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  1. timr

    Cammino Retico

    It looks very interesting on the site. I have never before seen insurance included in the "package" with the credential. €80,000 for death of invalidity and € 200 for a fracture. You get this if you join the association. Assicurazione Ma la cosa forse più importante è che sarete assicurati...
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    LIVE from the Camino On the Camino de Madrid!

    That makes a difference doesn't it! Very positive. A feature of quieter routes I think.
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    Via Ellenica - Summary 🇮🇹

    Thanks @jungleboy for a perfect description. I walked from Matera to Brinidisi (and yes it is marked all the way bidirectionally) in autumn of 2022 and just as you did, loved every step of the way. And like you I think the thing that set it apart was the friendliness and hospitality of the...
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    LIVE from the Camino On the Camino de Madrid!

    Impressive too, I thought, to learn that the Roman Emperor Theodosius the Great was born in Coca in 347. He was a sort of a military child. I didn't stay in Coca, but took refreshments and found his bust in a bar there. Other places (in Spain) in fact lay a claim to be his birth place. He has...
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    LIVE from the Camino Back on the Via Francigena

    Fascinating @Mefo Phillips and @roving_rufus Many thanks. Interesting that in 2018 things had not changed all that much in France I think, since 2006. though the GR was there for those who wanted it! I have the sense that numbers of pilgrims are increasing quite a lot and the waymarking is...
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    Ex Porto: A Beginners experience/learnings (May 2024)

    Thanks for taking the time and effort to report back. It is really helpful. Just one particular comment. In Nov 2016, in Tui I stayed in the municipal and have to say it was extremely average, but of course quite adequate and I am not complaining. I walked out in the evening and found Ideas...
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    Albergue San Juan de Ortega -- a question

    San Juan de Ortega is not really a town! Not really a village even. The church and old monastery and a couple of BnBs is most of it. But the next two places (in neither of which I have stayed), that is Ages and Atapuerca have multiple listings on Gronze for beds of varying sorts, and I know...
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    Albergue San Juan de Ortega -- a question

    I think I stayed three or even four times over the years and always enjoyed. Certainly got the garlic soup the first time (2009). That little bar next door is a gem. What I remember most is a great air of conviviality. Lot of people staying and sitting out on the benches, and lot of people...
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    LIVE from the Camino On the Camino de Madrid!

    I stayed in the first of those Youth Hostels on the left (again after a night with Ray y Rosa) and got a very nice ensuite room! It is a bit beyond the town, but it takes a helpful bit off the next day's climb to the pass. If memory serves me the polideportivo in Cercedilla is right at the very...
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    Luggage Transfers on Via Francigena

    I have never used baggage transfer [simple statement of fact]. But I am sure Sandy Brown's guide gives details. Here are three, but I am not in a position to give a recommendation: https://www.walkingonfrancigena.com/luggage-transport-via-francigena/...
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    Preparing to open the road to GSB (Un travail de titan)

    I saw this link on FB today and it is useful to give us some idea of the serious nature of snow around the GSB pass. This is saying that the snow has been very heavy this year, but that the pass should be open by mid-June. There is no fixed date for the opening every year. The pass is open when...
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    León Restaurant Recommendations

    I have eaten three of four times at La Catedral. It is very close to the Cathedral - facing the front door turn to your right, It is just 100-200 m. Not super special, nor super expensive, but usually has fresh anchovies or fresh sardines.
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    Camino Primitivo for younger person

    Yes I cannot help, but when I walked in May in 2016 I have to say it was 'teeming' with young people, and very enjoyable too! I walked in a loose group with several changing ensembles. We split up when I took Ruta Verde through Friol and Sobrado, completely alone, but met up again in SdC. Sorry...
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    Right quad pain, ok to push through or something to be worried about?

    I don't want to appear too negative, and I am very glad @Dave2525 that you had a good outcome. :)🤕 For myself, I would not take medicines from anyone who could not tell me, without having to resort to Google, the common and the dangerous side effects of any medication they were recommending...
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    Right quad pain, ok to push through or something to be worried about?

    Exactly as @Peterexpatkiwi says. As you have come to the point where you realise you need help, you should seek professional help. Now. A pharmacy will be able to direct you to a clinic or a physio. It continues to baffle me (as a physician) that (well meaning and generous) people are so...
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    Pork in Spain

    As I said I got interested, though the industrial agri sector is far away from any of my areas of expertise! This enormous building outside Fraga, looking rather 'space age', evidently turns out 110 tonnes per hour of feed for industrial piggeries. Not acorns.....🐷:-(
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    Pork in Spain

    Thanks for the figures. I was just estimating that in all my time walking in Spain, the number of days I saw pigs "out in nature" could be counted on the fingers of one hand. They number of days I did NOT see, and usually smell, an industrial piggery could probably be counted on the fingers of...
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    Maybe a little late with my planning for le Puy...

    @BillW Thanks for great and very encouraging information. Just wondering why the numbers get less as you go forward??
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    Maybe a little late with my planning for le Puy...

    Hello @Walden I like your planning strategy which largely matches my own! I cannot help you at all with Le Puy though by chance yesterday I was looking at it a bit and just wondering! Did you walk VF through France? I ask in relation to language. I found that every bit of French you can...
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    National passport in card form

    Thanks for reviving for a moment a most enjoyable and civilised thread...... Happy Travels. Tim

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