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  1. Steven Baggs

    Boots?

    I started walking the Via de la Plata in Tevas with darn tough socks last spring. It was wet and I got blisters so ended up taking a bus back to Seville to buy some shoes. The only ones I could get from Decathlon were a pair of Merrell vent shoes. These were cheap and probably the best shoes...
  2. Steven Baggs

    VDLP weather February/March.

    There was some frost some mornings. It was cold, wet and raining even in Seville when we left.
  3. Steven Baggs

    VDLP weather February/March.

    It was cold there last year in the spring. I was completely unprepared, coldest April & May on record. Check the forecast before you go as there are strange weather patterns everywhere these days.
  4. Steven Baggs

    Camino Inglés in October

    I just completed the Camino Ingles from Ferrol a few weeks ago. Having walked many other Camino's I wasn't sure what to expect and was pleasantly surprised. The path is well-marked and follows much of the beautiful coastline and through forest paths. Unlike previous Camino's, I took my time as...
  5. Steven Baggs

    Say No! to rubber tips on your poles.

    Rubber tips never last me much more than a day before the tips are poking through the bottom of the rubber. I gave up on them years ago. Now, when walking through a town, I just pick my poles up and carry them as I appreciate how annoying the sound might be for local residents especially early...
  6. Steven Baggs

    Is the Via de la Plata open again?

    Hi all, just a quick question, is the Via de la Plata fully open again? Will all the information on the Wise Pilgrim App still be correct? I am planning to start walking on 19th April. Thanks
  7. Steven Baggs

    Quo Vadis, Dude? Any advice (alerts) for my Portugues Coastal from Porto itinerary?

    If you follow the Camiño to Caminha it takes you through a pine forest and you come out by the mouth of the river by the water taxi stop.
  8. Steven Baggs

    A question about walking sticks...

    Rubber tips last 1 or 2 days at most. I tend to put them on if walking through a town or village.
  9. Steven Baggs

    I think I'm losing it

    Thanks for your post, I now feel more normal. Last year I missed the Camino so much I walked out of my house in Herefordshire in England and ended up at my parents place on the south coast 10 days later but it wasn’t quite the same. This year I managed to walk Hadrian’s Wall in the summer...
  10. Steven Baggs

    Quo Vadis, Dude? Any advice (alerts) for my Portugues Coastal from Porto itinerary?

    Forgot to say there were plenty of Albergues with very few pilgrims. In Portugal they asked to see vaccine passport everywhere I stayed but not in Spain.
  11. Steven Baggs

    Quo Vadis, Dude? Any advice (alerts) for my Portugues Coastal from Porto itinerary?

    I walked the coastal route in September to Caminha then inland to Tui and through to Santiago from there. It’s a long way round following the Douro to the mouth of the river but a really nice walk from that point along the coast. Try and avoid the long metal walkway along the riverbank. Much of...
  12. Steven Baggs

    Compeed vs hikers wool or both?

    I have found that the sheep fleece binds nicely to woollen socks and this helps the fleece stay in place around toes or heels. Having googled hikers wool I realise it is just a bag of nicely carded (combed) sheep’s wool washed, packaged and sold at an extortionate price. The price of a whole...
  13. Steven Baggs

    Camino Gran Canaria

    That link describes the route through Ayegueras which isn’t the route shown on the official website. I don’t know how or why it was changed. There is an Albergue at Ayegueras but I think it may have now closed.
  14. Steven Baggs

    Compeed vs hikers wool or both?

    After meeting a Scotsman on the Hadrian’s Wall path earlier this year and trying out his method of picking up sheep’s wool and stuffing this in his boots I can say that I finally had my first blister free Camino on the Portuguese coastal in September. I will admit to having a few sheep of my own...
  15. Steven Baggs

    Camino Gran Canaria

    During a recent holiday on Gran Canaria I managed to convince my wife that a few days in the mountains would make a nice break from the usual coastal tourist spots. We set off on a bus from our base in Las Palmas on 31st October to the resort of Maspolomas where this short Camino begins...
  16. Steven Baggs

    The world's shortest camino

    Just back from walking Hadrian's Wall, an interesting experience compared to a Camino, following an archaeological feature rather than heading for a destination and meeting people doing the walk in the opposite direction too. Just a reminder that it looks like our little Camino will go ahead...
  17. Steven Baggs

    The world's shortest camino

    Here is the updated GPX file.
  18. Steven Baggs

    The world's shortest camino

    There was a message for me about the GPX file that seems to have disappeared. Sorry not sure what happened to it, please try again.
  19. Steven Baggs

    The world's shortest camino

    I am hopeful that we can add another St James Church to the route at a later stage that will give us the exact distance we would need to do this. At this point though I am just happy that we may have finally got somewhere with this!
  20. Steven Baggs

    The world's shortest camino

    New launch date, The Feast Day of St James, Sunday 25th July 2021! After a year of waiting for Covid restrictions to lift we are now looking forward to welcoming visitors to our churches and to officially opening the Camino Frome Valley on the Feast of St James, 25th July. Visitors will be able...

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