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  1. JohnCP43

    Liner Socks

    When I first started "serious" walking perhaps 30+ years ago, I would often get blisters, usually on the bottom of my foot. Someone recommended Thorlo socks - once very popular here in the US but not seen as much now but still available. They come in a variety of colors, heights and padding...
  2. JohnCP43

    LIVE from the Camino Between Sarria and Portomarin

    I have perhaps a different view of the student groups walking around Easter several years ago. At the time I was 74 and described by my brother as "old, slow, but he keeps on moving." On a quite warm day for which I was over dressed for the temperature and walking quite slowly up a very long...
  3. JohnCP43

    Frivolous debate - swimsuit vs 3rd set of undergarments

    Check out "Ranger panties", or "silkies" made by Soffe. They are nylon tricot with liner and can pass for swim suit, underwear, sleep wear, or running shorts (altho my wife frowns on my going out in public in them for that purpose!) and weigh next to nothing. They would dry very quickly.
  4. JohnCP43

    Say No! to rubber tips on your poles.

    I am not certain whether Bombay Bill's post was truly facetious or whether he is now attempting to claim it was tongue in cheek when he got so many unfavorable responses but I'm struck that amongst all the responses defending their appropriate uses, no-one mentioned that often as we walk our...
  5. JohnCP43

    For coffee addicts that like to walk early

    I heartily concur with your choice of Cafe Bustelo. They also produce a Cafe con leche in same form. Unfortunately it does seem to vary from lot to lot. Most are superb, others not so much but can be fine tuned to your taste with additional sweetener or milk.
  6. JohnCP43

    For coffee addicts that like to walk early

    My son is a US Marine aviator and seriously "addicted" to his coffee. When he was flying in Iraq he would put instant coffee crystals inside his cheek. I can't imagine doing this myself but...it's an option!
  7. JohnCP43

    Portico de la Gloria - Galician parliament demands free access days

    I don't think I know enough to decide whether it is fair or not. Has the Catholic cathedral (i.e., the Catholic Church) received grants or concessions in any manner (taxation credit, utilities, etc) from the Parliament (government) of Galacia then it certainly would seem only fair. If however...
  8. JohnCP43

    Reflective tape and Gortex

    I love it!!!
  9. JohnCP43

    Reflective tape and Gortex

    Back in my running days (like WAY back) I wore reflective ankle & wrist bands - felt, about 1" wide with velcro. Currently here in the US the military and many runners wear a bright yellow highly reflective belt that can be worn as a belt around the waist or over the shoulder bandoleer style or...
  10. JohnCP43

    Electric Coil?

    I have used one and found it very helpful, while traveling and while staying in snooty hotels who want you to buy their $9.00 cup of coffee rather than be able to make that first eye opening cup of the day in your room. Unfortunately I neglected on one occasion not to heed the warning not to...
  11. JohnCP43

    Family of five in one hotel room?

    Falcon 269’s advice reminded of a humorous episode several years ago when my brother & I arrived about 2000 at a motel in Scotland. The only room available had only one bed. We asked for a “cot” and went to dinner . The lady at the desk looked at us strangely and when we returned about an hour...
  12. JohnCP43

    Lots of different km estimates

    In 2015 I started my Camino Portugues pilgrimage in Valenca do Minho. At the Pilgrim Office in Santiago I purchased a distance certificate and the worker spontaneously wrote 120 km as distance travelled. Valenca is an interesting historic old walled town and the walk across the Rio Minho on the...
  13. JohnCP43

    Would you stop at places that lack the Camino hospitality?

    As an older male Pilgrim I can appreciate your sense of urgency but as others have said the access to use of toilets in different countries varies. Here in the US most public restrooms are free altho a few require a small coin or token obtained from the cashier. I just got back from a driving...
  14. JohnCP43

    Camino in my local paper

    Beautiful story - one of those wonderful moments on the camino that are provided to us if we only listen and look. Coincidently, on the day this was posted I received in the mail my June issue of Columbia magazine, a monthly publication of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic men's group. An...
  15. JohnCP43

    For Sale/Wanted Walking sticks

    I had a similar need when I lost one of my two Black Diamond walking sticks while walking in Germany. I called the store from which I purchased them and then the company manufacturing them. My sad tale and profession of love and appreciation for their fine product did not move them to sell me a...
  16. JohnCP43

    Accommodation costs on the Camino

    Perhaps because they are newbies as were we all once? Welcome holiday monster and buen camino!
  17. JohnCP43

    My Husband has Jogger's Nipple

    The title of this thread was "My Husband Has Jogger's Nipple"to which I would advise in this PC #metoo world that he let it go.;)
  18. JohnCP43

    NEO , first dog with Xacobea Credential

    It would seem that in this discussion a very important fact is being ignored. The Compostela is granted by the Cathedral "to all faithful pilgrims who come...as an act of devotion...that...has visited devoutly this Sacred Church in a religious sense." Yes, dogs, horses, even peacocks are God's...
  19. JohnCP43

    Prescription drugs that needs to be refrigerated?

    Boomtown - you are to be commended for keeping active - not only for joint health but general health as well. Some suggestions I would not try are placing in the refrigerator where you stay overnight. While most pilgrims are honest, the temptation of unattended syringes containing anything might...
  20. JohnCP43

    Courtesy to pilgrims for whom English is not their first language.

    I like this thread in its calling for understanding and compassion for others who are making valiant attempts to communicate in a language in which they are not fluent, both in person on the Camino and here on the forum. I'm sure although I do know some Spanish and some French I would be very...

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