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Hello,
I walked it in 2019, just before Covid. I had a daily blog for the whole Camino, so if you want to look at that you can send me a personal message and I can give you my blog site.
Of the four full Caminos I’ve trekked, Francis, Plata, Portuguese, it was my favorite. Only saw about 8-10...
I don’t know about now, but twice when I’ve had to cross there the ferry wasn’t running because the tide was low, but there was a man there with a small power boat that took me across for less than €10. He was docked near the ticket office for the ferry. The first time I used him I was told...
I think breathable or waterproof material like Gore-tex or eVent type material is a matter of preference. I have trekked over 13,000 miles in the last six years, and I try to always wear somewhat waterproof boots, but I think it’s still a personal choice, as is noted in many of the responses.
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Thank you for sharing a story that is an inspiring story for me, and keeps me motivated to hopefully achieve my goal of trekking across the USA. I had actually planned to start a trek from my home in California across the USA last February, 2020, but covid unfortunately kept me from starting. I...
Hello Everyone,
I actually trekked from my home in Southern California to Canada, four Caminos (Plata, Francis, Madrid & Portugues), and the length of New Zealand (3/19 - 5/19) with the Wheelie, a two wheel hiking cart. I had up to 85 pounds of weight in it when I was in the desert and needed...
It took me almost three months. You can see my blogs on that trek at tedtrekking.com. Love trekking in New Zealand! The people there were the best thing!
You Kiwis always make me smile! Last September I trekked the Camino Portuguese, Lisbon to Santiago, but four months earlier I trekked most of the length of New Zealand, from the South Island at Invercargill to the North Island at Taupo, and I found you Kiwis some of the friendliest people in the...
Wow, reading all the descriptions of the Madrid makes we want to trek it again. I just finished the Camino Portugués, from Lisbon to Santiago this May, and though it was wonderful my mind kept drifting back to the Madrid. I trekked the Madrid in May of 2018 not really researching or knowing much...
Hello,
I am surprised by how few people know about Lebara cell service, it is great and cheap! I have used it twice on Caminos, the last time May, 2019, when I trekked the Camino de Madrid to Santiago. I actually got my SIM card from a vendor in front of the Orange store in Madrid. You can...
Hi Robo,
Yes, a knee replacement is not the happiest thing to do, but like so many others it allows you to go back to enjoying life.
I had walked over 1,400 miles from my home in Southern California to Canada three years ago. Then a little over two years ago I walked my first Camino, CF from...
Hi Robo,
Yes, a knee replacement is not the happiest thing to do, but like so many others it allows you to go back to enjoying life.
I had walked over 1,400 miles from my home in Southern California to Canada three years ago. Then a little over two years ago I walked my first Camino, CF from...
I am surprised that no one has mentioned Lebara. On my last Camino in May/June, Camino de Madrid/Camino Francis, I used Lebara for the second time on a Camino. I had used it on a previous Camino and loved it, and when I got to Madrid I just signed up with a sales vendor that was actually outside...
You sound crazy, like me. I did the Camino Francis in May/June and then went back and did the Camino Via de la Plata in October/November that same year. Funny, but I was so glad when I was done, and couldn’t wait to get back home, and then a few weeks later started missing and craving another...
Great link Nick!
I think the most important thing is to listen to your body, even though your mind wants to push on. On the Camino Via de la Plata in 2016 I began feeling extreme pain in my left knee half way through and I went on by taking ibuprofen to finish. Two days after I got home I had a...
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