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  1. Silvester

    Albergue San Juan de Villepanada

    My daughter and I arrived one September evening in 2014 after a long walk from Oviedo. I was pretty tired after slogging up the last 6 km. One of the highlights of the Camino Primitivo for me was Domingo greeting me at the door, large glass of water in hand, with (in Spanish) "welcome, let me...
  2. Silvester

    Live Updates - Via Regia/Ecumenical Pilgrims Way (Germany)

    I started at Gorlitz on 16 September and finished at Strehla on 27 September (which was all the time I had). I stayed at the Perigrinus Hostel in Langerstrasse in Gorlitz and was able to purchase the guidebook (in German with hand-drawn maps and up to date contact details for accommodation) and...
  3. Silvester

    How much interest is there in the Via Regia/Ecumenical Pilgrims Way in Germany?

    Hi there I linked to the referenced website, and got as far as the ordering page. Has anyone else hit a strange 'babybabybabyoooh' diversion with no seeming way to actually contact the official site? It would be good to get a pilgerpass etc beforehand, but the site looks like it's diverting...
  4. Silvester

    Post-Camino shoe observations

    My Salomon lightweight boots (1.5 sizes bigger than my normal shoe size) were wonderful in NZ conditions before and after Camino, but I did get blisters on the tops of my toes and under my forefoot during my camino - relieved by changing out to wicking sock/thin merino sock combo. I walk and run...
  5. Silvester

    Live Updates - Via Regia/Ecumenical Pilgrims Way (Germany)

    What is the etiquette between besuchertoilettes? Is it acceptable to attend to calls of nature discreetly (leaving no trace) in the wild in Germany? Obviously trails littered with paper are offensive... Thanks
  6. Silvester

    Daily foot care at day's end

    Your feet will swell in the heat with day after day of walking so having shoes/boots at least a half size bigger is essential. I chose my Salomons with two pairs of socks on - one merino inner (same weight as business socks) and one merino sports sock (which equated to aUK size and a half...
  7. Silvester

    Ancestry town- where roots and i meet up

    Mine were expelled too and ended up in Scotland. I had great delight in walking past the castle of Valdes y Salas in Salas (which was looming out of the mist that day) and saying "But we survived and thrived!"
  8. Silvester

    Alert Steep inclines / declines..... Advice

    In addition to my Pacer Poles and carefully zigzagging, I made sure to stop before a steep descent and tighten my laces to keep my ankle firmly in place and take the pressure off my toes - which avoided blisters.
  9. Silvester

    Just back....lessons learned

    I usually carry a whistle in case I get hurt in the NZ bush. But I got a bit carried away with saving weight and trying to have every item serving at least 2 purposes. So I packed a tin whistle so I could do the distress call, and intended to bone up on my musical skills to entertain myself...
  10. Silvester

    Just back....lessons learned

    If you know an unknown dog is coming, present your buttocks - it avoids eye contact and is the best bit to be bitten on. If one suddenly appears, look nonchalantly in the direction where you want to walk. Never make eye contact with the dog. Hold the pacer poles lightly and swing them gently so...
  11. Silvester

    You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

    Based on Duolingo Spanish I thought an empanada was a kind of filled roll. I also read that ham had several different names and would appear in the most vegetarian of places. So we walked into a bakery for breakfast one day and the empanadas looked more like Cornish pasties. I read the labels...
  12. Silvester

    Need help, I just lost my only child 3 months ago and feel called to the El Camino

    Hi there One practical tip to look after you on the way is to factor in a rest day every week or so to quietly process stuff and give the continuously walking feet a break. It's tempting to keep on walking every day to self-soothe when you're grieving - but you don't want to end up with a body...
  13. Silvester

    Poisonous Snakes???

    I'm from a bunch of islands at the opposite end of the earth to Spain where anything remotely dangerous with 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 legs(excepting the Katipo spider) had ancestors that came or hitched a ride on a seagoing vessel of some kind and currently resides in a prohibitively expensive...
  14. Silvester

    The ignorance of the English language...

    It's pointing the way to a fresh pork supply?
  15. Silvester

    30 L (28L Actually) Pack big enough -- Or 40 L better ---

    I originally took all my gear to the store and bought a 28L frameless pack. Nearer the departure time my daughter bought a 30L Berghaus pack with a frame. It felt so much more comfortable so I bought one too and it performed beautifully on Camino, including food for a day or two when we were not...
  16. Silvester

    My Stages on the Camino de Invierno

    Hi Laurie Is this camino called invierno because it is particularly passable in winter? For us in the southern hemisphere, travelling in December/January is much easier to arrange, but many of the routes are clearly less passable over winter. How feasible do you think a short stages/longer...
  17. Silvester

    Hiking Poles hand luggage in Planes ?

    For what it's worth... My pacer poles travelled with rubber tips, collapsed, inside my sole piece of luggage - my camino backpack - as cabin baggage without any hassle on Singapore and Vueling Airlines through Wellington/Auckland/Changi/Barcelona/Valladolid. BUT the flight out of Santiago de...
  18. Silvester

    How do people adjust to home after their return from the Camino?

    When people ask me how it was, I've been saying that it was wonderful to live life at walking pace, and quoting the story of the explorer who hustled his porters for 2 long days and remonstrated with them on the third when they refused to walk any further. They replied that they could not move...
  19. Silvester

    El salvador October 2014

    We did this in September 2014. Our stages were Cabanillas, La Robla, Buiza, Poladura de la tercia (La Posada), Pajares, Pola de Lena, Mieres, Oviedo. The contact phone numbers are obviously displayed at the albergues, but we had found that cellphone reception in valleys was intermittent at best...
  20. Silvester

    Camino Primitivo, a short photographic tour

    Hi Kat I noticed one of the photos in your video was that roofless stone tower with trees growing up through it which you pass on the right as you descend into Embalse de Salime. I think you labelled it a "cortin". Do you know what it was for? Defence? Thanks Mary

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