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  1. Sarah80

    VDLP - How it differs from Francés- Starting Jan 15

    Aha! Just found and subscribed - that’s my viewing for tomorrow sorted! Thank you!!! Super useful
  2. Sarah80

    VDLP - How it differs from Francés- Starting Jan 15

    If all goes to plan, I'll cycle past you somewhere around Merida I guess!
  3. Sarah80

    VDLP - How it differs from Francés- Starting Jan 15

    Update to this: I've hired a bike from Triana Backpackers, and as I only have around 20 days, have decided to bike it up to Santiago and become, for the first time, a bicigrino. It seems like the Via de la Plata is well suited to bikes (apart from a few diversions around the flooded areas) but...
  4. Sarah80

    Your single favorite picture of your Camino

    I took this at sunrise in July 2015 after spending the night in the town below which I can never remember how to spell. Just looked back over my shoulder and there it was, with an Iphone 6. No one was up there with me at that time.
  5. Sarah80

    VDLP - How it differs from Francés- Starting Jan 15

    Hello, Booked my ticket to Seville and will start a 3 week pilgrimage to Salamanca and then complete the second part on my next adventure to Santiago. I begin on the 15th of January and I suspect I will be alone? Does anyone have any tips on what to expect comparing to Francés? Are there...
  6. Sarah80

    What makes a good guidebook?

    Hi All Thanks for all the responses - really useful - i’ll look for the Wise Pilgrim guide in the App Store as, still being in the EU (just) my plan will cover it. It is a shame the VDLP isn’t covered, in English, by the regular authors who write popular Camino books. I’ve found a couple of...
  7. Sarah80

    What makes a good guidebook?

    Hello I’ve walked the Frances four times now and decided it’s about time I gave one of the other routes a bash and from asking around different pages and forums I’ve been recommended to the VDLP for a winter Camino. I was looking for a guidebook but it appears, Amazon at least, don’t stock many...
  8. Sarah80

    One of the best video blogs I have seen!

    Its a beautiful series he has created, I hope it doesn't start a torrent of people bringing drones on the camino but for what he's done it's absolutely first rate. I watched all the episodes and he recently uploaded the latest as he finished and he captures the scenery perfectly and narrates...
  9. Sarah80

    Oh for a poncho in Portamarin?

    Currently in the albergue in Mercadoiro and have lost my rucksack cover somewhere between here and Ferrerios. It's been belting down here for days now and I don't even fancy my chances of making it to Portomarin (5km) without getting soaked tomorrow as more rain is forecast. Assuming I can make...
  10. Sarah80

    Foncebadón haunted?

    Brilliant! I am at Foncebadon as I type this in the Posada del Druida. The pilgrim menu looks a bit scary but everything else has been fine. If anything goes bump In the night I'll let you know... if I'm still alive to tell the tale
  11. Sarah80

    Anyway to cover tops of favourite runners?

    Great recommendation! I knew of gaiters but they seemed to only go half way down the show and not cover the toe area but with the recommendation of cyclist gaiters I've found the solution! And no need to walk in the hellish solomons! Thanks
  12. Sarah80

    Anyway to cover tops of favourite runners?

    hi Starting from Leon on the 22nd, walking to Finisterre. I've had rain every summer in Galicia so I'm aware I'm going to need to either carry my solomons (another kilo to the bag) or, my preference - work out a way to cover the tops of my mesh Asics which are like walking on air even for 30k...
  13. Sarah80

    Camino Leon>Finisterre - if you had 18 days...

    Thank you scruffy, that's interesting! It is indeed cutting it fine, no rest days and 25k a day as you say and a bit nervy. If I did get ill from Leon to Santiago in 18 days is super dooper dooable, the problem will be if I got ill post Santiago. Perhaps you're right in starting at Pamplona...
  14. Sarah80

    Which albergue in Espinal?

    Stayed at Haizea in July 2015, fine albergue, its also the town bar though so it has a locals plus pilgrims feel to it, but beds were good, showers good, clean, an above average albergue
  15. Sarah80

    Camino Leon>Finisterre - if you had 18 days...

    Hi I have to be in Barcelona on the 22nd of June for a non camino related event, from the 23rd, I have 18 days straight holiday. I had planned to get the TrenHotel to Leon from Barcelona and then walk from Leon>Santiago>Finisterre>Muxia and then bus back from Muxia to Santiago (i fly home...
  16. Sarah80

    Hotels vs Albergues

    Before my first camino I was wetting myself more about staying in the albergues than anything else! Firstly, I work in the hotel industry, I love hotels, I got into travel through my discovery of the Parador system (these old buildings and locations are amazing and combine three of my most...
  17. Sarah80

    Where do you keep your backpack when exploring the town or at dinner?

    Everyone will advise you to have a draw string cotton bag, or another weightless bag, that you use to carry around the town that you put your wallet/purse/real passport/pilgrim passport/any other valuable and just leave your clothes and your rucksack in the albergue. All the pilgrims will be too...
  18. Sarah80

    Walking The Camino Without Training. Fool's Errand?

    On my first camino I was (and still am) about 8 kgs heavier than my BMI perfect weight and not in any way fit. The best way to do this, if you've not got time to train daily before you go - and it has to be daily, IMO, doing a 10-20km walk every weekend doesnt prepare you for the day-in and...
  19. Sarah80

    Last years passport - new starting destination - can i use it?

    Good news! :) Thanks Mspath
  20. Sarah80

    Last years passport - new starting destination - can i use it?

    Hello, I completed St Jean-Burgos last year and this year have two weeks off to walk Leon>Finisterre. However, I get into Leon really early on the TrenHotel and want to just get going without having to go and pick up a new passport. Is it possible for me to continue using last years passport...

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