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Just me. When I first wrote it and got LNT to approve/publish it, I emailed it to every confraternity I could find each spring for a couple of years. Then, as you know, this whole global deadly pandemic thing came along. I figured I'd start up the emailing again this year. I agree it is a tad...
Camino specific advice so we can all contribute to a better experience for all.
https://lnt.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Leave-No-Trace-Camino-Version_FINAL_2020.pdf
It can be boring and tedious. If I do too many miles in a day, I get bored of the single, unrelenting activity. Maybe try less distance and fill the rest of the time with sightseeing, sketching, or reading. During the walks I'll often listen to audio books, podcasts, or compose a haiku. With...
Perhaps you are looking for a "Logan Bread." This version is from an elderly Scottish woman that emigrated to the USA.
Preheat 350F
Mix:
3 Cups whole wheat flour
3 Cups steel cut oats
.75 Cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
.25 teaspoon nutmeg
.25 teaspoon cinnamon...
Read the Leave No Trace (LNT.org) guide to the Camino de Santiago. https://lnt.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Leave-No-Trace-Camino-Version_FINAL_2020.pdf
Take small gifts to give out. I made dozens of rosary bracelets out of surveyor's string. For my next walk, I've made dozens of laser cut pins of the shell.
In the movie "City of Gold," about the LA TImes' food critic, Jonathan Gold, there was a suggestion for getting good restaurant recommendations. Practice saying it in Spanish or have a Spanish speaker write it out for you to show a local. It goes something like this: Pretend if you've just...
I think paying an albergue to tent in their garden is very reasonable. You are supporting them and helping their social distancing requirements. Maybe email a couple albergues to see how well the idea is received.
When I walked a third of Japan's Shikoku pilgrimage I used a tarp, mosquito...
In preparing for my 2016 camino, for every mile I walked domestically, I traced the camino using Google street view and marked it on my Spanish map. Instead of this year's Portugal walk, I will be doing the same plus making a faux travel journal of what I see via Google maps. Salud
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