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    LIVE from the Camino LIVE from the Camino de Catalán

    Day 1 - To Montserrat we go ...... 4 yrs since the last Camino, older, less brain cells, easily confused usually followed by a touch of frustration and sometimes panic :) . I left Coventry, UK at 6.30am and made it to Barcelona's Plaza Espanya by 2.00pm, and also managed to get my folding...
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    Well this should be fun - April 23rd 2024 start (Gulp!)

    I can't believe it's been 5 years since the last Camino, but very happy tonight to have bitten the bullet. After loads of messing about, the flight has been booked to Barcelona, arrive midday on the 23rd April. Then straight up to Monserrat for the evening then next day, off we go on the Catalan...
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    Samsung translator app - real experience in Spain?

    My phone is ancient so have been looking at options for a change, mainly an iPhone 15 or S24. Samsung's latest S24 set of phones have been heavily marketing their translator app. Has anyone been using the translator in Spain on their Caminos? If so, how have you found it? Marketing hype over...
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    LIVE from the Camino Camino Madrid at the mo.....

    Having walked this twice, does anyone have some thoughts about the accommodation situation at the moment? If you set off in a few weeks, I wonder what you'd find? Currently re-looking at options for a trip sooner rather than later and I do like the Madrid ...
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    Other Pilgrimage routes ......

    If you haven't found your way to the 'Other Pilgrimage Routes' section of the forum, it's a really interesting place to get some ideas and read some blogs about other non-Spainish routes you can walk, some of which may be easier to visit or be just different. I walked the Lycian Way in Turkey 4...
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    Camino de St Paul's Trail, Turkey?

    I'm looking at doing this route in a month's time, a mixture of camping and hopefully a couple of pensions. The route I'm doing is just over 300kms from near Antalya northwards and should take about 2 weeks. After that, I want to visit a few places, then head down to the coast to walk some of...
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    Brain cells? Olvidado May 2022?

    It's been so long since the last Camino, I'm feeling like a newbie!! The weather in the UK has started to turn for the worse so have been dusting down the old notes for Olvidado and beyond (Invierno?) and dreaming of better, warmer places. This was going to be done pre-Covid but thinking of a...
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Did anyone start an albergue just before lockdown?

    That was very unlucky and I hope you found a way through it. If you did, post who you are and I'll definitely put you on my list of places to stay in when things improve.
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD A good summary of the latest round of Covid-related restrictions in Spain here ....

    https://english.elpais.com/spain/2021-07-22/covid-19-restrictions-extended-in-parts-of-spain-as-cases-keep-rising.html
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    So, what progress generally on allowing camping on Caminos .....

    Any gentle, encouraging words or support from central government to regional governments? Any gentle, encouraging words or support to towns, villages or albergues from regional governments? Any towns, villages or albergues announced anything which might be considered 'progress' on the issue of...
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    Closure of coronovirus threads

    https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/corona-virus.66330/page-2#post-829603 Caminos are great, and gathering pre-trip info is all part of the fun. Pilgrims planning trips, including myself, must inevitably be wondering how the growing Coronavirus problem might impact on their walk...
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    Camino de Pennine Way! And we're off .....

    Is it okay to post daily musings here for the Pennine Way, an approximately 18 day 430 km walk from Edale in England to Kirk Yetholm in Scotland, going over lots of small mountains and moorland, with great scenery and notorious wild weather? If it's not, just remove the thread. Starting...
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    LIVE from the Camino And we're off. Camino de la Lana. May 2019.

    Stage 1. Alicante to Orito. 24kms This year's Camino, de la Lana has started well. So far then, all trains to Birmingham airport were cancelled due to a broken down train on the line so I had to rush to catch my plane in an Uber taxi. Then, due to a family fight between drunks on the plane, we...
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    Decision made - start Wednesday May 8th .....

    It's that time again! May is here and I really have been getting itchy feet, not helped by reading live blogs! I must remember to do those stretches both before setting off each morning and in the evening this year, and start more slowly for the first few days, as last year got cut short after a...
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    And we're off - the Jesus Trail, Israel

    I hope this one gets better, after day one! Got to Nazareth yesterday. There is zilch to keep anyone here in this gridlocked sprawl of a city, except for a couple of new churches and some holes in the ground, said to be where Mary may have lived, possibly, and possibly Gabriel gave her some...
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    Day 1 Birmingham to Almarie

    An easy journey from Birmingham, got picked up using Blablacar at Malaga airport and was in Almeria by 8.00pm. Arrived in the rain but it didn't strike me as a top place to spend a day so am glad I'm off in the morning. The wander round was mixed. I couldn't find anywhere that did a stamp - the...
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    Tape for toes - bought in Spain, think it begins with L

    I can't find the name of the really handy tape I bought for wrapping around my toes at the start of the day to help stop blisters. I bought it in pharmacies in Spain, I think it began with L and is was cheap! Your starter for ten ..... Thanks
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    Toying with taking a tent ....

    I've never felt the need for a tent for the Caminos in the last three years, but have a great one man tent that weighs less than one Kg. I am thinking about taking this on this year's route, from Almeria? There's probably not a serious need, but it might add a bit of extra flexibility and fun...
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    And we're off - the Lycian way ....

    Day 1 Birmingham to Fethiya Birmingham was pouring when the plane took off. It was nice and warm when I landed. I fretted before going about getting from the airport to Fethiya after 9.00pm but I shouldn’t have. You just walk out the terminal, past the semi circle of tour desks outside and look...
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    Lycian Way, anyone?

    Is this forum a good place to post live musings from the Lycian Way, and if so, which subforum should I use? I'm off tomorrow.

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