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  1. Pilgrim Drew

    Booking return tickets on the Camino

    Hey everyone in Vilar de Mazarife at the minute, got the whole place to myself. I was speaking with an Australian man earlier who told me how expensive the flights were from Santiago to London with Ryanair. I checked and he was right they are something like 150euro. I checked the day after I...
  2. Pilgrim Drew

    My blog - Shall be updated as regularly as the Camino allows

    Thank you all, I really appreciate it. I wouldn't be doing this trip without you all, so much great advice and help. It just feels surreal at the minute, like I will wake up at any minute and think "Wow that was a good dream! Me walk all that way, yeah right!" But until I wake up I might as...
  3. Pilgrim Drew

    My blog - Shall be updated as regularly as the Camino allows

    http://drewgoeswalkabout.blogspot.com/ I have never kept a blog before so this is completely new to me but I shall give it a go. I do not intend to call home at all so this is how my family will know what I am up to and the plan is to update daily if I can find internet access that frequently...
  4. Pilgrim Drew

    New walker planning on heading off in September

    Thank you all for the replies. I have just got back from a two week holiday in Spain and the cyst flared up again, I went to the pharmacy and they gave me (over the counter) antibiotics. They worked a treat so I will be taking the empty box with me on the Camino incase it flares up again. So I...
  5. Pilgrim Drew

    Anyone in Saint Jean on 22 september?

    I leave the day before unfortunately, also my first Camino. May bump into you as I expect to be moving very slowly for the first week or so. If I don't bump into you, enjoy!
  6. Pilgrim Drew

    New walker planning on heading off in September

    Hey Andy, Things are actually starting to look a lot better. After my course of Antibiotics the cyst has gone down, still painful if I put a lot of pressure on it but nowhere near as sore as it was. I tried my backpack too and it doesn't touch the cyst at all so even if it comes back up it...
  7. Pilgrim Drew

    New walker planning on heading off in September

    Thank you all for your lovely replies. Helps a lot when I am this frustrated, but I have always maintained that everything happens for a reason. So far it has shrunk a little bit which I guess is good news. I am going to call the doctors tomorrow and try and get in ASAP, not sure what my options...
  8. Pilgrim Drew

    New walker planning on heading off in September

    A month or so till my Camino and I have had a bit of bad luck, which is threatening my Camino. Basically I have a sebaceous cyst on my upper back, right on the shoulder blade. I have had it for months, about the size of a 5p coin and suddenly it has erupted to just over the size of a golf ball...
  9. Pilgrim Drew

    New walker planning on heading off in September

    Just thought that I would post a quick update. I am on here everyday reading all the new posts, not a day goes by where I don't think of my impending adventure. I have all of my equipment, though I keep adding little things here and there. I will post my pack contents a few days before I go to...
  10. Pilgrim Drew

    Anyone walking the camino in mid September?

    I hit the road on the 20th September, hope to meet some of you along the way.
  11. Pilgrim Drew

    Keeping weight down - Carrying Liquids.

    I was planning on checking my backpack anyway as I assumed that it was too big to be considered hand luggage. I need liquid for my contacts too. I have a cheap cover for my bag when I check it in to protect it.
  12. Pilgrim Drew

    Keeping weight down - Carrying Liquids.

    @ TerryB - I do have one of those somewhere, it was a gift from my ex girlfriends parents but it has been put in a draw as I had no need for it until now. I will hopefully track it down. @ LTfit - Thank you for looking, very helpful of you! Is this the stuff you used...
  13. Pilgrim Drew

    Keeping weight down - Carrying Liquids.

    Again thank you for the very useful replies. I was only going to use deodorant as I had read a lot of threads about people complaining about smelly people! I sweat a hell of a lot from my pits (think of that Lynx advert where the guy keeps fish alive under his armpits) even without exerting...
  14. Pilgrim Drew

    Keeping weight down - Carrying Liquids.

    Thank you all for the replies, very helpful and lots to consider. I think I will go for smaller sizes if I can replacements along the way. I will head into boots and see what they have for me. Does anyone know what those soap containers are called? I thought one would be a good idea to stop my...
  15. Pilgrim Drew

    Keeping weight down - Carrying Liquids.

    Hey guys, I haven't posted much but I am on here everyday following posts and I have learnt a great deal. I do not leave till mid September but I am slowly getting all my bits and pieces together. I have my bag and my boots which I am incredibly happy with and lots of other bits and pieces. My...
  16. Pilgrim Drew

    Hotel in St Jean

    Thank you Pacharan, I shall check that link out too.
  17. Pilgrim Drew

    Hotel in St Jean

    Thank you all for the replies but I think I will give the Errecaldia a go.
  18. Pilgrim Drew

    Hotel in St Jean

    I just checked again and they have replied. This is their website http://www.touradour.com/towns/stjpdp/remparts/gb/hoteldesremparts.htm They have asked me to email them my credit card number if I want to make a reservation. I have never done anything like this before, I am used to only buying...
  19. Pilgrim Drew

    Hotel in St Jean

    Hey guys I tried a forum search but apparently it wouldn't work as the words were too common, so figured I would start a thread and ask. So I will be arriving about 7pm on 19th September in St Jean, which is obviously too late to start the Camino so I hoping to find a place to stay. I found...
  20. Pilgrim Drew

    Class of 2011

    New member here, just posted a rather lengthy introduction. Planning on reaching St Jean on 19th September and actually starting out on the Camino on the 21st.

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