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  1. Tony Calhoun

    RETHINK walking the Frances

    We did the Via de la Plata (Sevilla to Santiago ) in 2019....hoping to to do it again, but starting on the Mozarebe...........................voila, problem solved.
  2. Tony Calhoun

    LIVE from the Camino Slow walkers Almería to Mérida

    Thank you, my wife and I may get over there yet. I would like to plan a camino with reasonable (for us) distances. We will follow you.
  3. Tony Calhoun

    Finding hiking shoes in Santiago

    REI, expedited shipping. tc
  4. Tony Calhoun

    A winter camino? Why not!

    I would say definitely go for it!
  5. Tony Calhoun

    A winter camino? Why not!

  6. Tony Calhoun

    LIVE from the Camino Bed Bugs in Albergue!! 22.8.19

    I was bit 2014 and 2016 -Frances. Treated my gear with permethrin both times. I was biten up both times. It is interesting to see people's advice on the subject. We're leaving in a month for Sevilla to start the Via de la Plata and I don't think I'm going to bother with the precautions. On both...
  7. Tony Calhoun

    My Wife Insists We Start From SJPDP!

    We flew into Madrid Barajas spent a couple of days enjoying Madrid, took a Renfe to Pamplona out of the Madrid Atocha Station, shared a taxi with other pilgrims from the Pamplona train station to the Pamplona Bus Station. Then a short scheduled bus ride over to SJPdP. Made for a nice day...
  8. Tony Calhoun

    Are there blankets in the albergues?

    Maybe , maybe not. I had bed bugs twice along the Frances. Did not need an albergue blanket to get them, usually a dirty mattress. But thanks for the tip about the availability of blankets just the same.
  9. Tony Calhoun

    Are there blankets in the albergues?

    Hello, Anyone with experience on the Camino de la Plata? My wife and I have done the Frances in 2014 and 2016. And now wish to explorer Andalusia and the Extremadura. I personally like to travel real light so I have no desire to carry a sleeping bag. On the Frances, a silk sleeping sack and...
  10. Tony Calhoun

    Luggage transfer

    Caroline of Express Bouricott helped me "big time" in 2014. Because of that we used her again in 2016, even using their airport to SJPP shuttle the second time. Nice people. si!
  11. Tony Calhoun

    LIVE from the Camino No boundaries for lack of respect

    Well said, pilgrim.
  12. Tony Calhoun

    Sleeping Bag?

    Hi Roxey, My wife and I started our Camino in September of 2014 from St. Jean Pied de Port. By the time I got Roncesvalles it was clear we needed to lighten our packs significantly. I pared down to “wearing” clothes and “washing” clothes- and little more. One of the things I had jettisoned was...

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