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  1. thepacman

    Posting Luggage in France/Luggage storage service in SJPP?

    G'day @4HappyFeet (and @BlackRocker57 if you are in contact with them). Greetings also from Oz (WA). We are doing the same thing in Sept this year. How did your luggae transfer eventually go? Did it all work out OK. I'd be interested to hear of any after-the-event do's and dont's. Thanks...
  2. thepacman

    Luggage Transfer on GR65/Le Puy

    Many thanks @Tincatinker; just what I was after. Your memory/research ability is clearly much better than mine :-) ...
  3. thepacman

    Luggage Transfer on GR65/Le Puy

    Hi folks - I'm walking the Le Puy in Sept/Oct this year (from Le Puy to SJPdP). Does anyone know whether there is a luggage transfer service on the GR65/Le Puy similar to that offered by Express Bourricot along the Camino Frances - that is, drop off an unwanted suitcase in Le Puy, and have it...
  4. thepacman

    We come from a land down under

    Sawasdee, and greetings also from Oz. Indeed, as you say, older than some, younger than others ... my wife and I walked our first Camino in 2015 (from SJPdP to SdC)- I was 62 when I started and 63 when we ended, and only 3 weeks ago returned from nearly all of the Via de la Plata. I say...
  5. thepacman

    Live from the Camino - VDLP half-way

    Try this - it's the main link - then go to day 27 https://www.an-impossible-dream.com/blog/categories/via-de-la-plata-sept-nov-2023
  6. thepacman

    Live from the Camino - VDLP half-way

    A half-way point update from the wonderful city of Salamanca. For those interested, all previous blog posts can be found at the "blog" link - https://www.an-impossible-dream.com/post/day-27-día-de-la-hispanidad
  7. thepacman

    LIVE from the Camino Via de la Plata

    Hola amigos My wife and I are now on Day 3 of the VDLP. We "survived" the big walk from Castilblanco de los Arroyos to Almadén de la Plata today - actually it wasn't as hard as we had anticipated. I'm writing a daily blog and here's today's offering -...
  8. thepacman

    Hello and Stay Safe in Extreme Heat

    Thanks @Robo - others have advised just that. My wife and I aren't really "morning people", so that presents a bit of a challenge. But moreso I do like to look at world around me as I wander along, rather than just focus on that little white dot a few metres ahead of me. We'll leave earlier on...
  9. thepacman

    Hello and Stay Safe in Extreme Heat

    Thanks Kelli (@KFD) - I'll be setting out on the VDLP in a little over 3 weeks (from Sevilla). The string of 40+ days forecast over the next fortnight look a bit daunting, and I'm hoping that in that time the extremes will have settled somewhat by the time we start. Even though we're Aussies and...
  10. thepacman

    Please talk me off the ledge

    Hi @Mikeylats - hopefully by now you're well on your way. I've no further words of wisdom beyond those previously offered, but perhaps in a few days you might give us all a bit of an update to let us know how you're going. Buen Camino ...
  11. thepacman

    October 12th, National Holiday

    I've just checked - all being well, I'll be in Salamanca that day ...
  12. thepacman

    Starting from Sevilla in September

    Hi @Peter Nordberg. You mention that you leave Sevilla September 23. I assume that this is the 23rd Sept, and not simply "during September 2023"!! My wife and I will leave on 16th September, and plan to arrive into SdC on 7th Nov. Our planned daily average walk will be around 20klms, and we...
  13. thepacman

    Should we give recommendations on the forum?

    That's a very insightful comment. I hadn't given much thought to the impact of AI on online reviews, but of course that makes sense. In my case, I used to be an avid user of TripAdvisor, but whether it's the pandemic or something else, I sense that that's rather in it's heyday as a source of...
  14. thepacman

    John Brierley is seriously ill - an invitation to send messages of thanks and support.

    Dear John, My very first dog-eared and somewhat rain-damaged guide from several years ago still sits proudly on my bookshelf alongside its more pristine cousins. That guide was indispensable - the care and attention which had gone into it was obvious, and, like others have said, I thank you...
  15. thepacman

    Portuguese Camino Spiritual Variente - trouble finding accomodation

    Hi @JaneMB. It was 5 years ago now, but here's where we stayed on the Variante Espiritual. Pontevedra Armenteira Pousada Armenteira Vilagarcia Hotel Vilagarcia Hope this helps. It's a magic little walk. Well worth the effort of planning it. Rgds, Peter, Yallingup WA.
  16. thepacman

    Hello everyone,

    Namaste Sujan, and welcome. I will actually be in Kathmandu in just a few weeks; perhaps we could catch up and we could talk about Caminos and travel and related things. Please send me a private message if this interests you. Best wishes, Peter, Western Australia.
  17. thepacman

    I am feeling selfish

    And now a general reply to @MARSKA. An anecdote ... Many years ago, well before my first Camino, I took myself off trekking in the Himalaya for almost a month, by myself. My now late mother-in-law said to her daughter "how could you let him do that?", an interesting and I think misplaced...
  18. thepacman

    I am feeling selfish

    I don't think it's a matter of being "totally off base or wrong" @Bob Howard, just a different perspective. I walked the full CF in 2015 with my wife, and often we walked together, sometimes apart, and even if she was nearby or not so nearby there were many, many hours where I was well and...
  19. thepacman

    Hello everyone

    Hi @backlasher - I walked my first camino at the age of 63. That was 8 years ago. I walked a "baby" one (Portuguese Coastal) a couple of years later, pre-pandemic. Unless the sky falls in, I'll be walking the full 1,000 klm VDLP this year, starting 2 days after my 71st birthday. I say this...
  20. thepacman

    G’day

    G'day Richard, Greetings from WA. I'm walking the VDLP later this year, and so won't be anywhere near you. But as well as the wider world, there's quite a lot of Aussies on this forum, so I've got no doubt that you'll make some useful connections. Buen Camino to you ...

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