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  1. MesaWalker

    Up to date C. Sanabres info?

    My wife and I walked it in late October/early November last year. We thought it was a lovely camino. I would relax and enjoy the beauty - there was plenty. Be sure to take the route to Laza - absolutely spectacular. And if it appeals to you, don't miss the tour and Vespers at Oseira...
  2. MesaWalker

    Night stage recommendation?

    Another option, rather than walking all night, especially in the heat, is just to get out at 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning and walk 2-3 hours in the morning in the dark. We did that daily during very hot weather in September last year on the VdlP, and we treasured those hours. In the case of the...
  3. MesaWalker

    Latest Camino Fad .

    On a windy day you might be able to float back to your home, wherever it might be, and save the airfare.
  4. MesaWalker

    Oseira Monestery

    The albergue is beautiful. It's in a standalone building on the grounds of the monastery with walls of large stones visible both inside and outside the building. Inside it's comfortable, clean and typical of newer Xunta albergues. Like other Xunta albergues, pots, pans, utensils, plates and...
  5. MesaWalker

    Oseira Monestery

    By the way, if you can confirm when the last tour of the day starts at Oseira Monastery (I think it varies by time of year), you can show up in time for that, tell the person in the gift shop who sells the tickets that you'd like to attend Vespers, and a monk will come at the end of the tour and...
  6. MesaWalker

    Oseira Monestery

    I have never heard of anyone staying in the Oseira Monastery itself. There is a Xunta albuquerque onsite, which is beautiful and comfortable and renovated in one of the old, separate buildings on the grounds. That's where we stayed last fall, and it is a fantastic albergue. But I've never...
  7. MesaWalker

    Liner Socks

    My advice on sock liners - what fits best given your feet, the volume inside your shoe, and the volume of your "main" sock, is what you should wear. I have worn sock liners on a camino with roomier hiking shoes and loved them. On a different camino I omitted sock liners using shoes that fit...
  8. MesaWalker

    Guide to the Camino de Uclés — in Spanish and English

    Thank you. I've sent a WhatsApp to Manuel.
  9. MesaWalker

    Guide to the Camino de Uclés — in Spanish and English

    Do you have contact information for Manuel? I sent an email to the email address in the guide (asociacionamigoscaminodeucles@gmail.com), but haven't heard back. Im hoping to walk Uclés to Madrid without public transport each night (if possible), but haven't figured out accommodations in or...
  10. MesaWalker

    What do you wish you had worried less about?

    I worried too much about the ability to communicate in Spanish. That's not about wishing that I had studied less - I wish I had studied more. But once in Spain, you find a way to communicate, regardless of your level of Spanish fluency (or lack thereof), especially with the many kind people of...
  11. MesaWalker

    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    Don't forget to unplug the Ferris wheel and the lights on your landing strip in the backyard. ;o)
  12. MesaWalker

    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    On an approximately 10-week camino last year, I researched whether I needed to put a fuel stablizer in the gas tank of our cars that were going to remain unused while we were gone. That time frame was borderline - if it had been three full months I would have done it. But I learned that we...
  13. MesaWalker

    Those who have walked at least one Camino - What are your favorite insoles and why?

    I use SOLE active insoles with matetarsal pads - use medium or thick depending on the volume of the shoe. Others that include a hard plastic piece attached to foam or other light materials (like Superfeet) tend to create pinch points on my feet for some reason. I've never had any similar...
  14. MesaWalker

    A Quiet Camino Route?

    The VdlP is very quiet. We hiked it from mid-September through October last year - During the day sometimes we might see 5 or 6 other pilgrims, sometimes none. Including cyclists, the most crowded we saw at albergues was maybe 15. But we didn't stay in alburques in the big cities, so there...
  15. MesaWalker

    Camino bug is nibbling

    Definintely walk the route from Sevilla to Salamanca if you think you might want to come back and finish the rest at a later time. If you were pretty certain you will never go back, I would try to come up with a route that incorporates Mérida, Cáceres, Salamanca and Zamora - our favorite cities...
  16. MesaWalker

    Finisterre or Muxia?

    I agree in general with others' comments about the relative merits of Muxia and Finisterre. Two other thoughts: Since you are walking with your daughter, you might try to anticipate what she would like most. Finisterre certainly has more of a young person's vibe to it - probably a lot more...
  17. MesaWalker

    Madrid-Uclès or Uclès-Madrid

    There is a useful thread here. https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/guide-to-the-camino-de-ucles-in-spanish-and-english.66324/#post-1207181
  18. MesaWalker

    Inviting reflections on the wider costs of walking a Camino

    These are very good thoughts, and it is a conundrum. On the one hand, my wife and I have gone on two long caminos (roughly 5 weeks and 9 weeks), and we believe that our environmental impact while walking the Camino is significantly less than our environmental impact at home, when taking into...
  19. MesaWalker

    Starting in May on VDLP

    I don't have experience walking the VdlP starting in the last half of May, but it can't be much hotter than the late September and early October last year. You should be OK as long as you take plenty of water each day (I carried 2 1/2 liters on really hot days) and are willing to get early...
  20. MesaWalker

    Newbie looking for some tips

    Thanks for your explanation, jakewalk. It probably would be easier to go the normal direction. I don't think it's disrespectful to walk backwards, but few do it and there are good reasons. Walking it northward from Sevilla would give you more flexibility - if you want to walk longer or...

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