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Somehow pilgrims got to their destination with no maps let alone gps. Still, it’s kinda nice having an idea where your next bunk bed is located. Maps. Me works fine and doesn’t require data. Triangulation to down loaded maps and waypoints is accurate within meters.
Maps.me wirked well. Once you load the maps, you don’t need data and it doesn’t drain batteries. I way marked each daily destination and I could mark my progress very accurately
Where breakfast are available, 6:00 is often the time. In the heat of the summer, 4-5 am departures are common, giving 2 hrs in the dark(ish) before sun up, so bring a morning snack. You can usually find eateries along the way if the CF about 1 hr apart. Still some remote sections are foodless...
Seems to me that your Camino is having just the right effect on you. This is what it is all about. For the introvert, it provides bonding, the extrovert, detachment. Solitude, a blessing. Relish in every wayward emotion. The journey is the destination.
With the exceuof a few legs, 1 litre is all you need. When villages are spaced at 5 - 10 km, that’s all you need to carry and at that, you’ll find it to be more than eough even when trekking in July and August. There sre a few sections with no serviced for 15+ km so you can take a couple of...
I never met a pilgrim who was perfectly fit for the journey on day 1. Get good footwear; there are lots of posts in that. Break in your shoes, walk at least 1 hr a day for a month before you leave and then start. Take it slow and easy for the first few days. Listen to your body. If it says...
Apart from poles and their use, you might want to tighten your boot strings so your toes don’t slide forward an get injured, blisters an bruised toes aren’t fun.
Take it. Keep it strapped to your chest do you can take photos as you go without stopping. 1 in 10 will be good and with the camera st the ready you can easily take a thousand. You will refer to them for the rest of your life. And, if it really becomes a burden, mail it home. I met one...
The crowd only become noticeable after Sarria and people tend to string out along the trail and laps into their own particular mind space when they walk so, you really laps into your own world and don’t see people as being part of the crowd. Where it is available, take the alternate routes shown...
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Little road walking is preferable to trails. There is a tough decline to the west of Cruz de Ferro that essentially follows a stream bed. It is demanding but direct. An easier, but longer go is to walk in the msrgin of a lightly used roadway; the one used by cyclists
If you want to carry your kit onto the plane, you need to be mindful of your Swiss army knife( highly recommended) and any liquids over 4 oz. that might determine the fate of your bag. 35 l bags seem to be small enough to fit in the overhead, 49 litres is on the cusp and a full 45 l bag will...
For a while I treked with a woman and her father wh stayed exclusively in casa rural or pilgrim hotels. In July of this year on Camino Frances you could get a clean, small room with private shower for 28-40 Euro. A pension with a washroom down the hall 25 euro. Most provided breakfast. Pension...
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