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  1. skilsaw

    Your Favourite Photos

    Long time since I looked at Camino Pictures on the web. The vegetation and the sky seem particularly brilliant in the new slideshows. Is that PhotoShop being used to enhance photos, or am I just feeling a particular longing to return.
  2. skilsaw

    Winter Camino

    You are in for a challenge. Go for it. Christmas and New Years will be like no other for you. Take a good sleeping bag! I bet the albergues are cold. I find getting the balance of layers of clothing right for working in the winter a challenge. Too many layers and I become wet with sweat...
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    My moment at the Cruz de Ferro- a memorial

    Not everyone has such a touching story but yours is what it is all about. Best wishes, David, Victoria, Canada.
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    Need help guys ASAP - feet question

    So sorry to hear of your blisters and feet problems so early in your trip. I had blisters in the first week during my 2006 walk, and in the third week during my 2010 walk. Not a hint of a blister in 2004 when I sprinkled my feet liberally with Gold Bond foot powder every morning. 2006 I took 3...
  5. skilsaw

    What makes you come back to the Camino?

    It's part of the beauty of the fellowship of the Camino. Share your heart and you will be understood. Thank you Janet, David, Victoria, Canada
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    What makes you come back to the Camino?

    I've walked to Santiago 3 times on the Camino Frances and the Via de la Plata. (2004, 2006, 2010) I thought when my third Camino was finished, I was finished. But today I just watched an amazing slide show of the CF on youtube and am inspired to go again. Previously, watching slide shows on...
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    The RIBBON Project

    God Bless you Tim and Donna as you make your way along the Camino. Tim, You will only need to walk 13 kms per day so you will have lots of time to take rest stops. I recently walked a couple of days on a very difficult (for me) trail and carrying a heavy backpack. I did it one kilometer at a...
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    New Pilgrim!

    Got your rocks all ready! That is putting your priorities first. I took one rock for each person on my prayer list and had their initials on each stone. The little bag of rocks weighed 2 lbs! But what joy, taking the bag out and going through the rocks one by one remembering people at home...
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    New to the forum, but not the trail

    When I started the Camino Frances, my only plan was to go west each day. It worked woderfully. If you plan to go north, or North East each day, that will be enough. Enjoy the contemplation while you walk. David, Victoria, Canada.
  10. skilsaw

    We Walked it with a 14 Month Old

    Your baby is a real trooper. My wife and I took our year old son to the Canadian Rockies. We were camping with our car, and planned on glorious mountain walks each day. Stephen did not cooperate. After the first day in the backpack, he resisted, fussed and cried everytime we put him in it...
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    Hi from a newby

    Welcome to the forum. Good Luck, and God's Speed on your Camino, Buen Camino, David, Victoria, Canada
  12. skilsaw

    Now then

    Welcome Back, And greetings to that new chap, George, in Kensington Palace. Oviedo to Santiago looks like a quick trip. Maybe two weeks or a little more. Why not walk the Camino Norte and pass through Oviedo on the way? Whatever you do, Have a grand adventure. You deserve it, now that your...
  13. skilsaw

    New Pilgrim from Canada

    Hi Robyn, Nobody has touched your second question, but I think it is very relevant, given the time of year you will be walking. The weather at the start of your Camino should be brilliant. Warm days, crisp mornings. In the second half of the Camino, you walk on a 1000 m high elevation plateau...
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    Route surface

    Hi Maggie, The Camino Frances from SJPP to Santiago is very well graded and smooth. You will seldom need to watch your feet, every step of the way. There will be muddy bits and sections with loose rock, but these will be short. By way of comparison, I just walked 14 km on a path where we...
  15. skilsaw

    Hi fellow pilgrims

    Hello Sheila, Having walked from Leon, you know what pilgrimage is about. One of the first big questions pilgrims ask upon meeting each other is " Where did you begin? How was your first day on the route Napoleon from St. Jean Pied du Port?" Everyone compares horror stories, and believes they...
  16. skilsaw

    clothing/Finisterre

    If you go out to the lighthouse in the evening and have a bonfire, you can expect a cool breeze off the water. If you are warm, dry, and in good company, you may stay out all night. I would take the fleece. Also, if you go out, intending to build a fire, purchase the wood in town. There is...
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    Post Camino blues

    It took three caminos to satisfy my longing. Now I've switched other Self-Propelled holidays. 2011 - 300 km bike ride on an old railway that has been turned into a trail. 2012 - 115 km canoe trip 2013 - 75 km wilderness hike on west coast of Canada. This one frightens me. I've done it before...
  18. skilsaw

    Train/bus Santiago - Sarria?

    There is a whole forum on traveling to and from the Camino. It can be found at traveling-to-from-the-camino/ If that link doesn't work, just go to the Home Page of the Forum, and scroll down to Pilgrim Issues on all Caminos. You will find "Traveling to from the camino" there.
  19. skilsaw

    ACL Surgery Two years ago... Brace or no Brace?

    Taking a brace that chafs is like taking boots that you know give you blisters. Why would someone do that? On the other hand, having the brace in yor pack means you can wear it if necessary. I would take it, and hope I don't need it.
  20. skilsaw

    Walked in 2012

    Pilgrimage is a kind of addiction. I''ve been to Santiago 3 times and sometimes I think the Norte, along the coast, would be nice and quiet. Santiago, one more time? Maybe... My other pilgrimages are self-propelled travel. Backpacking, snowshoeing, canoeing, cycle touring. But nothing...

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