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I made a blend of essential oils, that included sesame oil as a base, lavender, clove, patchouli, eucalyptus etc, I topped up the bottle about half way through with olive oil as the base.
I think it is important to do whatever works for you in foot care. I got quicker at this and could do both my feet quite quickly but foot care is important if you don't want blisters
We do feel great and we got everything and a whole heap more from our Camino. Too much to describe, other than life is different, we are different. We are transformed.
No problems finding a bed, but we were on the Camino during Easter and many Spanish people walk the way then, so it was busy at that time with many private alburgues booked them. We opted for off the main towns then. Life is changing and we are integrating our Camino lessons into life. Thank you.
Hi Robo, I didn't watch this guy I watched someone else and I did my tape slightly differently. I didn't use the brown tape over the top only the medi tape first. I also only taped my heel of my foot, (I didn't go up the arch of my foot) I also went across the ball of my foot and 4 toes but...
Hi Furness Travellers, we met a lady who had bamboo socks and even after they were put in the clothes dryer they weren't dry the next morning. I would find an alternative to those. There is lots of information on this forum about ponchos. The thing with ponchos is in the wind the tarp type...
Sounds like your practice is working, my only other suggestion when you start walking is really listen to your body, rest when you need to, walk at your pace and don't try and keep up with anyone else. Lastly rest at the end of the day, have a lie down on your bunk, the body needs it.
Enjoy your Camino Angelo. Have a practice with some of what I did before you go and see if it suits. I tried other peoples methods to see what worked best. I tried vaseline (no thanks), panty liners in my shoes (didn't seem to take moisture away), double socking wasn't going to work with the...
Key things we took or did:
We had two water bottles each. One water bottle we put a hydralight tablet each morning in it to keep our electrolytes ok. We would sip this water bottle each day to stop dehydration.
Took safety pins - to hang our clothes on the line or 3 big safety pins pinned on...
Hi Sriyanta,
We bought 50 litre Berghaus backpacks from Mountain Designs. They were perfect in size.
As for socks I did have some horizon coolmax socks but I have really hot feet so I preferred Merino. I would suggest if you have practiced in your socks buy exactly the same but new socks...
I took some advice from this forum. I had 3 coloured draw string bags in my pack. The large orange one for my clothes, a green one for my sandals, blue one for toiletries and towel etc. I would shower in the afternoon and sleep in my clothes for the next day. So when I got up in the morning...
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