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    Question for the Blister Experts...

    As I stated elsewhere I haven't gotten blisters since switching to trail runners for hiking and backpacking. On the other hand I've never walked 12 miles a day for 5-6 weeks as required for the El Camino, so blisters are not beyond the realm of possibility for me on the Camino and I plan to...
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    Safety Pins over Clothes Pins?

    Hi jozero, I saw that Sea to Summit clothes line in my local Sacramento REI and wondered if it worked. Apparently it does Very good jozero the Camino magic is working already. I saw that Sea to Summit clothes line in my local Sacramento REI yesterday and wondered if it worked--apparently it...
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    If you could only take one guidebook,

    I will be taking the Brierly and my walking partner will be taking the Wise Pilgrim on our October El Camino. A friend at work gave me the Brierly and my friend ordered the Wise Pilgrim from this forum. In comparing the two I find the Wise Pilgrim more concise with easier to understand listings...
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    Safety Pins over Clothes Pins?

    I don't understand the recommendation of safety pins over clothes pins that I see in books and on forums. Won't safety pins make holes in clothing especially if you are using them every day? I seem to remember them doing that to my baby sister's diapers, but that was a long time ago so my memory...
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    Yellow Flowers on the way to O Cebreiro

    We have what one of my hiking buddies Dan calls Scottish Broom around here in the foothills (below 4000 feet) in Northern California. It looks similar to the link that Falcon269 provided. Dan gets incensed every time he sees one and pulls it out immediately grumbling something about non-native...
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    Will the camino excitement die?

    Thank you for that Fr. you said that better than I could ever even imagine. I truly hope I meet some Irish people on the El Camino as I feel a special kinship to them as my paternal grand parents were from The Republic of Ireland. The priest in my home parish, St. Francis of Assisi in Sacramento...
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    Will the camino excitement die?

    The Camino is very important to devout Catholics like me in that we believe the Catholic church is the church that Jesus started. We venerate St. James (Santiago in Spanish) because he was one of the three apostles present at the transfiguration of Jesus as described in the bible and one of the...
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    Where are the pilgrims?

    Are you the S. Yates that wrote the Pilgrim tips book? If you are thank you excellent book. God willing I'm starting my Camino Frances on Sept 24th of this year.
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    Comment by 'formerly multipurpose' in media 'Negreira'

    Reminds me of that old sign "Guinness is Food!"
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    Spanish speaker please

    Yes alaskadiver I believe he was talking about the Basque country now that I think about, but he said most Basque people also speak Spanish. And Portuguese, forget about it, he doesn't understand that at all!
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    Spanish speaker please

    I am trying to learn Spanish also without much success. It would be an advantage for me even after I do the Camino Frances since I live in California and we have so many Spanish speaking people here. Luckily I am doing the Camino with a guy that speaks not only Spanish, but the kind of Spanish...
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    SJPP to Roncesvalles

    I will look for you Team Sailor. I am over 60 also, my friend is late 50's, both guys, he is married am I am not. We already got our roundtrip airline tickets, but we planned for lots of time to see the sights and visit my friend's relatives in Spain, so we are in no hurry. I call him Hombre...
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    SJPP to Roncesvalles

    Greetings from Sacramento CA,, I hope it is cooler in B.C. than here. I know what you mean about over planning. I am just getting all wound up about the El Camino and I retire All right [ All right team Sailor! Look for two 50/60 ish guys, one speaks fluent Spanish (he grew up in Madrid Spain)...
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    SJPP to Roncesvalles

    Thank you Sailor, my friend is making the reservations for Refuge Hi Sailor, You are right, Orisson has already gotten back to us with reservations for Sept 24. It only took a couple of days
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    SJPP to Roncesvalles

    My friend and I applied for reservations at Orrison for late this September. We were told to apply by email and it takes several weeks for them to respond, or apply by phone which is faster but only if you speak French. The beds are 35 Euro each which is quite expensive for the El Camino. The...
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    My mentoring truism: a fool and his money are easily parted.

    Learn how to be a yuppie from a lawyer for 1650 Euros? To each his own, but not for me, I prefer a voyage of self-discovery.
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    Temperature inside Albergues in October

    The Samos Albergue must be buried in the ground catacomb style! We are at about the same latitude here in Sacramento CA as the Frances route although we are only 300 ft. above sea level. It has been incredibly hot here this summer with many days over 38C although the humidity is low thank...
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    Temperature inside Albergues in October

    Hi all Buen Camino. I've been thinking about my sleeping bag options for my proposed Frances mostly in Oct. of this year. I saw a chart which said the average outside low temperature along the Frances is 45F (7.2C). I'm thinking it should be about 10F higher inside an Albergue even without the...
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    Walk or bus to Finisterre

    I plan to walk to Finsiterre in October/November of this year God willing but as they say the best laid plans of mice and men etc. etc. Some questions though. How does a person get from Finisterre to Madrid which will be my connection back to "The Big Sack." The Big Sack is what some...
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    Voltage in Spain

    Thanks Peter, appreciate it

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