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  1. K_Lynn

    Last Minute Shoe help

    Wear your most comfortable shoe that does not cause you pain. Bring a slip on ankle brace just in case.
  2. K_Lynn

    Lost & Found Blue Reading glasses lost between Arcade and Pontevedra

    Many pharmacies will carry reading glasses. I always bring 2 pair with me and somehow always manage to lose or break them. I went through 4 pair on my first Camino.
  3. K_Lynn

    Death of German peregrina in Zuriain this morning

    A Spanish pilgrim died Tuesday as well. https://www.elprogreso.es/articulo/sarria/fallece-peregrino-sentirse-indispuesto-cuando-camino-sarria/202406042128061763194.html
  4. K_Lynn

    Lost & Found Lost phone between Pontevedra and split for the spiritual route

    Hope you find it! You can log in on any computer/smart phone https://smartthingsfind.samsung.com/login to help locate it.
  5. K_Lynn

    Gronze - Difficulty Ratings

    I'm not sure exactly how they calculate difficulty ratings, but distance and elevation gains/losses probably contribute. A long distance is more difficult than a short one. The first day out of Ferrol is really just long and mostly flat. Pontedeume is a brutal hill out of town in the morning...
  6. K_Lynn

    Albergue Etiquette

    Ugh loud phone alarms. I made sure before to set my alarms to vibrate and placed my phone by my pillow to wake me up. On the topic of phones: some people are unaware they can change settings on their phones to silent mode for keyboard clicks and sent or received notifications. tap tap tap...
  7. K_Lynn

    The case for preserving the descent into Zubiri.

    I said something similar every day! "It's been a thousand years! Why haven't they built a tunnel through this mountain!
  8. K_Lynn

    Carrión de los Condes - floral carpet tomorrow

    Oh WOW!! Dang it! Now I have to plan a Camino around one of these events!
  9. K_Lynn

    Convent in A Guarda

    I haven't been, but am always interested in adding more places to my lists lol. It looks lovely and not exceptionally expensive. The rate listings on their website is hilarious although I'm sure it's an unintentional translation error. Prices for rooms are listed as Temp. Low, Average Temp...
  10. K_Lynn

    What if fatigue is too much?

    I walked in '21 from SJPdP during the Covid crisis. I gave myself an extra week for rest days and illness. I should have used a couple of rest days after Sahagun just to give my feet and shins a break but I did not. As others have said, if you can, pad your Camino with a few extra days to...
  11. K_Lynn

    Mid-April to mid-May Camino Francés, my experiences, insights, mistakes and lessons

    Sounds like you had a great Camino, thank you for sharing. I too was annoyed as I walked out of Sarria. I remember vividly, commenting to a Camino friend on the shiny unscuffed shoes and full make-up. A few hours later as I walked down a hill there was a young man trying to take a picture...
  12. K_Lynn

    The Vanity Project

    The box sounds perfect! I have the big map on another wall, or at least a big map and another frame with credentials etc from the Camino I did with my sister last year, any future credentials will probably never see the light of day . I've taken over the stairwell. Eventually I may find a way...
  13. K_Lynn

    The Vanity Project

    Sensible. I’ll do that next time.
  14. K_Lynn

    The Vanity Project

    It's like a Monet, good from far :D My partner said I got what I paid for lol, which was nothing in the end.
  15. K_Lynn

    The Vanity Project

    I finally got around to having my Compostela and certificates framed. Doing so was more time consuming, irritating and painful than walking. The first attempt by the framers had everything at odd angles (5cm from frame on one corner 2cm from frame in another), items incorrectly mounted, glops...
  16. K_Lynn

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    Well that was not the Spirit of Camino I expected to wake up to today. I can't imagine witnessing a brawl on the trail. I don't know how it would be possible to coordinate permits for the last 100km, or any of it. It would be nice though if people did not leave garbage wherever they liked...
  17. K_Lynn

    Lost & Found Lost phone between Roncesvalles and Zubiri

    I bought a phone case with a lanyard after seeing people wandering around in Madrid and Barcelona wearing their phones that way. It's now my Camino and holiday idiot string that keeps my phone attached to me and has the bonus of when I am wandering in knee deep water trying to take pictures of...
  18. K_Lynn

    Lost & Found Lost phone between Roncesvalles and Zubiri

    https://www.samsung.com/levant/apps/smartthings-find/ She can log in on any computer or smart phone to find hers. How she gets it back into her hands is another issue.
  19. K_Lynn

    post Camino walk...any advice?

    It does sound exhausting, lol but I had 5 weeks for my touristing so nothing was too rushed. It was nice getting to see other parts of Spain and I spent a lot of time sitting in cafes with a glass of wine watching people go about their day.
  20. K_Lynn

    post Camino walk...any advice?

    I had planned to walk to Finisterre and Muxia after my Camino from SJPdP, and then decided a couple of days piror to SdC that I needed to stop walking in Sanitago. I took the bus and spend a couple of nights each in Muxia and Finisterre. I got sunstroke in Finisterre and spent most of my time...

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