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Hi Cas, I can't make the meeting this month as I am going to Busselton to speak to a community group about the Camino. Could you please pass on a HUGE thank you to Rosemary, if she is there, for very generously supporting my Oxfam walk. Rosemary, if you read this, I did find you on Facebook...
Hello all WA Camino lovers! I hope to see everyone at KP on Sunday. I returned from my Camino last month having walked the final 200km with a broken foot. It is healing well and I have now committed, with another Camino forum member from Darwin (Donna Sch) and two other friends, to walk the...
Tony, I'm in Perth and returned from completing the Camino Frances a couple of weeks ago. Happy to share info if you have any questions. Personally, I think the Altus and gaiters are the way to go but that's just my opinion. I took a good quality rain jacket also and really didn't need it...
Jenn, don't hesitate on the insurance front. I returned one week ago on a very comfortable upgraded Business Class flight through travel insurance. I hurt my foot just before O'Cebriero and continued to walk to Santiago (in a fair bit of pain) before finding out I had fractured my foot. On...
I wasn't sure about gaiters either but took them. I didn't wear them until the first day it rained and then wore them almost every day after - rain or no rain. The reason - clean trouser legs! I just returned home last week and throughout my Camino I encountered a LOT of mud which ended up...
Another little tip with the Altus or other ponchos - wearing a cap or sports visor will stop the hood from falling down over your eyes and the rain driving into your face/eyes :)
Hi Kyle, I have also just returned two days ago. Altus poncho (which accommodated my pack) with knee high gaiters kept me totally dry (except for the inevitable condensation). I found that when it stopped raining intermittently I would unzip the poncho and pull my arms out and leave the poncho...
Cath, I have just returned home two days ago. I hurt my foot just before O'Cebriero and continued to walk to Santiago and then half way to Finisterre before I gave in to the pain (and swelling). I went to the hospital in Cee after many people telling me that pilgrim's would be treated for no...
I finished the France's last Thursday and have got lots of the 'mud' photos too. However, after I broke my foot just before O'Cebreiro I was grateful for it, much softer than the alternative - rocks! Those next few days up and down were painful.
Hi Robo, I also ordered from simcardspain.es. I didn't get my card as quickly as I expected and found that they didn't reply to my emails as promptly as they did to my earlier enquiries when looking to purchase. It did eventually arrive though, hope yours does also :)
Hi Jenny, I'll be at Orisson on April 13 also, Teal blue Osprey Sirrus! Meeting some other forum meetings at the Pilgrim Office in SJPP at 7pm on the 12th if you would like to join us.
Hi Meggsy, I tried holding my gaiters under a fast flowing tap and no water penetrated the fabric. I'm sure it is possible some rain could get through the top where they gather around the calf but don't know how you could stop that with any of them. I think that my Altus is long enough to...
I have seen many women with their dresses being gradually hitched and bunched under a backpack. Not so bad if you have tights on but you may not want your undies on display! A skirt and a T over top may be safer
Hi Meggsy, mmm, I haven't tested them, you will know how much rain we have had here in recent months....not !! I might have to figure a way to try them out somehow
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