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  1. Oxford Alice

    English speaking pilgrims

    Brilliant! Thanks so much. That's reassuring.
  2. Oxford Alice

    English speaking pilgrims

    Thanks for your encouragement, everyone! This would be my 3rd CF, so I have some experience and enough Spanish to order food and get accommodation, even to exchange a few words of greeting. But not enough to have a worthwhile conversation and as has been pointed out, the Spanish have their own...
  3. Oxford Alice

    English speaking pilgrims

    I'm planning to start the CF on 6 April but having last-minute jitters! The social angle is big for me -- I've never complained that CF is too crowded with pilgrims -- and I wonder how many English-speakers are likely to be walking in a week or so. Does anyone have any direct experience or...
  4. Oxford Alice

    Fun Camino stories

    This is a fun forum -- I'll add my story. I travel ultra-light, which means no extras of anything. In Leon I heard there was a coin-operated laundry, and all my stuff badly needed washing so I set off through the city to find this place wearing only (and I mean, only) my cuban rain kilt...
  5. Oxford Alice

    Avoiding Easter crowds 2022

    I'm starting from Roncesvalles on the 6th of April, so will be walking during Holy Week. I'm booking what I can, based on past experience, and plan to arrive in Santo Domingo de Calzada on Saturday the 16th so that I can spend Easter in that beautiful town. I'm staying at the parador for 2...
  6. Oxford Alice

    LIVE from the Camino 1 week Pamplona to Haro (Frances/Vasco)

    Kirsty thanks so much for these posts. Like the others, I'm really sorry that you had such an upsetting experience. Question for you: are the Albergues providing blankets? I've walked only with a liner in the past, but I've heard that with Covid the blankets have been removed for safety...
  7. Oxford Alice

    What I Learned from Walking Alone

    Lovely thoughts, all. I'm an extrovert, but loved walking alone on two Caminos. I plan to do it again. So much of my life involves negotiation and compromise, so to be able to stop as often as I like -- or not -- to have a beer at 10:00 in the morning -- or not -- to keep going or call it a...
  8. Oxford Alice

    Camino #4 - From zero to hero (everything I learned so far and how you can walk 40+km as well)

    That was a fun post. I'm hoping to do my 4th camino next spring .... lots to agree with in what you've said, and some new products to consider. Thanks for sharing!
  9. Oxford Alice

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD COVID and the status of Albergues reopening

    Fantastic!
  10. Oxford Alice

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Do you still feel like walking?

    I was meant to start my 2020 CF on 2 April, and have spent the last couple of months thinking .... I would be in Granon now, I would be half way across the Meseta now, I would be walking into Santiago now. Probably not very healthy thinking! It seems that most of the things I care about are in...
  11. Oxford Alice

    Lets Build an Albergue!

    This is fun. So many good ideas. I would only add .... sited next door to a 24/7 physio/massage/chiropractic clinic!
  12. Oxford Alice

    Rain protection - ( Overkill ? or cut back to save some weight?)

    I don't think those three items are overkill. I used to walk with rain jacket + backpack cover, and that works fine for drizzle and light showers ... UNTIL it starts absolutely pitching rain, and then it might not be enough. Waterproof jackets can lose their finish over the course of a long...
  13. Oxford Alice

    Class of 2020

    I was Class of 2001, 2014, and 2018. Tickets are booked for 2 April flight to Pamplona. Game on!
  14. Oxford Alice

    Class of 2020

    You go, girl!
  15. Oxford Alice

    Walking through cancer. A thread for inspiration.

    I discovered a lump in my groin whilst doing the CF in 2014. Back home I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Hooked up to the chemo, I hoped and prayed to get through it. I did. In 2018 I walked again in a spirit of thankfulness to God for restoring my health. I leave on 2 April 2020 to...
  16. Oxford Alice

    Transport from st john to roncesvalles

    Christine of Express Bourricot drove me from Biarritz Airport to Roncesvalles (after dropping a few people off at SJPP) so I could begin my Camino there -- for about the same reason you want to do this. I'd done the Napoleon route previously, and made a calculation that I wasn't getting any...
  17. Oxford Alice

    Buying socks from the old man in Castrojeriz

    I bought a pair of socks, and asked if he would take a credit card. He smiled (a bit wickedly, I thought) and said in pretty good English: Money, money, money. Luckily there was a bank machine at hand ....
  18. Oxford Alice

    Amazing albergue - don’t miss it!

    I stayed there last night in pouring rain. I can imagine it would be lovely in good weather by, uh ...
  19. Oxford Alice

    Anglican Chaplaincy in Santiago

    This is great. Many thanks to all who have done the organising.
  20. Oxford Alice

    Frustrated in Roncesvalles

    Many thanks to the forum for supplying this place to record experiences and help each other. Since sharing this one I have had so many blessings along The Way. The stay in Zabaldika was particularly inspiring and healing. Roncesvalles is truly in the rear view mirror —and now I concentrate on...

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