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  1. Bedspring

    Hiking poles on the plane in Santiago!

    Thats a shame regarding the Airlines. As far as I am aware, it is not within the remit of individual airports to make exceptions https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32006R1546 , the confusion regarding trekking poles is that they cross over with walking aids, which due...
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    Hiking poles on the plane in Santiago!

    This stuff is an ongoing issue in the Climbing world for years, can you take ropes and quickdraw into the cabins, probably other pastimes have a similar issue. At the end of the day, this is about aircraft safety and binary. Either it is safe or is not safe, and should be a national or...
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    Hiking poles on the plane in Santiago!

    I saw people at Naples Airport in April boarding with poles. It really is frustrating, do you pay £30 for hold luggage, per flight, or risk having your £x cost poles confiscated.
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    Be careful with phones.

    I highly recommend listening to this, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001z69m it has a section quite early on about phone theft and what you can and should do. Basically set your screen lock to 30 seconds, set up the security features available via Apple, Samsung or google, such as remote...
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    Pacemaker Implant Surgery Tomorrow. A New Phase for Future Caminos.

    All good news. Obviously take advice from your consultant, but when I had mine fitted as an emergency procedure, I had a torrid time psychologically not helped by a consultant with no interest in my lifestyle in the outdoors. I found a new consultant who is a climber and fell runner. His policy...
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    Are there any Thermal Springs along the Camino Frances

    Thanks for the replies. :)
  7. Bedspring

    Are there any Thermal Springs along the Camino Frances

    A nice warm soak eases tired bones, and I was just wondering if there are any Thermal Spas along the Camino Frances
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    Book exchanging

    https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/are-there-book-swaps-on-the-camino-what-book-would-you-take.86260/#post-1245975
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    Pork in Spain

    Is that the case in places catering to budget travellers trying get meals out at fixed prices, I always thought that somewhere in Spain there would be huge air conditioned sheds mass producing pork for the catering trade and supermarkets. I suspect to be eating free range acorn fed you need to...
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    Pacemaker Implant Surgery Tomorrow. A New Phase for Future Caminos.

    The advice re placement and back pack straps is excellent, if I was you I would put my back pack on now, with no shirt on, and mark with a pen where they are, and ask the surgeons to do their best to avoid. A Pacemaker should cause very little to no hinderance to your activities once the initial...
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    The Camino will provide?

    I suppose my approach would be to be wary of fools, scroungers and thieves, however a more spiritual approach is to have compassion for even the thief, for hard as it maybe, I do not know the journey they have taken to arrive at being a thief, possibly if I had taken their path, I would have...
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    Confused over date format

    Most helpful, thank you.
  13. Bedspring

    Confused over date format

    Thank you, just needed a little reassurance.
  14. Bedspring

    Confused over date format

    Yes, that is what I think I booked, but I begin to doubt myself sometimes.
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    Confused over date format

    Hello, I have reserved a night in an Albergue and the confirmation says Fecha de entrada: 2024-06-05. In the UK we would write this as 05-06-2024, is that what this means, 5th June 2024, I am just checking as I think the USA write it differently. Of course I could email the Albergue but I...
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    Train Discounts over 60s

    Even better deal than I remembered renew your card: for 1 year (€6), for 2 years (€12) or for 3 years (€15, you save 16% on the original price) Never knew about the Portuguese thing.
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    Train Discounts over 60s

    I have just popped my Targeta Dorada (Golden Ticket) in my packing box. They cost €12 and cannot be bought online, but can be renewed online. If journeying too or from the Camino on Spanish trains it could be worth buying, I think mine paid for itself first journey.
  18. Bedspring

    Pilgrimage or vacation?

    How about "Silvermommas Big Walk" , they can stick that in their pipe and smoke it :cool:
  19. Bedspring

    Pilgrimage or vacation?

    I think, that I am surprised that someone who has completed the spiritual and physical journey of a Camino, is in the slightest bit bothered what someone else calls it.
  20. Bedspring

    want solitude

    No offence taken, no problems, thanks for replying.

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