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  1. hel&scott

    Jamón Ibérico - worrying news

    No luck on the vino front, lying flat on my back recovering from a broken hip - not walking of lack of vege related, rather an over enthusiastic heading dog deciding that the quickest way to a rabbit was through not around me. All good, just generally falling apart as I age feeling a bit grumpy...
  2. hel&scott

    Jamón Ibérico - worrying news

    Sorry to disagree, but this thread is very much to do with the camino. I, like most of the pilgrims i've met are very interested in the environment through which they are walking. Yes part of it may be if it is too hot, to dry, on fire or flooded which affects the ability to progress. But...
  3. hel&scott

    Jamón Ibérico - worrying news

    Glad to hear that perhaps things not as bleak for the spanish pigs (and those that like to eat them) as first reported. Still a worry for the trees in this tough area. Walking through the dehesa was a highlight of the Vdlp and the locals we spoke to were very aware of the important role the...
  4. hel&scott

    Home again

    Ozzie with their mouth shut, never seen it. Having slept out in Spain and elsewhere I advise staying clear of ruins or rock walls which can be home to serpents. And if you wake in the night feeling the weight of what you hope is a cat, move slowly as it may be a snake who has snuggled up to...
  5. hel&scott

    Camino through the Pyrenees

    This reminds me of our first Camino when we wrote the Pyranese off as just hills, on the basis of them being not as tall as mountain passes we have climbed, and that most of the way up is by a local road. Had to change my mind after lugging 25kg of gear up, and up, on our first day, was kind of...
  6. hel&scott

    Stuck in Spain

    There are worse places to be stuck then Barcelona and we have spent a lot of time widening our exploration of the city, the metro is cheap and you can get out and about and see a lot. Or take the train down to Taragona, it's smaller, cheaper and easy to walk around and settle into plus plenty...
  7. hel&scott

    The enduring legacy of the movie ‘The Way’ (and a new book by Jen Hutchison)

    It was 2008 when Scott stood on the headland at Finistere and said "Carry me here when I die." He wasn't the first as for centuries this route has had a connection with memorialising the dead. The 2010 film tells the story of the many of us who grapple with the unexpected death of a loved one...
  8. hel&scott

    Where was your most memorable stay and why?

    Memorable, but for different reasons then the OP. On the Camino Levant there were a lot of remotes sections where we had to camp out, sick of lying on rocks we thought we had lucked out when we found a lush green patch next to a maze field, there was even an oak tree for shade. We bedded down...
  9. hel&scott

    Kitchens not in use

    Yes this is a thing and can be frustrating. At one such place I was able to talk to a local involved with the albergue who explained that the kitchen wasn't set up for solo pilgrims, rather the community had fund raised for the building and designed the kitchen for their needs. It was a...
  10. hel&scott

    Needs, wants & desires

    Off topic a bit,@_zoro_ perhaps it's also a good time to reassess how much stuff you are taking with you on your world travels? While on a similar trip we had much of our gear stollen and were left literally with the clothes we were wearing and a small day pack each. As we were in a pretty...
  11. hel&scott

    Toothpaste and deodorant - where to buy cheaper?

    Thank you for taking care of personal hygiene on the Camino. No doubt fellow pilgrims will regard your minty freshness as priceless.
  12. hel&scott

    Needing a livestock refresher course

    Some very good advice, especially from Doughnut. As a vegetarian former townie now living in rural NZ I amused my cockie (farmer) neighbours with my novel livestock skills. My prize boar flops down to have his tummy rubbed and I move my daughters wayward Highland cattle by offering them...
  13. hel&scott

    No farmhouses

    We can only live in hope @dougfitz , but if history is taught us anything it isn't always that sensible. Modern farms have tended to aggregate land and move to mass production and technology. Meanwhile we dig up our best soils and cover them in urban sprawl. I thought the Spainish system...
  14. hel&scott

    Help me to sort my head out please?

    Welcome to the world of walking sickness. Like many on this forum, once you have fallen under the spell of simplifying our lives down to the daily duties of walking it can be hard to give up. So we go back, and back. Reading through your post was like a rush of jumbled clothing, cast off in...
  15. hel&scott

    Overtaking étiquette.

    As we tend to walk remote routes this hasn't been much of a problem. We've had nice experiences when a bicyclist will stop and chat with us as they pass, usually because of the novelty of finding some one else out in the wilderness. But have had a couple of odd times, typically in the last...
  16. hel&scott

    Men's pants recommendation

    Yes, pants for men are recommended for the Camino and in life. Yes too, to shirts, also a good idea. What is not a good idea is to wear the custom made Italian blue linen shirts the love of your life splurged on (as seen in our profile pic). Though Scott found the collar useful to stop...
  17. hel&scott

    New article in the Guardian about easily missed and very accessible architectural feature of SdC

    Some of us play card games to pass the time and leave no mark behind. Others need a board for their game and so use the nearest block of granite to carve one into the pavement that last centuries. First saw versions of these on Roman ruins while looking for remains of storm water and sewers...
  18. hel&scott

    LIVE from the Camino A Sketchbook Camino

    Safe trip home, your Camino may not gave gone as planned, but you adapted and made it work for you. And along the way you gave a lit of pleasure to us house bound Camino stalkers.
  19. hel&scott

    Why you should walk a camino

    There was a recent thread that touched on a number of topics that you brought up but with a different title. As I said in my origional post I could have easily written it from the other point of view, as has been done here. Plagerisim is the most sincere form of flattery. In general my post...
  20. hel&scott

    Via del la Plata in early Sept - who else will be there.

    It gets significantly colder from Salamanca so it may make sense to send your warmer gear onto here to collect and your post Camino gear to Ivar. You will need to take more then one rest day on this only Camino, sometimes you can work out your stops so you only have short walk into a major city...

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