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Hi! My husband and I walked the Camino Frnacés last May and neither one of us had a single blister. We made sure our hiking shoes fit properly ( a full extra size), and used sock liners under our smartwool socks. When I took off my shoes on arrival, the outer socks were always damp, but my feet...
A few indispensables when I walked last May (33 days from SJdP) My trekking poles; Sock LINERS (a lightweight polyester sock that's worn inside the smartwool socks: I never had a blister); a Goretex coat (very lightweight: saved my skin when it snowed coming down from O Cebreiro); Advil (kept my...
Lots of funny things, but this still makes me laugh. I was washing clothes in a large ziplock bag ( works quite well) A pilgrim lady walked by and said, "that's a good idea. You know you can also make scrambled eggs like that." Hopefully not in the same bag, but we pilgrims are resourceful!
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