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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...
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...
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...
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