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  1. pilgrim22

    Walking sticks confiscated at Bilbao airport

    Hi folks, got a posting tube today and put our walking poles in it then posted them to where we have booked in Pamplona. We arrive there there on June 13th and I hope they will be there to greet us. We emailed the people at the hostel first and they said to send them on. It only cost 11 euro...
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    Walking sticks confiscated at Bilbao airport

    Thanks Taisce for the heads up, I was going to ask a question as to what i should do with mine. two of us are flying from Dublin to Bilbao with Aer Lingus . I have put four poles in a posting tube and sealed it well. I have two choices either post them to where we are staying the first night or...
  3. pilgrim22

    Need some help thanks

    Hi Abigail myself and my daughter started in st Jean and walked to Pamplona in 3 days last year we spent a day there and a day in Madrid. We go back this year and start in Pamplona and walk for 6 days to Santo Domingo. Have only booked flights and that is the way its staying.We are also from...
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    Trekking poles as carry on?

    Last year my daughter bought poles in SJ. I brought them home on the outside of my pack as carry on with Ryan Air from Madrid to Dublin. No problems. This year we are flying out with Aer Lingus so I dont know if I will be able to bring them. I read somewhere that if you wrap them well in...
  5. pilgrim22

    Do you need a sleeping bag in June?

    Hi Eija last year I did some of the camino with my daughter . I used a cotten sleeping bag liner and she used a silk one. We both found them fine they were also treated for bed bugs and light to carry. also it was the start of June.
  6. pilgrim22

    our camino 2016

    Myself and my daughter land in Bilbao on June 13 where we bus to Pamplona. We will start here as we finished here last year. We hope to walk to Santo Domingo. Here we get a bus to Madrid and fly home to Ireland.
  7. pilgrim22

    Starting back at Pamplona.

    Thanks so much for the advice and sorry for such a delayed reply but I have not had a chance to log on for a while ( very busy planning.) Well here it is. On Monday June 13 we catch an afternoon flight from Dublin to Bilbao and get to Bilbao bus station to get a bus to Pamplona. We start...
  8. pilgrim22

    Starting back at Pamplona.

    Hi folks, Last June myself and my daughter flew from Ireland to Biaritz, walked from SJPP to Pamplona, Bussed to Madrid and flew home from there after a day and a half of sightseeing. We want to start again in 2016 in Pamplona where we stopped in June. My question is where is the best place to...
  9. pilgrim22

    With a heavy heart

    RIP Andrea
  10. pilgrim22

    Why did you walk the Camino more than once?

    And I thought it was only me.
  11. pilgrim22

    Taking time out for the Camino

    Hi Claireabelle, I walked a section of the camino last week. I could only take a week off work so myself and my daughter walked from ST jean to Pamplona three days.This day last week we were finishing our walk in Pamlona where we spent Saturday site seeing, then we went to Madrid for a day and...
  12. pilgrim22

    It's in my system

    Hi Grace, yes we will do more of the Frances and keep doing it to the end, then we will do a different one.As for me giving her a wonderful gift, well actually it was the other way around cause I probably would not have done it only for her talking me into it.
  13. pilgrim22

    It's in my system

    Hi every one. Just to let you know I finished my few days on the camino Friday.Even though myself and my daughter only walked 3 days we have been totally bitten by the bug. We finished in Pamplona and went to Madrid on Sunday where we flew from yesterday. The plan was to get some site seeing in...
  14. pilgrim22

    Day 1 St Jean to Roncesvalles

    Hi butterfly, you have to make your own decision on this at the end of the day. I' have been a hill walker for some time in Ireland. I left St Jean yesterday at 06.50 with my daughter Emma.It was raining heavy and I found it a little tough. I carried Emma s pack as well as my own for a while...
  15. pilgrim22

    Packed and Ready.

    Hi all, tomorrow myself and my daughter Emma leave for our trip to the camino. We leave westcork Ireland and head to Dublin where we will stay with my brother in law. Our flight leaves on Tuesday at 9.30 am and the rest is in the hands of El Camino.Take care everyone and thanks for all the...
  16. pilgrim22

    Just one week to go and a few last minute questions.

    Hi Kielty, sorry for the late reply. Yes we are on the 9:35 am flight from Dublin. Hope you see you there!
  17. pilgrim22

    Just one week to go and a few last minute questions.

    Thanks Tincatinker
  18. pilgrim22

    Just one week to go and a few last minute questions.

    Hi all, myself and my daughter will be catching a flight from Dublin to Biarritz on Tuesday 9th to start our few days of the camino(we are only going as far as Pamplona).I would like to take this opportunity to thank every one on this great site for giving their information so freely to help...
  19. pilgrim22

    ,Just the two of us

    Hi all .My daughter and I are doing a three day on the Camino starting on June 10th . We are flying from Dublin to Biarritz on June 9th.All our bookings are made and most of our gear ready.I am well used to hiking as I am a member of a hiking club here in West Cork Ireland and I do a lot of day...

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