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    Ultimate Dog Repellent

    No need to be dismissive. Yes, in the 900 miles we walked the length of France, that was our one major encounter, but it certainly was a stopper. On our other caminos in Spain and Portugal, the times dogs approached us were usually when we’d accidentally gotten off route, and they generally were...
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    Ultimate Dog Repellent

    Well, obviously they were guarding. But we were on a road, not their property technically. We stopped. Had we advanced they very well may have attacked us. So, back to the OP’s post - is there another technique/item available and effective for those of us who aren’t ready to get kumbaya with...
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    Ultimate Dog Repellent

    To return to the original question… we had one of the ultrasonic handheld things when we walked in France last year. We knew we would be off-route at times - where most of the worrying encounters take place - and thought this might be a good answer, instead of pepper spray. Unfortunately, when...
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    How to get my parents permission to go?

    I want to say that you are a good and kind person. Sure, you could thumb your nose at your parents and flounce off, but you’re not doing that. You are taking their feelings into consideration. For you, eighteen years has been a long time, for them, a short time, and there are lots of emotions...
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    My first packing list for a decade and not pleased ....

    Perhaps you can take photos of the Brierly on your phone, so you still have them with you, but with no weight and no app. Also, consider taking just one hiking pole.
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    LIVE from the Camino What do you do when something goes wrong.

    You are seeing God in the love and kindness shown you on your journey. Peace.
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    New Three-Season Layering Options

    As someone who is particularly sensitive to cold, a couple of years ago I spent a lot of money on merino base layers because of so many rave reviews. Sorry folks. They do a great job wicking - they wick the heat right away from my body, and I’m left shivering. Also, they are slightly rough on...
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    Forum Book Club - Planning for Round 1...

    Is there a schedule for the next few?
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    I’ve been thinking

    I used to say that three things need to be in place to travel—time, money and health—but then I added another one—desire. Some time ago I saw the cover of a guidebook showing a cafe in Paris and asked a coworker if she wouldn’t rather be sitting there watching the world go by. Her answer was...
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    Routes to Vézelay

    Thanks for another idea. I’m not sure we’ll have time, but I’ll take a look.
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    Routes to Vézelay

    Oh goodness. We may have to come back in a couple of years for yet another route!
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    Routes to Vézelay

    Wow! Thanks so much to you both for your help. This gives us lots to review and consider. We enjoyed walking from Le Puy to SJPP and decided we want more delicious French meals. I chose Vézelay because an ancestor was born in Limoges in the 1600s and I’m interested in seeing that...
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    Routes to Vézelay

    Thanks. (Through your suggestions I came across the route from Bayonne to Irun, which is lovely.) I see the map you linked, but it seems just a little short on the particulars of the route. The MdM-Dax-Bayonne route sounds like what we’re looking for. Where would I find out more about that...
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    Routes to Vézelay

    Yes, that gives me a lot of information. And now I’ll learn some Dutch with the help of Google translate! I have the MMDD for Vezelay. We may just wing it at the south end to get to Bayonne rather than Ostabat. I appreciate your help.
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    Routes to Vézelay

    Thanks for the reply. I had seen this site and got a little info, but the French book is out of stock and not available. I’m glad to know the waymarking is good, or was four years ago!
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    Routes to Vézelay

    Thank you for the link. I saw that in a search but was (am!) confused by all the possibilities.
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    Routes to Vézelay

    We’d like to walk border to border in France via the Lemovicensis. Has anyone walked either from, say, Schengen or Couvin to Vézelay recently? I’d like to know the places you stopped, and whether you were on a marked or personally created route. The info I’ve come across is somewhat dated...
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    Camino Le Puy ending in SJPDP - anticlimactic?

    Le Puy to St Jean takes about a month. It’s a great route and you will feel good on completing it. You won’t get a certificate, even though you’ve earned it as much as anyone walking Sarria to SdC! Here’s what I’d suggest: walk to the point where you started the CF. We had taken a picture...
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    Curious about achievability of Camino at 50, slow walker

    Your pains, and efforts to relieve them, are difficult to read about. My image of you on the Camino is one of that if a true pilgrim. If you are able to go, may the sights, sounds and people you meet lessen the difficulty.
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    Like you, I’m just now seeing your response! Thanks for the update. Well, Buen Camino...

    Like you, I’m just now seeing your response! Thanks for the update. Well, Buen Camino, wherever the next one may be. Let her know there are more of us out there who understand the issue.

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