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  1. Barbara

    Afraid of top bed without fence

    That would work nicely
  2. Barbara

    Afraid of top bed without fence

    You use a small discreet light held in your hand. How hard can that be? The screensaver on a phone works nicely. I didn't say it was wrong to go off topic, but hey, start a new thread if you want. I'm adding a bit more to my reply here. I answered your original post where you started this...
  3. Barbara

    Afraid of top bed without fence

    It doesn't work very well, then.
  4. Barbara

    Afraid of top bed without fence

    Outside hiking you will probably not disturb many people who are tired and would like their sleep. We are discussing what happens in a dorm, admittedly a bit off the original topic. Believe me, your red light will disturb me.
  5. Barbara

    Afraid of top bed without fence

    Last time I used St Christopher's Inn they swapped me to a bottom bunk before I asked. Was using a stick for a knee problem but I didn't think I looked that decrepit.
  6. Barbara

    Afraid of top bed without fence

    I did once, after being woken twice by the same person with head torch threaten to rip it off her head, jump up and down on it, and make her eat the pieces. It didn't happen a third time. I'm not proud of what I said but after a long hard day I really needed my sleep. At least I would have...
  7. Barbara

    Afraid of top bed without fence

    That's a very reasonable question. There are usually as many lower as upper bunks, not many places now with three tiers. A polite request to exchange if only uppers remain should work if you explain. Also mostly there is a safety rail. You can also send a message in advance asking if your...
  8. Barbara

    Bar Etiquette

    Please don't turn round in a crowded bar while wearing a backpack without checking you aren't about to knock someone or their glass!
  9. Barbara

    Camino Dating

    Well, that's all very sweet (mostly) All I would ask is that if romance develops into action would you please get a room, I once spent some considerable time as a hospi calming a "situation" involving inappropriate behaviour in a bunkroom and an elderly unwilling observer who was trying to have...
  10. Barbara

    Inviting reflections on the wider costs of walking a Camino

    My car is twenty years old. I fly a tiny aircraft that is also twenty years old and uses the same amount of fuel per km as the car, which I need to use for essential travel that can't be done by bike. Short journeys and holidays I go by bike, and some train travel will also be involved. Once a...
  11. Barbara

    Niggling hates (dislikes) on Camino

    I'm so sorry. I didn't think you would understand anything less pointed.
  12. Barbara

    Niggling hates (dislikes) on Camino

    You must be a very important person who matters more than anyone else. I hope it won't hurt if the music distracts you and you fall off your bike.
  13. Barbara

    Can I do the camino at 16

    I did have one small thought.... Who is paying for this? Because if it's your parents that might be a firm no. I don't think it matters whether you are male or female, but in either case it won't be free. So you might need to delay until you have the money.
  14. Barbara

    Can I do the camino at 16

    I travelled on my own at your age (actually a bit less when visiting friends abroad). No mobile phones then. I had a written permission that nobody ever asked for and didn't need a visa for the countries I visited. All my journeys were by train, boat, and bus. Can't see any reason why you...
  15. Barbara

    Niggling hates (dislikes) on Camino

    Venting is good for reducing blood pressure. Tea isn't really a problem if one carries a few tea bags. Anyway, lots of threads serve no good purpose, so why pick on this one? If people aren't interested it will die all by itself. Probably. Unless it gets resurrected in five years. Which happens.
  16. Barbara

    Diversity on the Camino

    It's the "you people" distinction! I found this hilarious when visiting Kenya with a school group (one of the "responsible adults" for heavens sake. If you knew me you would ask how I got invited! ) I loved being on the other side of the divide for the first time because it made me think very...
  17. Barbara

    Niggling hates (dislikes) on Camino

    +1 for the TP trail and horrible tea. I'll add bag rustlers at silly o'clock, head torches in the dorm, rabid non drinkers. Non judgemental non drinkers are fine. I try to sit next to them. Now for some likes to balance. People who yomp past without comment on my slow pace. The feeling of...
  18. Barbara

    Scam - again..

    We don't all have actual physical banks, and even for those who do, they might not be all that close. As in maybe another country.
  19. Barbara

    Advice… please… 🙏🏻 (About starting time each day)

    If you book ahead and confirm on the day that should work. You can usually do that by text message, which is easier if you don't speak much Spanish.
  20. Barbara

    Dress Code (esp. Shoes) in Michelin restaurant in San Sebastian

    But why wouldn't you want to drink their carefully chosen wine?

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