people in a house a few blocks away went on their early morning walk leaving a mobile...
When I walked in winter there were few pilgrims but several deliberately sought out the donativotos to avoit paying anything. I would always whack in a bit more than I would have been paying at a private albergue.
De colores
Bogong
I read this, and various of the responses, with alarm. First thing, report it to the authorities. Second, and far more important, check with the nearest Medical Centre. I’m not sure what the ststus of rabies is in Spain now, but it’s not worth taking a chance. They would advise you. Have you...
Left Burgos at midday( had to buy a new camera and a few other essentials), short day to Hornillos de Camino, next day to Itero de la Vega, next day to Carrion de los Condes, next day to Moratinos, next day El Burgo Ranero, next day got to Leon.
De Colores
Bogong
C’mon you blokes what’s going on? It’s not an age, it’s just a number. I did the Frances in my 70th year in late winter from St J p de P. The weather was vile most of the way Took me 26 days and I then toddled off to Muxia. And I’d knocked my body around quite a lot in the years before then. I’d...
A very cogent comment. A few years back here ( Australia, and I think it was Sydney), an accredited laboratory tested bottled waters on sale which advertised their purity etc.
Most had trace substances of things they claimed freedom from which were above levels set for tap water. The most...
I gather this is the fifth time you walked the Camino. I would have expected you to know a bit more Spanish than you had. After all, it’s their country and it deserves respect.
Bogong
Anuwhere is fabulous. But locals in Spain told me the country has two magical cities, Santiago de Compostela and Toledo. Toledo was an earlier capital and is the seat of the Roman Catholic chyrch in Spain. It has a particularly grim civil war history. It was captured by rebel Moor forces...
It’s sad to think that there’s a hesitancy by some to post on a straightforward and entirely personal and inoffensive matter of faithgiven the Camino is and has always been essentially a Christian religious pilgrimage. I prayed along the way every day targeting family members and friends. Paul’s...
Here’s some encouragement. Both my knees, well I was in some much pain I could scarcely walk, mainly hobble. As a result of too many falls XC skiing and trying to telemark in dubious snow conditions carrying a 30kg pack more than likely. My first operation was in 2011 left knee and my right knee...
I walked it around the same time 2014. Lots of rain, snow, sleet, hail and wind except on the Meseta. Cold some days - my hands felt like clubs. No heating but I was warm at night in a cheap Aldi down sleeping bag. Tbe few other pilgrims I struck were commonly cold at night. They made the...
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