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I'll be walking the Camino Frances in September but leaving behind my wife, two children and an aged mother-in-law in poor health.
I'm taking my iPhone so that I can stay in touch. My family will want to be reassured that I'm safe. I'll want to take pictures that I can enjoy looking at in later...
I’m walking the Camino de Santiago in September/October in 2011, starting from SJPdP. I think getting some basic walking fitness before setting off is wise. I walked the English Coast to Coast walk earlier this year (about 195 miles) and to get fit I started walking around the village where I...
Hi PadreQ, I'm walking the Camino Frances too in September from SJPdP. I'm busy learning Spanish and the best teach yourself resource I've found is by Michel Thomas (Spanish Foundation Course). There are lots of references to this on the Internet and it's available from Amazon. He includes...
Hi Jane,
I’m also walking the Camino de Santiago in September/October in 2011, starting from SJPdP. I think getting some basic walking fitness before setting off is wise. I walked the English Coast to Coast walk earlier this year and to get fit I started walking around the village where I live...
Hi Annie, thanks for the swift reply.
I am planning to start my walk in mid September 2011 and take about 40 days so that I can spend time in Pamplona, Burgos and León (and a few other places if I feel like it) as well as two or tree days in Santiago at the end. I'm fortunate in being retired...
Is there somewhere in St Jean Pied de Port where I can buy a walking stick? Not a metal walking pole but a wooden staff about five feet (1.6 metres) long?
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