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    Sending a Box / Bag from near London back to Sydney

    Try www. sendmybag.com I don’t know how expensive they are as I haven’t used them for years but I will probably use them to send my hiking gear home after my Camino but staying to be a tourist.
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    Spring Camino, where?

    Hi @BeatriceKarjalainen I plan to start the Chemin d’Arles on the 8th April so we may run into each other along the way. I’ll be walking slow and short distances initially. If we don’t meet - Buen Camino
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    Personal emergency location beacons in France

    I had a look online and it looks like PLB’s are OK in France now. There is a web site for registering emergency beacons including PLB’s. Www.registre406.cnes.fr/homepage I should have checked before the initial post. Sorry. But we had some interesting discussions. Thank you everyone for your...
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    Personal emergency location beacons in France

    Thanks for the replies. It confirms my original suspicions. I did read in an Australian publication - a hiking magazine I think - that a couple of Australian hikers activated their Australian PLB in the French Alps. This activated the Australian rescue authorities who then coordinated with the...
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    Personal emergency location beacons in France

    This is a general question for my curiosity. It probably should be posted in “Equipment etc” but would probably get a lot of Spain replies. I’m not bringing my emergency beacon but I did read on the net somewhere about emergency beacons and about 2 years ago that it was illegal to activate a...
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    Starting from Arles the end of March

    I plan to leave Arles to walk the chemin d’Arles on the 8th April so you will be about 2 weeks in front of me. I’ll be going fairly slow initially so I don’t think we will meet, but you never know. I also will have a tent so I can stop when my legs tell me they have had enough walking for the...
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    Leaving from Arles April- Haute Languedoc wild water availability

    Thanks everyone. I appreciate all your replies. I have another question which I will post separately.
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    Leaving from Arles April- Haute Languedoc wild water availability

    Hi again everyone My next question. As some minor ailments (atrial fibrillation causing mild breathlessness and mild knee arthritis) will slow me down a little bit I plan to do short distances in the first week or two. I plan about 10-12km, slowly building up to 15-20km after about a month as my...
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    Starting from Arles April - money from La Poste

    Thanks everyone. It confirms what I suspected that I won't be able to use La Poste to obtain cash unless they have an ATM. I was basically wondering if anyone had tried to obtain cash over the counter at a small La Poste branch or agency. Regards, DouglasM I will now move on to my next question.
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    Starting from Arles April - money from La Poste

    Hello everyone I plan to start from Arles around 8th April 2024 and have a few questions for the forum. I will post each question separately. As I will be passing through villages that probably don't have a bank or ATM (DAB) but may have a post office (La Poste) which is usually an agent for La...
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    April 2024 Our First Camino

    Hello SongKhonGair I’m currently wearing Hoka Bondi’s. I will get a new pair about a month before I go. There is a book by Gail Hinshaw about improving your chances of completing a thru hike. It’s mainly about what he learnt on the Appalachian Trail. In it he states that hiking shoes and boots...
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    April 2024 Our First Camino

    Hi SongKhonGair I hope to go via the Somport pass, follow the Aragon way to the Camino Frances and to Pamplona. I’ll probably need new shoes by then and hopefully I will find shoes in Pamplona. Then turn around and head to Santiago. As I mentioned, I don’t know if I will make it all the way to...
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    April 2024 Our First Camino

    I will be starting from Arles in early April 2024. I will be 69 and this is my first Camino. I plan to start slow and walk short distance’s initially to help my body get used to walking every day. I don’t know if I will reach Santiago - I’m limited by the Schengen Zone 90 day visa and my desire...
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    Luggage Transportation

    There are luggage delivery companies that can pick up and deliver to hotels. We used sendmybag.com to send our excess luggage from our London hotel to the Paris hotel we would finish our bus tour at when we did a month long Europe tour. These companies are aiming at a cheaper way to avoid...

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