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    New Cicerone Guidebook on the Via Podiensis

    I ordered Dave’s new guidebook on July 29th. It shipped on August 2nd and I received it on August 10th in the northeastern US. Very satisfactory experience. I’m now enjoying reading it😊 Has anyone had difficulty in converting the Cicerone GPX files to KLM files? Specifically, I get an error...
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    New Cicerone Guidebook on the Via Podiensis

    Thanks, Albertagirl and Michelle. I think I’ll order it in hopes it will arrive before my departure. It may be Cicerone’s delivery agent is simply giving themselves lots of leeway, as they really have little control over the actual shipper. If it doesn’t arrive in time, I’ll download the e-guide...
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    New Cicerone Guidebook on the Via Podiensis

    Congratulations! Does anyone have actual experience ordering it for delivery to the USA? It suggests the delivery agent for Cicerone could take up to (or at least, maybe) 30 business days to get it here. Amazon’s release date is not until October. I’m planning a mid-September start and think...
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    Best One Day Walk on Any Camino?

    That looks like another glorious walk for my bucket list! Thanks.
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    Best One Day Walk on Any Camino?

    That particular stretch after the Somport Pass was one I had been looking forward to on the Arles/Aragones route! I hope to walk it in 2021. Thanks for your memories!
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    Best One Day Walk on Any Camino?

    As preface, I had booked myself to walk (with a pilgrim I'd traveled with on a previous trek) on the Camino d’Arles, leaving March 24, 2020. For obvious reasons that did not happen, so I have been re-living my memories of previous caminos. I’ve been very fortunate to have walked the Camino...
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    Is the Donativo Camino Culture under Threat? Rebekah Scott shares her thoughts

    A very interesting vlog, thank you Rebekah and Robo! On my Spanish Caminos, I’ve stayed in all sorts of accommodation - hotels (usually the last resort), casa rurales, commercial and municipal albergues, and donativos. I confess that on one occasion, I forgot to make my donation, only realizing...
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    Carry-on Size Backpack

    Good advice here. I’ve a Black Diamond 30L bag, so old and worn that I can barely decipher the logo. It’s always been allowed as carry-on, even though it’s nominally 2” bigger than “allowed” on one dimension. Most check-in staff just look at and weigh it and pass it through, but one or two have...
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    Via Aurelia from Aix-en-Provence to Arles

    This question may be in the wrong area, but as a precursor of the Via Tolosana, I’m wondering if anybody following the Arles threads has walked the Via Aurelia (GR 653A) from Aix to Arles. If so, I’m interested in finding out stages, distances, and availability of gites (is there a guidebook?)...
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    Beginning from San Sebastian June 5th 2016

    Ditto from me. I'll be leaving Irun on June 3rd, then checking out one or both of those beaches in San Sebastián on the 4th to get over some of the jet lag and travel fatigue. I start walking in earnest on the 5th, so I may run into you, Barry. I second Anemone's suggestion of getting to your...
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    Suggestions for Detailed Camino del Norte Maps?

    Dan, It would be great to hear back based on your actual experience. I understand that the Norte/Primitivo are pretty well marked, but it would be nice to know if the gps map overlaid on maps.me work reasonably well, especially in and out of the cities - where I admit I get a bit dazzled by the...
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    Suggestions for Detailed Camino del Norte Maps?

    Dan, here's a link to all camino tracks which can be downloaded and overlaid on maps.me. It's what I'll be using this June/July when walking the Norte/Primitivo/Finisterre. Hope it helps. GPS (kmz) tracks of all Spanish camino's in one file
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    Help! Wikiloc Tracks, Maps, and Frustration with Technology

    Here's my 1 cent's worth. I've been struggling with this issue also because I really want to have an offline map on my phone with the camino I'm on clearly marked so I will know when I'm more or less on the right route. I'm going to be walking the Camino del Norte/Camino Primitive/Finisterre in...
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    GPS (in KMZ and in GPX format) tracks of all Spanish camino's in one file

    Hi Thomas1962, This seems to be just what I've been looking for. I've got Maps.Me loaded on my phone for my upcoming Camino del Norte/Primitivo/Finisterre and downloaded the .kmz file. On the actual map, how does the track show up, and do you know if it can be highlighted in some way to make it...
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    Obtaining credential and shell

    Thank you mspath and anemone. The Friends of the Camino has an office at C. Urbieta 2 with limited hours (From April to September on Tuesday's and Thursday's, at 19:00h except holidays) and the office of the Bishopric of San Sebastián (at C. Zabaleta 5) is open Monday to Friday from 09:30 to...
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    Obtaining credential and shell

    A bit off topic, but is there a place in San Sebastián where one can get a credential? A pilgrims albergue, the tourist office or cathedral? While I'll be starting in Irun, I'm not staying at the albergue as I arrive after lock-down, and I don't think I'll have a chance to stop by in the...
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    Advance deposits for Albergue reservations

    I recently made a reservation at a private albergue in Santillas del Mar on the Norte through booking.com. The albergue has a non-cancellation policy and I gave my credit card to secure the reservation. I didn't like doing that but it's understandable and I guess it'll be an incentive to keep to...
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    Spanish SIM card for the Norte/Primitivo

    I shall keep my eyes open for it. A nice menu du jour after air "fare" (or is that fair? please pardon the pun) will be restorative to body and spirit. Thanks for the suggestion.
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    Spanish SIM card for the Norte/Primitivo

    Good information here, thank you all. I found from the Orange and Vodafone sites that each of them has at least one store in Irún. I'll be walking across from the Hendaye train station, and they both seem to be more or less on the way to the albergue. Both companies seem to have good prepaid...
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    Spanish SIM card for the Norte/Primitivo

    Hola, I'll be walking the Norte/Primitivo/Finisterre in June/July this year. I'd like to get a SIM card for my Samsung S6 (which is unlocked, or rather will be as soon as I have a nano-SIM card to trigger the unlock code, if that makes any sense!). What I'd like is something that is a) prepaid...

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