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Bedbugs are my biggest camino fear. I am very very allergic to their bites - big taut blisters that split under the pressure of the fluid emerging from my skin, and a strong histamine reaction that feels like the start of flu. It has taken me a week for the blisters on my feet to heal enough...
Can you tell me where you ordered them from? The only place that Gooogle threw up for me added a delivery charge so the final cost was closer to £12, which is a bit more than I'm willing to spend on spec - particularly since the largest size they had in stock was a Uk 6 and my hiking shoes are a...
Not a chance, I'd say. Even if you were travelling first class on an EU passport from that would be a tight connection. Easyjet are ruthless about time limits for checking in bags and getting to the gate as they are known overbookers on their flights. You might have to get to a different...
There is a way to lace them that I was shown in the running shop where I bought mine (Brooks Adrenaline - narrowish heels, wide toe box and crucially only stretchy mesh over my little toes). Hard to describe, but I'll give it a go:
The last 2 lacing holes are close together, and the very last...
I have been trialling (with great success during this heatwave) an oldfashioned money belt made of heavy cotton with a soft elastic strap. I stick on an Always Ultra pad - the ones with wings - and wear it with the pad against my skin in the small of my back. It soaks up all the sweat that runs...
I love my Altus poncho - I bought it online from Spain. I have a size S/M and it measures 72" (= 180cm) in width. It is designed to go over a rucksack when the vents at the back are unsnapped. (they give extra length rather than width). I'm 5ft 4" (1.63m) and it reaches to about half way down my...
You will know what feels right when the time comes. My first camino, I flew into Pamplona fully expecting to get a bus to Roncevalles the next morning. When I woke up I felt so strongly that it would be crazy to go backwards by bus, only to be passing through where I was in a few days time. So I...
I shall be setting out from Burgos on 2nd September and walking slowly towards Astorga. You will all probably pass me on the way. Look out for a slow English peregrina with a yellow/black mochila and a limp.
I'm walking 3/9 to 27/9 this year - Basically the Meseta from Burgos to Astorga. Daytime temps - I've no worries as layering clothes should take care of all possibilities. Nighttime temps - I'll bring my sleeping bag just in case, as it is light and I sleep cold. Rain is the big question for...
September 2 - Burgos to Leon or Astorga, depending on how well I get on and how many rest days I need. I'm taking it slowly as I have a damaged knee. Sad that this means I'm unlikely to find a camino family to walk with, but trying to remember that this will mean that I will meet lots more...
You really really won't know until you try them. There are a whole bunch of factors that come into play. It is possible to generalise about a lot of them - eg wool = good, cotton = bad, and bulky seams where your toe touches the shoe is never a good idea, but fit is completely personal to you...
Mike -. Here's my story. I set out in 2008 from Pamplona, intending to walk to SdC. Just after Burgos all my papers, cards and money were stolen. With help from strangers I got myself back to the UK via an interview with the consul in Bilbao for an emergency travel document. I booked my flight...
Inspired by the replies, I've done a bit more research and realised that I can do the Meseta at my own pace, and if I speed up I can still get to Madrid airport with one bus. Here are the morning buses for Thursday 22 September, in case it inspires anyone else to do something similar: The cost...
Brilliant! The bus takes 4 hours and is direct - departures start early morning. Thank you. I think this is my best option.
Also - there are direct buses from Madrid airport to Burgos. Price each way EUR25-35. And that means that I can get a cheap return flight lon-mad.
I'm looking for an affordable route home from Leon to London in late September. Bus to Bilbao and then fly to London looks like the best bet, even though the bus gets me in too late to fly home the same day so I would need to find a hostel for overnight. I've also found flights, (Iberia/BA)...
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