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I just finished my camino and got my Compostela and distance certificate - 1515 km from Le Puy in two stages. The experience was extremely rewarding, perhaps above all for getting to know the Spanish people and culture, which we Canadians have little connection with. I was truly impressed at how...
Found: prescription eyeglasses in a case. Next to the path about three or four kilometres west of Hornillos del Camino.
I will be in Hontanas this evening.
I couldn't see the lost/found forum. Maybe the moderator could oblige.
Did you know...a lesser known path skirts the southern flank of the Sierra de Atapuerca to take you into Burgos? This avoids the eastern industrial outskirts of that city and also opens up certain accomodation and food options.
If you were so inclined you could walk to San Juan de Ortega...
Well I'm just trying to find out the whole story. Is there a law requiring the wearing of masks indoors in the region of Galicia? I am in Castile/Leon at the moment and mask-wearing is not too common, maybe 20 percent. Nobody's getting arrested, that's for sure.
Spain-wide, masks are required in public transit and care settings (including pharmacies), but not in other indoor settings, such as a cathedral or office. The majority of visitors and employees are not wearing masks in offices or tourist sites in Madrid or Pamplona. If they are required in...
I am in Estella and I have seen some signs of a bed race. Talked to a chap today (Saturday) who had reached Pamplona and couldn't get a bed. He ended up in Puente la Reina after walking a total of 40 kilometres.
I have started booking ahead, and have found that many places are full a day or two...
As expected, the Council of Ministers, meeting in Toledo, has made a recommendation concerning the sole remaining population-wide Covid measure: the indoor mask mandate. They are recommending the removal of the mandate on the 19th of April, just after Holy Week. There was debate in recent days...
One other option: the Decathlon chain of stores (which is based in Paris but you can find them all over Europe) has a version of trekking poles with similar handles, though not left/right ergonomic ones...
You have to get them from the company in England. They're not on Amazon or in any stores that I know of. They have a webstore, just search for Pacer Poles.
The cost including shipping was $178CAD for the carbon-fibre poles. Took two weeks from submitting the order to receiving the item in...
On this forum I read about Pacer Poles. I suffer (slightly) from arthritis in both thumbs, and this is aggravated by the straps on normal trekking poles. So after reading about the Pacer Poles I ordered a pair, which just arrived today. I assembled them and went for a seven-kilometre hike and I...
A requirement to wear masks in indoor spaces is the single remaining population-wide measure in force in Spain. The rules will be reconsidered next week...
Exercise physiologists would advise against performing the same strenuous exercise day after day on an indefinite basis. Two issues are: 1) muscles need time to repair after a workout and 2) the chance of injury is greatly increased.
That said, the line between training and overtraining is...
The Le Puy to Saint-Jean camino route follows the GR65 hiking trail. Many of the walkers are not pilgrims but French citizens on a walking holiday for a week or two. The GR65 tends to take a lot of detours whether you like it or not. Sometimes the trail darts off to one side, goes up and around...
You're walking from Rome to Santiago, so I assume that means crossing France. I walked the LePuy camino a few years ago and hardly saw a dog. They are behind fences or otherwise restrained. I was told that the current state of French law is such that owners worry about liability from dog bites...
From Edmonton, heading to Spain for Holy Week and then to Camino Frances around April 25th or so. Hope you will have the opportunity soon. This is a good year for it. But so are all the others. Bon Chemin/Buen Camino!
I walked from LePuy at the beginning of May 2016. By chance it was a cold, wet spring in the mountains of Ardeche and Aubrac. It even snowed a couple of days and yes, it was cold in some of the gites. Some of the municipal facilities open on the first of May and aren't heated at any time. Some...
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