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    From just before Burgos - 47 friggin kms to find a bed!!!

    I have heard this before about sleeping outside in your sleeping bag. Not impressed. I am a 69 year old solo female who would never feel safe sleeping outside. I would stay awake all night sitting up.. I once caught an overnight bus to Madrid and gave up Camino del Norte in Summer because I...
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    Night temp for a sleeping bag liner

    I have completed CF and Le Puy camino with the liner only and worn fleece vest, long sleeved top and leggings to bed. Last October I completed the CF with two weeks of temperatures over 30. My cheap, lightweight 600 gm Decathlon sleeping bag was perfect. I took the liner as well. I used...
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    "It's not about the gear" camino article from an irish jesuit blog

    I agree with the article. I haven't used fancy clothing or footwear on my 3 caminos only a good backpack and me. It rained nonstop for two weeks on the CF last October. I wore a light rain jacket and plastic pants with hand held umbrella. A couple I met had fancy pants that were supposed to...
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    Is 5 days in Finisterre a bad idea?

    I went to Finistere for two nights by bus at the end of CF. It rained and there wasn't much to do. I was jealous of the pilgrims walking. Two nights were enough for me. There are some amazing hostels in Madrid with curtains around the bed, lockers, trendy bars and eating areas right in the...
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    LIVE from the Camino Walking the CF for Teresa

    Great to see you have finished safely. It sounded a tough camino with your accommodation issues. I admire your tenacity and love your updates. I have no wish to sleep outside as a 69 year old solo female despite what other people on the forum say. I would not feel safe. Enjoy your trip home.
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    From just before Burgos - 47 friggin kms to find a bed!!!

    It sounds horrific. Enjoy your rest day of 21k. Personally, I would keep booking if you can. I have been in the position of having nowhere to stay.
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    Are there any Thermal Springs along the Camino Frances

    I stayed at a albergue with a spa centre the size of a swimming pool. Wonderful.
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    Surprised at our test results poncho vs jacket

    Walked in solid rain for two weeks on CF last October. Light weight rain jacket, plastic rain pants, pack cover and dry bags worked for me with a cheap, hand held umbrella. My shoes weren't particularly wet and I was warm.
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    Pacemaker Implant Surgery Tomorrow. A New Phase for Future Caminos.

    Yeh, great report. I forgot about a male walker at masters athletics who had it done 18 years ago and still going well at 72.
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    Maybe a little late with my planning for le Puy...

    I finished in Pamplona as I loved walking the Pyrenees. Yes, it was an anticlimax but I think it was because it was my second camino I knew what to expect.
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    Pacemaker Implant Surgery Tomorrow. A New Phase for Future Caminos.

    I play tennis with a 72 year old who had the pacemaker inserted about 5 years ago. He is active as before.
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    Stomach Bug on Meseta

    I do understand what you mean however I didn't like the octopus very much and can live without food trucks. I have never been so violently unwell.
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    Maybe a little late with my planning for le Puy...

    I stayed at YHA in Le Puy. Didn't prebook. I bought the credential at the book shop at the cathedral with the Miam dodo book. I caught the train and bus from Lyon to Le Puy. Didn't prebook. I booked one day ahead either at the tourist office in town where they spoke english or by asking the...
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    New Camino Movie -The Way My Way - World Premiere

    We saw this movie today. Not our cup of tea. Liked the scenery. Storyline poor. It seemed to focus on the main character and miss the towns and history of Spain. One thing it didn't show was all the pilgrims walking the camino nor albergue life. Enjoyed the movie with Martin Sheen much...
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    Stomach Bug on Meseta

    I ate pulpo gallego in Santiago one evening. The next day I caught a plane to Paris and stayed at the airport hotel. I ate cold pasta from a food truck out the front. He told me it was hot. I was violently ill six hours later. I had to move rooms in the middle of the night and then catch a...
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    If You Are Sick

    Sure however I could have caught it easily from him let alone all the other pilgrims he most likely infected with his droplets. I do understand that he may not have been able to afford a private room and that is the risk one takes in sharing.
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    Post-camino fitness

    I am 69. It took me about a week on arriving home to recover after walking the CF. I was aching all over. It just went away. I did have a cold for two weeks and gastro in France before getting on the plane.
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    If You Are Sick

    Of course it could but I find the donativos more crowded.
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    If You Are Sick

    I know how you are feeling. I caught a cold for two weeks from a pilgrim snotting, sneezing and blowing in the top bunk next to me. It was a donativo albergue with the beds close together and I was in a bottom bunk next to him. I booked private rooms when I got sick. This is one reason why I...
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    The Camino will provide?

    I am organised but like all human beings I make mistakes. On my first camino, I left my hiking poles at an albergue. There was no-one in the albergue when I left and couldn't retrieve my poles. I emailed the albergue owner who kindly sent them to my next albergue destination. Last October...

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