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I arrived in Lourdes on 6 July 2018 following my flight from Stansted airport and the 2€ bus ride to the Lourdes train station. I stayed 2 nights at the mediocre Hotel Chalet St Louis for €61.40 (breakfast €5 extra per day). This hotel is close to the Sanctuary- 5 mins walk. I spent 2 days &...
I stayed in Coimbra and bussed into Fatima for the Canonization ceremony yesterday. I also had a return bus ticket back to Coimbra at a decent hour of 1730. There were lots of buses to choose from, every half hourly, and the process was quick and easy online. It took me about 2 minutes.
After...
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I am booked to fly to Seville on 20/03/2017 and had been hoping to walk the VdlP all the way to SdC from 22/03/2017..... On further reading of the forum here re this route, I am getting quite concerned ..
I am very frightened of dogs and various threads have mentioned that there were dogs...
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I am flying tomorrow morning to Porto.... I have packed my sleeping bag and equipment into a 65L backpack with a walking pole attached to the outside..... total weight without fluids is 7.5L.... Now my questions
1. Would Easyjet allow this huge pack as a hand luggage as I have not purchased...
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I am interested in doing some pilgrimages within the UK and Ireland in the future. I have walked some routes around Canterbury.
If anyone know of any good guide books of these routes, or easy (dont understand ordinance maps) maps, or point me to websites, walking groups etc would be most...
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Arrived at Roncesvalles this afternoon after a night at Orisson last night.... the walk from SJPDP is pleasant for pilgrims who have done some hill walking IMHO ... Its road walking on the Pyrenees.... and then downhill into forest surroundings about 3 km from Roncesvalles. In both Orisson...
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10 days before I get on the plane at Gatwick to fly to Biarritz... am feeling super excited, but also nervous! Questions such as 'will I be be able to finish the Walk?', 'What if I dont make any friends...?' etc etc.... I was initially to fly from Stansted but...
Hi I am hoping to walk my first camino in july 2016 and wondering if there is a list of pp in the forum doing so please? I have jz decided to retire so will be free to walk The Way ,something i hv thought about for the past few years. As this is the "Year of Mercy" there will be, I am sure...
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