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  1. spwalker

    Nicknaming the People You Walk With

    We had Loudmouth, an American chap who was fond of telling everyone in earshot how fabulous he was and how experienced in Camino walks, that is when he wasn't playing Bon Jovi on his boom box; and Moaning Minnie, an Australian lady who simply couldn't bear to allow that anything was other than...
  2. spwalker

    what Camera option are people using

    I guess it's useful to have a grasp of Pro Mode, but I never found myself in need of anything other than the phone's normal capabilities. I guess it depends on what you're planning to do with the images. More important, for me, would have been an editor that can accurately correct questioning...
  3. spwalker

    what Camera option are people using

    Yes, that's a good option. I have a similar camera, a Panasonic TZ100 which would also have done a good job.
  4. spwalker

    SJPDP pilgrim office numbers - January to October 2023

    Of course...I wwasn't thinking straight. Thanks for the correction 🙏
  5. spwalker

    SJPDP pilgrim office numbers - January to October 2023

    Thank you for posting this. I read also that the number of Compostelas granted in Santiago was some 435,000, if I recall correctly. I infer from this that nearly 400,000 pilgrims did just the last 100km.
  6. spwalker

    what Camera option are people using

    Hi. I've just finished a Camino Francés. I'm an experienced (one-time pro) photographer, and I could have taken my Nikon Z6 with me to record the journey. I decided against it, and used my phone, a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. This did a perfectly good job, and I used the Jpeg images and MP4...
  7. spwalker

    Is the Camino too crowded now?

    Thank you for the information. I stand corrected 🙂
  8. spwalker

    Is the Camino too crowded now?

    I certainly don't think it's a scam - I thoroughly enjoyed doing it. I was just musing on the commercial possibilities.
  9. spwalker

    Is the Camino too crowded now?

    300,000 x €3 is nearly one million Euros 🙂
  10. spwalker

    Is the Camino too crowded now?

    I'm thinking mainly of the certificate and Compostela. It's a smoothly (and expertly) run operating for extracting money from people. I'm probably being a bit cynical... Oh...also the Botafumeiro.
  11. spwalker

    Is the Camino too crowded now?

    I walked the Francés in August-October. I didn't find it excessively crowded until Sarría; getting used to the crowds thereafter took a couple of days. I certainly got the feeling that this final stretch of the Camino was commercialised - a money- making machine for the Catholic Church. But, of...
  12. spwalker

    Some experiences on Camino Portugues Costa

    Thank you for a useful post. We are considering the Portuguese for 2025, so this is useful intel.
  13. spwalker

    Surprising myself!

    Like so many others, having just finished one (the Francés) we're planning the next. We don't currently want to repeat the Francés - at the moment. From what others say, maybe this desire will develop 🙂
  14. spwalker

    Look behind you!!

    Having just finished the Francés, I think you have a point, and it's a general one: people are just focused on Getting It Done. An example would be the crowds ploughing past the Castro do Castromaior, completely uncaring that there's a major archeological site a few metres away. We read the...
  15. spwalker

    Depth on the Camino?

    Excellent perspective! I've just finished the Camino Frances and while I get a great deal of satisfaction from having completed it, there was little uncertainty or challenge about it beyond the simple mileage, because of the online resources available. On the topic of conversation: my wife and...
  16. spwalker

    Trail runners vs road runner shoes

    Ah! One of the shoe types I was thinking of taking is a road running shoe. How long might a pair last?
  17. spwalker

    Finding my way along the route

    I wish you good luck. You plan to do 500 miles in just over 5 weeks, which is a more ambitious schedule than ours - we're 70 and planning from mid Aug to end Sep. I would recommend that you do plenty of walking in the weeks before you start, to make sure that you know how it feels to do 15 miles...

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