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  1. Ungawawa

    Change of rules on checking in hiking poles at SCQ airport

    A little bad news for hiking pole users. It used to be the case that with the large numbers of pilgrims at Santiago airport arriving with hiking poles the airport staff there were okay with checking in your hiking poles at no additional cost. However, returning from my latest camino two days ago...
  2. Ungawawa

    Anyone know what Hærvejen (Denmark) will be like in July?

    I'm looking for my next camino and this looks like it would be an interesting and beautiful option. I was wondering if there was anyone on this forum who could give me a few basic facts about it, because there seems to be very little English-language info about this camino? My most basic...
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    Busy-ness on the GR65 currently?

    I was wondering if anyone walking or living near the Le Puy route could give me an indication of how busy it is currently (late June '22)? If I started the route soon would there be difficulties with finding affordable (ie. < 45 euro inc food) gite places? I'm just imagining it will be very...
  4. Ungawawa

    Route suggestions once you've done all the obvious caminos?

    I'm looking for camino or trail suggestions now I have walked the most popular camino routes. Having done the Frances (both Aragones and St Jean variants), Norte, Portuguese (both central and coastal), Finisterre & Muxia, San Salvador and Primitivo, I'm stuck for where to choose next. (A nice...
  5. Ungawawa

    Camping failures live from Salvador/Primitivo

    Thought people here might be interested in my attempts to do these caminos together, with a tent in my pack for emergencies. I was especially anticipating needing it on the Salvador which has many municipal albergues still closed. La Robla looked from the start a bad bet. The situation where...
  6. Ungawawa

    LIVE from the Camino Live from Camino Aragones

    Hi everyone, I'm attempting a brave leap into the unknown on Tuesday 15th when I attempt to do the Camino Aragones! I'm expecting it to be fairly quiet, but I would love some company at the end of each walking day, so if anyone else is on the Aragones at that time, please do message me and...
  7. Ungawawa

    San Juan fiesta 2021?

    Does anyone in Spain or who can read Spanish well know if there will be some (possibly limited) San Juan festivities this year at all on June 23? I was wondering what we might expect to find in camino cities such as Gijon this year. I'm expecting not very much, but I'm open to pleasant surprises!
  8. Ungawawa

    Alternative coastal route into Porto in three stages (Aug 2020)

    This August I completed sections of the Camino Portugues from Albergaria a Velha to Santiago. I wanted to share the route variation I took on the advice of an hospitalero, as it lets you take an alternative coastal route into Porto over three days, instead of the traditional road-based route...
  9. Ungawawa

    The wild-west days of the camino

    Hey pilgrim-readers, I'd really like to read something about the early wild-west days of the modern camino. You know, back before all the camino infrastructure got put in place and it became this huge international thing for everyone to aspire to do. Does anyone know of books which are about...
  10. Ungawawa

    Change to post reediting rules?

    I used to be able to go back and edit my posts from earlier, but now I see it's not letting me any more. Is this a change in policy? I'd like to put the case for allowing this to happen... For posts which are things like people collecting information, such as my list of Spanish ATM fees...
  11. Ungawawa

    Spanish ATM cash-machine fee cheat-sheet

    Ungawawa submitted a new resource: Spanish ATM cash-machine fee cheat-sheet - Avoid unnecessary fees at the cash-machine! Read more about this resource...
  12. Ungawawa

    Earliest you can see the meseta in bloom?

    So I have just a quick question: What's the earliest in the year that you can see the meseta green? I've been there late May and it was stunning with all the wheat and poppies. How much earlier can you get in the year before it's all just tiny sprouts in the ground? Thanks!
  13. Ungawawa

    Those misleading pilgrim office statistics

    One of the ways I moonlight is to offer free advice to first-time pilgrims on Facebook groups, and recently I had a chap tell me that he wanted his camino (Frances from SJPdP) to be solitary, so he'd decided to go off-season in April! I had to stifle a chuckle to myself, as anyone who's walking...
  14. Ungawawa

    ATM Fees cheatsheet

    So I've been collecting cash-machine usage fees over on another thread, and I've now put everything I've learned together into a cheat-sheet for your phone. Open or send the image to your phone and then save it to your photos. Then you'll be able to look at it every time you need to go to an...
  15. Ungawawa

    Panel vs top-loading and suitability for Camino

    I currently use an excellent but heavy Lowe Alpine panel-loading (front-loading) 45L backpack. I'm in the market for a new one, a lighter one. It seems that all the best recommended light backpacks are top-loaders though, and some even with only one big compartment and no separate pockets like...
  16. Ungawawa

    Sexism in outdoor clothing

    My tongue-in-cheek rant for today is the rotten sexism in outdoor clothing design. Look at womens coats, hiking socks, trousers, hiking shoes and you'll see a beautiful array of interesting colours and designs. Pieces of clothing which are not only practical but look elegant, smart and...
  17. Ungawawa

    Phone phobia and speaking foreign languages

    I have rather a phobia and to some extent it's hampering me on my caminos. My phobia is speaking foreign languages on the phone, such as is required if you want to ring and book a room. To a lesser extent I get it when speaking face-to-face, asking directions. I get easily flustered and start...
  18. Ungawawa

    Recommendations for a pilgrim-focussed starting hostel in Lisbon?

    So I've decided to bite the bullet and walk the whole of the Portuguese camino, starting 29th May. I'm looking for a hostel to start at where there will be a chance of meeting other pilgrims. Looking on Gronze and I'm only seeing private ones. Can anyone recommend a pilgrim-focussed hostel in...
  19. Ungawawa

    How empty is the Lisbon section?

    I hope you will indulge me a newbie question quickly. I hear often that the section between Lisbon and Porto is really empty of pilgrims going to Santiago, but can you help quantify this for me. If I were to leave on 1st June from Lisbon, how many pilgrims would I be likely to see on the road...
  20. Ungawawa

    What would the most alternate Francés route look like?

    Once you've done the Brierley Frances route by the book a few times, I'm thinking it would be interesting to do an alternate route version, to keep it fresh. I mean, never straying so far from the Frances that you can't rejoin it but incorporating all the variations and detours possible. I...

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