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  1. K_Lynn

    Do you drop any personal restrictions on Camino?

    I promise our streets are not extra wide. There are some that are, buy many in neighbourhoods tend to about 2 lanes wide, but people park on the street. Parking on the street means streets never get plowed properly (and where it is plowed it is merely pushed towards the curb) and over time...
  2. K_Lynn

    Do you drop any personal restrictions on Camino?

    I rarely see anyone when out walking my dog, admittedly they are very short but frequent walks as she is very old. I live in a bizarre world where most people do not walk. My arduous, completely hill free 1km walk to the grocery store will usually be entirely vacant of other people until I get...
  3. K_Lynn

    Do you drop any personal restrictions on Camino?

    To go with that: In my normal life, I don't talk to strangers.
  4. 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.
  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 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...
  8. K_Lynn

    The Vanity Project

    Sensible. I’ll do that next time.
  9. 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.
  10. 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...
  11. K_Lynn

    "It's not about the gear" camino article from an irish jesuit blog

    Yes to the mental attitude! You have to be stubborn lol. You can't let the crappy morning or day stop you. You have to will yourself to get to that tree up ahead, over that ridge, to that shady spot at the bottom of the hill. There were a few days when I forced myself to meet these tiny...
  12. K_Lynn

    Walking in rain

    I walked Ingles the last week of October last year and it rained every day. I had my Decathlon poncho which is similar to the Altus. When it stopped raining I would pull it off and then wear it like a cape with the sleeves tucked through my shoulder straps and managed to get it on in a rush...
  13. K_Lynn

    Definition of a Pilgrim 🤣

    Tips: chop the handle off your tooth brush to save 10gr, use an eye drops bottle for hand sanitizer to save 90gr (because you'll only need 8ml of hand sanitizer on a 3 month backpacking trip) Wear your clothes inside out to get another days wear! Only bring one pair of underwear!
  14. K_Lynn

    Money taken from my Cash Passport! ☹️

    I have set my accounts to text and email me when any purchase is made over $5.00 which is always a nice reminder that I spend too much and often more painful with exchange rates. I also lock and unlock my accounts as needed.
  15. K_Lynn

    Definition of a Pilgrim 🤣

    LOL I lurk on an ultralight forum and they are the dirtiest people. I would hate to walk downwind from them.
  16. K_Lynn

    The Camino will provide?

    In these cases I (not Christian) am very willing to buy someone lunch. It's lunch, I'm not giving them hundreds of Euros. I'm not willing to financially support them for the entire Camino, but I can buy lunch. At home, I am known to take homeless people to lunch when asked for spare change...
  17. K_Lynn

    The Camino will provide?

    I was frequently the provider, and while I didn't mind I was always surprised at the lack of planning of some peregrinos. Water, cheese, bananas, and nuts handed out to people who didn't have and needed something now. How can you not think to bring a snack or a bottle of water? Handing out...
  18. K_Lynn

    LIVE from the Camino Account of a very challenging day SJPdP to Roncesvalles (crazy weather)

    Day one done! Glad you made it through the rain and snow to food and a bed! Buen Camino!
  19. K_Lynn

    Need to ship stuff home

    They should have everything you need. I mailed stuff from Burgos to Santiago and from Finisterre to Canada and in both post offices the staff were amazing. They boxed everything (in Finisterre she packed it all in a box and then realized it would fit in an envelope/bag and switched to that as...
  20. K_Lynn

    Commercial walking stunt from Wolksvagen

    Some do. I don't tend to buy things with large logos or brand names across them, but I am not going out of my way to cut the logos off my shoes. That would damage them. Some wear brightly coloured clothing while hiking so that they don't blend in to environment and can be easily seen. Most...

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