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  1. Linda SLP

    Need help deciding to bring or not to bring

    And I prefer a water bottle pocket or carabiner clipped water bottle (like Vapur) hooked to my backpack straps instead of a bladder. The water is instantly available.
  2. Linda SLP

    Need help deciding to bring or not to bring

    I bought wired headphones that connect with USB-C for my phone, which I previously thought would only take Bluetooth.
  3. Linda SLP

    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    Hydrating also helps protect you from blood clots on the airplane.
  4. Linda SLP

    Compostela requirements clarification please

    Not really: https://oficinadelperegrino.com/en/pilgrimage/the-compostela/
  5. Linda SLP

    Pocket coin pouch for those EU coins?

    this is mine, bought it on the Camino.
  6. Linda SLP

    Pocket coin pouch for those EU coins?

  7. Linda SLP

    albergue queuing

    Bercianos, September 2016 Pilgrims are also washing clothes while waiting!
  8. Linda SLP

    Walking Sticks! (yes, i know)

    I have my poles adjusted so that my hands are a little lower than level. When walking level, I don't set the tips in front of my hands. They're always angled back for propulsion.
  9. Linda SLP

    Suggestions for 2022 Holiday Season Gifts

    Wow! What a happy find!
  10. Linda SLP

    Hiking poles (please bear with me) need honest advice.

    I've actually had Z-poles since my 2014 Camino, and they are still going strong. I've heard people say that the Z-poles are fine for going through security, but I haven't chanced it yet. Maybe on my next trip back from Spain, since I will have gotten my money's worth by then.
  11. Linda SLP

    Nothing went right

    Sometimes I think preparing for the rain keeps it from coming 😊, but then, I prepared for rain and got plenty of it.
  12. Linda SLP

    Fleece or no fleece?

    I totally agree about being cold - liner and 1 lb sleeping bag for me.
  13. Linda SLP

    Is it worth bring waterproof gear in August?

    Have you considered a rain skirt? You can also use that as a ground cover or a multitude of other things. I got one and will use it on my next camino.
  14. Linda SLP

    Anyone else has taken T-Mobile phone?

    We are on the camino now with tmobile. So far so good. They say only 2g, and that seems to be enough for most email and facebook, but not videos. (I should say it was nicer in august when tmobile offered 4g free, but still ok for communication, not really entertainment). We usually connect with...
  15. Linda SLP

    Poles or no poles

    Did you run across crazy dogs? We found they were all pretty calm and quite used to pilgrims.
  16. Linda SLP

    Comment by 'Linda SLP' in media 'The youngest peregrino of 2014?'

    And I'm pretty sure the family we met started in SJPP or Roncesvalles.
  17. Linda SLP

    Comment by 'Linda SLP' in media 'The youngest peregrino of 2014?'

    I think we met them - baby about 5 months old and they are from Canada? If it was the family we met, the mom is hoping to write a book about traveling the camino with a baby - a lot of things took discovering that she wanted to share. They were really glad to be doing it.
  18. Linda SLP

    LIVE from the Camino Is it just me???

    We were told on our roof tour that the North entrance (the one you come to first, on the left side of the catedral), is actually the original pilgrim's entrance (and the south door is the Pilgrim's exit). I'm assuming that is why the Botafumeiro swings that way (to fumigate us!). The West doors...
  19. Linda SLP

    walking in sandals only?

    You can buy trekking sandals in most biggish towns on the Camino, if you change your mind (especially in pilgrim stores). If you are sold on only sandals, you can mail your boots ahead to Santiago. (But I really needed the boots, not everyone does).
  20. Linda SLP

    What causes people to stop their caminos?

    Stretching... My husband and I are on the Camino, and we stretch whenever my feet and heels get a twitch (plantar fasciitis) or his back starts hurting. It looks weird, but it really helps. (One friend looked up and said she thought we had been zapped by aliens!)

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