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  1. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    Thank you for your kind words! With the next winter season arriving, I'm looking forward to others' winter camino adventures. :)
  2. ieremv

    Short gaiters with trail runners on CF

    Yes I did! It was perfect to keep small rocks from getting into my shoes.
  3. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    Yes I am. Carrion and Sahagun after that is pretty nice. Hope you’re having a good Camino thus far!
  4. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    Oh @truenorthpilgrim @Maxsmart @FireDragon I'm so touched by your words. And you're so right, everything is the same...but somehow different for me, in a good way. I appreciate this community, and I'm glad to have other reminders of the Camino after my first. Can't wait for my next one. ;)
  5. ieremv

    Help to deliver a photo to a local on the Camino

    Ah that would be lovely! But I’ve already dropped a message to Wise Pilgrim…let’s see what they say.
  6. ieremv

    Help to deliver a photo to a local on the Camino

    That's lovely! I'll drop you a message. And btw @wisepilgrim, thank you for all the work you have done and continue to be doing for the Camino. I have just bought a map from your store :)
  7. ieremv

    Help to deliver a photo to a local on the Camino

    While on the Camino Frances earlier in January, I met a lovely elderly lady called Leonor at San Justo de la Vega (the town before Astorga) who stopped to converse with us at her doorstep and share about her life. I requested to take a portrait of her and hope to deliver it to her somehow. Is...
  8. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    Thank you so much again Jim for the words of affirmation. :) I’m back in Singapore with a computer so I’ve made a minor improvement to the site: “Next” and “Previous” buttons on individual posts, which should make for easier reading. I also upgraded the Wordpress plan because I was running out...
  9. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    I’ve been wondering who’s the amazing person behind Aprinca, thank you for enlightening! She does sound like a legend. I think Rebekah’s account of winter pilgrims is so accurate to my experience, mostly everyone I met felt so special and caring.
  10. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    It’s a phone! (And Spanish light.) iPhone 12 Pro Max to be exact. Wanted to keep things light so I didn’t bring a camera for this. The “Pro” versions have wide, normal, and telephoto lenses which gives me a good range to work with.
  11. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    Oh it was just a very affordable roaming plan from my hometown, not a local SIM. I found it useful in albergues without wifi, for uploading photos for the blog. And to check stuff online sometimes. Menus are back I think! Only one place made us scan a QR code (although it didn’t make sense when...
  12. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    I hope so too! But if you do have time, going beyond León might also be quite special this season as compared to June. May you have a good time. Yes I was walking with someone who had a seat pad. Pretty nifty, although I’ll say we’ll survive most days without it.
  13. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    Actually, I change my recommendation. You don’t need a sleeping bag – more of a down blanket or quilt for when albergues don’t have warm blankets. You don’t need the bottom insulation of a sleeping bag. I understand a blanket/quilt is a more specialised piece of equipment though, and harder to...
  14. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    Yes, a few. Some, like Sahagún, are big as it’s a converted church so they’re not warm by nature of its spacious interior. And one house I stayed in in Itero de la Vega charged €3 for heating (there’s been rising costs in electricity so I don’t fault them). We said no to save money because we...
  15. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    I have a packing list of items on my blog for reference, but I would say essentially a sleeping bag / quilt (I use the latter) for the cold nights. Commonsensical but different from a summer Camino would be: Some extra layers for morning/night walking (but be sure not to overdo it and weigh...
  16. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    Thank you for this tip! I will look those other Caminos up…after finishing this one!
  17. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    Thank you everyone for the support and kind words on the blog! I’m glad to share that I’ve reached Santiago de Compostela. One week behind on posts, but I will catch up. Some good news: I have also decided to go to Finisterre and Muxia and will be recording my journey too.
  18. ieremv

    Albergues recommendations?

    Grañón cannot be missed.
  19. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    Oh I was lucky! There was snow from previous days but no active precipitation. And always a path to walk. Some ice was dangerous though.
  20. ieremv

    LIVE from the Camino Winter Walking: My Journey Along the Camino Francés

    It’s from one of my posts, Puente la Reina—Ayegui.

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