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  1. Lars Wetterstrom

    Showing passport in an albergue

    This is tricky. I feel the credencial is losing importance and that it - to be honest - has no legal significance. In most places along the camino frances (I have walked it twice) they only ask you for the passport which is a standard procedure in hotels and hostels all over the world when the...
  2. Lars Wetterstrom

    Daily foot care at day's end

    I feel the same about softening the feet with water or for that matter with other creams or liquids. It would increase the risk for blisters. I keep observing my feet and in case of a reddening of some part of the foot (but before the skin has come loose) I put on a Compeed for reduced wear and...
  3. Lars Wetterstrom

    Foot Care Rituals

    I have walked the camino frances twice in various intervals. After 2-3 hours of walking I usually stop to clean my shoes, socks and feet from dust and sand. It is just amazing how dust and sand manages to get inside the shoes and mingle with the socks.....this causing a risk for blisters I...
  4. Lars Wetterstrom

    Daily foot care at day's end

    I have walked the camino frances 2 times in various intervals. I have put on a Compeed as a profylactic protection when some part of the foot is turning red at the end of the day. After a few days the problem will be gone. About foot care I make regular stops in early afternoon to clean my...
  5. Lars Wetterstrom

    What's your average pace?

    Maybe I have been lucky not to encounter any extreme heat when I have walked the CF in July in 2013 and 2015. The air in northern Spain is dry and resembles the air in northern Europe. This makes the heat easier to cope with in my opinion. It feels like a good hot german or scandinavian summer...
  6. Lars Wetterstrom

    Poles or no poles

    Many people start out with poles. But many abandon them along the way. On the latter part of the camino frances they are not as common. Sometimes there is just too much fixation on gear and equipment. I prefer to carry one pole or stick or whatever you pick up along the road. For dogs and to get...
  7. Lars Wetterstrom

    What's your average pace?

    Yes it seems the bulk of the pilgrims dont walk in the afternoon. This under the pretext that it is too hot to walk in the afternoon. The real reason however, in my opinion, is fear of not getting a bed for the night or a fear to be on your own. A sort of mass psychosis really. With a good rest...
  8. Lars Wetterstrom

    Real Pilgrims

    Being a grumpy old man and a lutheran I am having problems accepting all the tourist pilgrims and all the other "stamp collectors". One inch of cheating on the camino would give me a bad conscience, sure. It is also about paying respect for the generations of pilgrims doing the camino in the...
  9. Lars Wetterstrom

    Madrid accomodation and transport to Astorga

    I did the same late 2015. I came in on a flight to Barajas airport and took the local train to Chamartin station( cheaper than the metro) and stayed in a hotel close to plaza Castilia within walking distance to Chamartin station. In the morning the next day I took the train to Astorga from...
  10. Lars Wetterstrom

    Crowding - an alternate view

    I walked my first camino frances in april 2012 and the second half in july 2013. My second one I walked in october 2014 and in 2 etapes in july and september 2015. Last year in september there were notably fewer pilgrims walking than I ever experienced. On my first night when I stayed in the...
  11. Lars Wetterstrom

    I'm walking the Way with no crowds at all...

    I would love to walk the French camino. But I worry about the prices for food and shelter. How do they compare with the prices on the camino frances in Spain?
  12. Lars Wetterstrom

    "Official" Credential Panic Attack

    I guess the credencial had some formal meaning some time ago. Actually, most albergues even public ones now dont ask for the credencial when you check in for the night. I think it is losing its importance. So last year I walked between Santo Domingo Calzada and Astorga without a credencial. Only...

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