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    Church at Hontanos

    Thankyou Helen - puzzle solved. I am giving a talk for Probus on my trip and just wanted to be positive I had the names right. Wish I had picked up the brochure. I think I was travelling light and mean!!!
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    Church at Hontanos

    All I can say is - you lot are brilliant and thank you so so much. I sat in the church and meditated. It was beautiful. One of those rare moments on the camino. Beautiful space for contemplation. I neglected to get the literature on these remarkable sentient beings. Now I am giving a talk at...
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    Church at Hontanos

    One needs to go inside. It was very moving.
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    Church at Hontanos

    Can anyone tell me the names of the 16 (left to right) 'saints' 'remarkable beings' on the church wall at Hontanos. Excuse my ignorance but I can only name 4 with certainty.
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    Mailing excess luggage

    Ivar - you have answered my Question that I have just posted elsewhere on this forum. Perhaps you could suggest the best way to pack some gear that I want to have available post Camino. I am intending to post from SJPDP to your luggage storage facility late Sept with pick up mid Nov. I had...
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    Ladies...Yoga leggings or hiking pants?

    Personally I like hiking pants for all the reason you quoted in your first paragraph. I like to have pockets. I also like that small air gap around your legs. I think it keeps you warmer. But as someone else has said - it is personal preference.
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    Gear Post Camino

    When I finish the Camino Frances I will be flying to Paris to spend six days there. I do not want to waste time buying suitable clothes in either Santiago nor Paris so have decided to pack a day pack or similar with clothes I will need to conventionally sight see. My question is: Would I better...
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    Non albergue stays

    Thank you for mentioning the difference between a hostal and an albergue. I still hadn't grasped that. Cheers
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    Non albergue stays

    OK - will do. I suspect I will need to do that when I am on the road so to speak. One never knows where one will be or how one is going to rock up along the way.
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    Non albergue stays

    Thanks for that. I will enquire at the private albergues. Not travelling until Sept/Oct but thought I would start looking at places not to miss n the way.
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    Non albergue stays

    I am on a budget (read - good value / cheap ) but will be requiring stopovers at Pamplona, Burgos, Leon, Santiago (and who knows where else) of more than one night which means an albergue is out. So: Do I move from one albergue to another - NOT IDEAL - or how do I investigate good value options...
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    other shoes?

    Been offline for a while so pleased to see this question posted as I too was wondering. I have read the replies. My situation is that I have achilles tendonitis which I am managing well but I cannot afford at the end of the day to wear lightweight sandals without support and crocs are for me the...
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    The good, the bad & the ugly

    Enjoyed your post. Thank you. Did you travel in November and if so how were the temperatures. Did you need a sleeping bag.
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    Sleeping bag advice

    Thanks Mark - I get your drift. :) :) :)
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    Sleeping bag advice

    Thanks for the info. Appreciated. I am on a budget in that I have already bought a new pack as my usual pack I use for bushwalking/tramping is too heavy and my other sleeping bag is too bulky. I feel I am duplicating gear I already have for this Camino but I do realise that I have to travel...
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    Sleeping bag advice

    5'4" (163 cms) and I depart SJPDP 30 September and finish sometime early November
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    Sleeping bag advice

    OK - you have answered my nagging questions to myself and I feel more confident now that a bag is definitely the way to go. Thanks
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    Sleeping bag advice

    Hi - I notice that you have walked the Camino in Oct and Nov. I will be walking the majority of the Camino in Oct into November and I am still trying to decide on a sleeping bag to take. I know its a question of just how cool the nights are and how warm the arburgues are/not. Some say no need to...
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    Washing Clothes

    I like this advice. Will one bar/cake of soap be enough for 30 days - I looked at the web site and Dr Brunner soap is sold here in Australia in 5oz/140g size AND is it truly good as a soap for hair, body and clothes. Thanks
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    Washing Clothes

    This makes a lot of sense and I will certainly apply it to my socks particularly

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