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    Ass Pads - A Serious Topic!

    I always just sat on a plastic bag I carried with me, I had enough of my own padding for that to be sufficient 😄
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    Preparing to Walk the Camino - Top Ten Tips

    That‘s a good list, thanks for sharing. My advice, learnt from a more challenging that it needed to be via de la plata in 2017, is to lose any excess bodyweight you can before you go If you know you’re overweight. I was ~15kg overweight and I REALLY felt it, especially in my feet. Plenty of...
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    Body weight. Who cares?

    I was carrying a good 15kg of extra timber when I walked via de la Plata in 2017 and I really suffered for it. My feet were f*cked from day 1 and I‘ve hiked all over the world thousands of km and never had a blister but on the camino, even with a very light rucksack, the extra weight on my body...
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    Sticks or no sticks?

    Definitely hiking poles. I walked via de la plata (1007km) last year and they were a lifesaver for my knees and back, also twice as a deterrent when I had to think fast, I shortened them and yanked the rubber ferrules off the ends to display the sharp spikes when I had 2 situations with men...
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    Camino Norte November/December

    Hi Pilgy, I need to check flights but plan is to start from Irun or as close to there as I can. If I have to miss a couple of stages and start a bit further in so that it works with getting there best from Basel (where I live), I can be ok with that as I will have a ~6 week time limit
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    Camino Norte November/December

    I will very likely do the camino del Norte starting beginning November this year as I am freelance and know that my current work assignment finishes end of October. I am very ok with cooler weather (I have extremely flammable skin and can't stand all the faffing and stickiness with suncream in...
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    Why no increase in pilgrims on the VdlP?

    I walked vdlp alone in March and April this year and it was fine. I intentionally chose this route for peace and quiet. Some days there were unavoidably long stretches of 38-45km but I definitely wouldn't say it was hard or that there was a lack of infrastructure. It's good that some routes stay...
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    Early Morning Pilgrims - Suggestion

    The thought of sharing with anyone, let alone strangers, is one I am not keen on at all, I'd rather sleep out in the open. I don't mind sharing bathrooms and kitchens but sleep is sacred! That's why I always took individual rooms if I stayed in albergues when I walked the via de la plata in...
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    Tell me about your experiences on the Camino del Norte and help me with my dissertation!

    What a dream assignment! I walked the via de la plata and plan camino del norte as my next one. I'd be very interested to read your thesis. All the best for writing it
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    Where did you find the courage?

    I walked the via de la plata too, alone in March and April, it was long at at times lonely but I speak fluent Spanish so I made sure to speak a lot with local people in the evenings (I went for the casa rurale option, not albergues as I am a light sleeper so prefer not to share) or I would hace...
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    If the Camino Frances stays crazy...

    Having just walked the vdlp from Seville, I absolutely agree with Terry that starting it from Salamanca (the halfway point, so you'll still walk a good 500km) is a great option - beautiful scenery, not overly crowded and I am sure at this time of year (I met almost no one doing it in March and...
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    How wonderfully finished our first Camino!

    Hello Cathy! Thank you for your lovely words, Yes I am still on the Camino, about 300km still to go to Santiago :) are you back home now? Hope you are enjoying relaxing after your fantastic achievement, Charlotte
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    How wonderfully finished our first Camino!

    That's fantastic Cathy and a wonderfully written description :) well done!
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    Seville to Santiago, Spring 2017

    That's great you're still on the camino, just a different one, enjoy Portugal and Buen Camino to Santiago!
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    Seville to Santiago, Spring 2017

    I feel for you! What a shame we didn't meet - I am walking the VdlP right now (enjoying a couple of rest days for my feet in salamanca) and my goodness it is indeed very lonely! I am not staying in shared accommodation though, rather casas rurales or occasionally an individual room at private...
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    Can't Stop Worrying! Solo Female!

    I thought better to wave my poles at him than him...ahem...wave his at me :D
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    Can't Stop Worrying! Solo Female!

    Thank you Sabine, yes, now I am in Salmanca i shall indeed report him to the Police as I took down his registration number, vehicle description and a description of him at the time. I was in tiny villages since then with no Police at all but now I have a couple of rest days here then I shall...
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    Can't Stop Worrying! Solo Female!

    Hi Lucy, I understand your worry - I am currently walking the via de la plata alone and it is a VERY lonely route; in the last 3 weeks I have only met 6 other pilgrims but it is a quiet route and a quiet time of year. Important is to know what you would do if certain situations arise - almost...
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    How to deal with dogs?

    I'm walking the via de la plata at the moment (Seville to Santiago) and have had a few situations with big barking dogs running towards me; one even wriggled under what I thought was a secure fence to come bounding up to me, it was the size of a small shetland pony, I was terrified! I knew the...

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