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  1. christy wharton

    Pillow - bring one or is it provided?

    Pack a pillow case with your clothes. That covers all bases .
  2. christy wharton

    want solitude

    Why not do the north as it is quieter and as long. Cooling breezes from the sea and great variety of terrain.
  3. christy wharton

    Is it permissible to skip Sarria to Santiago?

    No.. it is for the last 100
  4. christy wharton

    Niggling hates (dislikes) on Camino

    Yes yes yes. Inconsiderate
  5. christy wharton

    Camino Primitivo - Scared of Heights

    I assume you mean the bunk and not the albergue, with its poor water problems. Great views though!!!
  6. christy wharton

    The culture has changed...sadly

    Start as early as you can and have breakfast along the way. Transferring a pack sometimes will help take in the surroundings even more especially later in the walk, and arrive fresher.
  7. christy wharton

    LIVE from the Camino Last Day Walking Blues

    GO down to the Cathedral at about 10 pm and directly opposite beneath the portico you may hear the costumed Spanish troubadours ensemble sing and play. Great group and always a great concert and fun. They play there very often. You could well meet some of your walking friends there among the...
  8. christy wharton

    Sept/ Oct or Apr/May for CF

    Having done both the welcome birdsong and frogs croking etc..all missing later In the year- just Erie silence. Much more early and late daylight with longer spring/ summer days makes it better for me.
  9. christy wharton

    Fiction to read while on the Camino?

    The story in this book is reprised in a super BBC documentary where they revisit the and compare in pictures and video 50+ years later with his original journey through Spain . It is part of a super trilogy on his life. He was England's poet laureate for some years..look it up on BBC archives...
  10. christy wharton

    Making friends on the camino

    We are all walkers/ pilgrims and there is generally great mixing and comraderie between all ages.and nationalities. I have been on many Camino paths and been helped and got on with all ages. People can be very honest and open with like minded strangers and some become genuine freinds. Be...
  11. christy wharton

    Getting to the Camino (Sahagun) from Dublin

    I went from Dublin midday to marvellous Billbao with aer lingus. Guggenheim gallery etc is there.. A morning train goes from there to Sahagun by lunchtime. I walked on from there to Finistere. I found it was the most economical way to go on the second half of my Camino in 2015. Buen Camino.
  12. christy wharton

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  13. christy wharton

    June or September ?

    Additional thoughts to other replies, I found Sept eerily quiet in the mornings, but June had great birdsong -frogs croaking and lots of small mammal activity in the countryside and much more daylight as well as more flowers inbloom etc. Paths are drier by September and harvest though. Both...
  14. christy wharton

    Taxi to start of Primitivo

    The bus station is quite near (5 mins) the Camino route with its yellow signs and shells going out of Oviedo.
  15. christy wharton

    Pilgrims Passport and Albergues (Lugo->Santiago)

    I think Lugo is now considered less than the 100 km required for the Compostella. So if that is a consideration you should start your Camino somewhere before Lugo and avoid dissapointment in SDC. This is mentioned in other parts of this forum. Check it out. Good luck
  16. christy wharton

    20 Days on El Camino for scenery and introspection. Best Routes?

    Hi, the Caminos mentioned in your last paragraph would be very suitable. The 20 days would suit these. They are quieter and more varied and challenging but beautiful. Be realistic on the length of stages in the heat and inclines. You will join the Frances only for the last 2 days and so avoid...
  17. christy wharton

    change to personal settings

    When i add this years Camino an error message tells me it must be less than 100 characters and does not save. Why? This happens when I add only 2017. Could someone advise please
  18. christy wharton

    Bad manners/behaviour in Santiago!!

    great , no disruption there
  19. christy wharton

    Bad manners/behaviour in Santiago!!

    Boorish behaviour is boorish behaviour, full stop. The spraza was empty at that time of night bar the troubadour/audience group. The cheerleaders were encircled by hundred ++ of chanters so conversation was out. I have hundreds of happy events on my many Caminos, this was just one bad one.
  20. christy wharton

    Bad manners/behaviour in Santiago!!

    Yes! thats why i bothered to write the post. I deal with teens all the time as a teacher. When they broke up the concert the musicians went the cheerleaders led them chanting from the square.

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