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Boots, Shoes or Sandals On The Primitivo
One interesting thing that happened to our group on this Camino was this. Somewhere while a few in our group were walking out of Grandas de Salime, a medium sized dog started following. The dog followed and followed for at least 1km. Some of the group tried to send her back and encourage...- mament
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino PRIMITIVO (Oviedo - Melide)
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Boots, Shoes or Sandals On The Primitivo
It's a great point you make about worn in shoes too. We traveled with a guy who had some 5-6 year old hiking shoes that he loved. The problem was that the soles had just gotten too thin and he ended up getting a major blister on the ball of his foot. He was able to walk 2 days with Compeed...- mament
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino PRIMITIVO (Oviedo - Melide)
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Boots, Shoes or Sandals On The Primitivo
Interesting to know. I also thought that running shoes would probably do it for me too. Actually one of our fellow travelers almost bought a pair once a blister started showing on her heel. Instead she decided to take a pain killer and keep walking in her hiking boots. The next day she...- mament
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino PRIMITIVO (Oviedo - Melide)
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Boots, Shoes or Sandals On The Primitivo
Good point about the Compeed. I had some along and never used them. 4 of the other people walking with us, however, used compeed and still decided to retire - perhaps they didn't use it fast enough. I'm not sure about that, but I believe that the point is worth making that avoiding blisters...- mament
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino PRIMITIVO (Oviedo - Melide)
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Boots, Shoes or Sandals On The Primitivo
Just finished the Camino Primitivo (Ovied0-Santiago) on 7 October 2015 and wanted to share my thoughts on the topic of taking great care of your feet during your journey. Out of about 25 people who started the Camino with us on 25 September, only 1/2 finished. Of those who didn't finish...- mament
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