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  1. Jeff Crawley

    How to get the soap residue out of socks

    Yes, Part 1 is exactly what we did - worked a treat.
  2. Jeff Crawley

    How to get the soap residue out of socks

    Have you ever tried a post wash soak in straightforward hair conditioner followed by a rinse? Serious suggestion, it rescued a (very expensive) cashmere sweater that was machine washed by mistake. Apparently it "relaxes" the fibres. Worth trying anyway.
  3. Jeff Crawley

    Hiking poles on the plane in Santiago!

    STATEMENT: I inadvertently upset a fellow member of this Forum after misinterpreting a post they have made on this thread. I have apologised to them in a PM and do again to you all - it will teach me not to jump to assumptions without knowing the facts.
  4. Jeff Crawley

    Be careful with phones.

    My history buff daughter tells me it's a problem that's as old as time hence the old English term "cutpurse" - a fore runner of the pick pocket (from when we didn't have pockets. If you think a steel band or cable will stop a thief take a look at this
  5. Jeff Crawley

    Hiking poles on the plane in Santiago!

    An elegant solution - use what you got!
  6. Jeff Crawley

    Hiking poles on the plane in Santiago!

    If you can rustle up a couple of metres of the ubiquitous paracord you can make a handy and adjustable strap/lanyard. There are two videos on this YouTube account which might be of interest https://www.youtube.com/@kingfisher2036
  7. Jeff Crawley

    Hiking poles on the plane in Santiago!

    Does the winner/loser get presented with an award? The Golden Hiking Pole of Decathlon for instance?
  8. Jeff Crawley

    Be careful with phones.

    The same warning applies to those who keep their documentation and valuables in sling bags and fanny packs - my nephew's lad walked into a crowded street market in Bangkok last year with everything in a cross chest sling (passport, cards, cash, phone) and came out of it minus the sling - a...
  9. Jeff Crawley

    Hiking poles on the plane in Santiago!

    Using the "S" word twice in one posting to gain 40 points? Kirkie, dear heart, I am shocked!.
  10. Jeff Crawley

    Need to buy day pack in Burgos

    I know some of the "Chino" stores can be a bit strange but never saw a bizarre one! ;)
  11. Jeff Crawley

    Hire car caution

    Also drop a line to Anna Tims at the Observer newspaper your.problems@observer.co.uk They love stories like these and it's amazing how quickly a dispute is resolved once a national newspaper asks questions. Good luck!
  12. Jeff Crawley

    Can I use the same pilgrim passport?

    Because the stamp from the Pilgrims Office effectively closes off the credential once a Compostela has been issued doesn't it?
  13. Jeff Crawley

    The Shell Toucher hat

    Jodhpurs too? Or would that be taking the pith?
  14. Jeff Crawley

    To those who brought a tent: How do I keep the total weight down?

    Instead of a tent had you considered a tarp/hiking pole set up? YouTube is your friend here but isn't too bad
  15. Jeff Crawley

    Mercados

    From an old (2016) Camino journal: Cacabelos street market "9th and 26th of each month" They DO sell socks. however, - bought some hand knitted woollen ones that lasted for years.
  16. Jeff Crawley

    Towels

    "A towel is just about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can carry. Partly because it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of...
  17. Jeff Crawley

    Is tap water safe to drink in Portugal?

    Maybe, in Portugal, it would be labelled potável because, you know, they speak Portuguese and not Spanish? ;)
  18. Jeff Crawley

    Taxi? Can they find us in the middle of nowhere?

    I did Roncesvalles to Pamplona in one hump in 2003 because of a bed shortage in Zubiri/closed refugio at Larrasoaña. Back then catching a taxi was considered cheating so I plodded on and on and on and arrived at the outskirts of Pamplona at 9pm. Next day I staggered across the city to Cizur...
  19. Jeff Crawley

    Guardia Civil returning lost passports to owners

    Following my Camino Ingles in 2018 I lost my passport and sadder still, my credential, on the night before I was due to fly home to the UK. The taxi for the next day was booked, I had a laminated copy of the data pages and my UK driving licence so . . . The desk at EasyJet were fine about it...
  20. Jeff Crawley

    What about “té con leche”?😀

    Do NOT, on any account, ask for "té con leche" in Spain you'll probably get what you ask for - while up on the Sierra Nevada in a Swiss style bar I plumped for hot chocolate while my companion asked for té con leche and got precisely that: a cup of hot milk with a teabag floating in it...

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