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We had a great time on the Camino recently and came home planning the next hiking trip. Though not a pilgrimage, can anyone give insight on the Coast to Coast walk as compared to the Camino? Many thanks!
Returned from our trip the beginning of October and travel went really easy. We flew from the US into Paris, turned right out of customs and followed the signs to the train station below CDG. The escalators took us to the TGV platform where we used our prepurchased tickets (Raileurope.com) to...
I hike in Goretex Montrail Mountain Masochists in the winter and use the regular version in warmer months. I use cheap, thin, cotton Gap socks and never get blisters.
But after purusing the forum, I purchased thick, cushy, quick dry Cool Max socks and doctored my feet/toes with Vaseline/Body...
Just returned from the CF last week and thought I'd pass along some medical tips that became essential.
I fell into one of those nasty thorn bushes that line the trail. Plucking the thorns out was bad enough but there was also a full blown allergic reaction to either the thorns or the oils on...
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