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Gerard, please take a friend with you to Aldi's on Saturday, whose sole task is to video your shopping expedition, for our edification - well, entertainment....
After reading about someone whose sleeping bag was cut at the bottom while they were sleeping (yikes!) I took an oversize lightweight pillow slip: to encase the albergue pillow AND my pouch of 'valuables'.
The pouch was then easy to take with me if I went to the bathroom during the night...
The Tipbot is definitely more sophisticated technique than mine :)
Because of old wrist injuries in both hands I found that the "normal" ways of using telescopic poles very jarring on my wrists. So instead of putting the poles directly down onto the ground, I flicked them outwards, which...
Before my Camino I was sort of convinced that if I didn't have my morning coffee within five minutes of getting out of bed I'd probably "die then and there".... and was horrified to find that coffee wasn't as readily available first thing in the morning as I'd assumed..... but as others have...
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