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  1. Camino2010

    Do top bunks stop bed bugs?

    Nope! Top bunks are where bedbugs have their rooftop (bedtop) dance parties! A hospitalero friend did once point out to me that if you're in a top bunk, bedbugs can't fall down on you from a bed above. However, I and others have been munched up there before. How rude, hey?! Hoping for another...
  2. Camino2010

    Post a picture of your credential!

    I have some wonderful stamps from post offices along the Camino Francés! It took me more than one Camino to learn that many post offices have them though. If you go in, know that most, if not all, have at least two different variations. I got two in Puente la Reina, for example, and Burgos has...
  3. Camino2010

    Post a picture of your credential!

    Wow! The Canadian one is very different from my CCoP one I had on my first Camino in 2010! I'm glad to see they've switched to a folding style. Mine was sheets of cardstock paper folded in half to make a stapled booklet, with a bright lime green cover. The paper came away from the staples and...
  4. Camino2010

    Sello "timing"?

    How would the volunteers at the Pilgrim's Office in Santiago possibly know if a pilgrim got two stamps for the day, five minutes apart, unless the pilgrim said so, or the volunteer could look it up in some kind of a sello database? Not likely, I think (even if such a database were possible)...
  5. Camino2010

    Washing merino clothes!

    Hi, Sarah! In 2009 when I was planning my first Camino, I read about merino wool here on the forum as a new member, and decided to take a chance and buy a couple of Icebreaker shirts to try (I happened to visit Toronto and was able to get a great deal at a factory outlet shop there). I loved...
  6. Camino2010

    Camera card disaster in Carrión today... help?!

    I'm doing a back-up of all my Camino photos and videos from this year right now! :D
  7. Camino2010

    Camera card disaster in Carrión today... help?!

    That may be true, Alan, and it's not a bad idea, but in some ways there's no one I'd less rather have my camera card right now than the people who made it, even if it was a chance thing that made it go bad. I don't think I mentioned this in the thread yet, but I also had this card on the Camino...
  8. Camino2010

    Camera card disaster in Carrión today... help?!

    Hi, yes! :D I've been back for about a week and a half, most of which has been adjusting to being back at work already (I've never had such a short amount of time between arriving back from the Camino and going back to work, and it's been a stretch; next time I'll figure out a way to have more...
  9. Camino2010

    Are bed bugs a current problem?

    Hi Jakke, I see it's been a week since you asked your question so I hope you're still checking in! I was finishing my Camino when you asked and it was challenging to get online long enough to answer properly. :) I definitely had my sleeping bag and liner with me, I always do. And it's...
  10. Camino2010

    Are bed bugs a current problem?

    I started walking the Camino Frances (sorry, cannot find accents or other fancy punctuation on this keyboard, haha) this year on July 24 and just finished up yesterday in Muxia on August 24! Now am relaxing in Fisterra for a couple of days. I got munched by bed bugs the first night in Saint...
  11. Camino2010

    Camera card disaster in Carrión today... help?!

    Hola from Ponferrada! First chance I've had to check in since the card surprise (I'm avoiding the word disaster now, as I hope for a miracle about the photos and videos). I do know about the lock switch on cards, it didn't change anything to switch positions. I've thought about this daily... but...
  12. Camino2010

    Camera card disaster in Carrión today... help?!

    Ohhh, hurááááá!!! :) I'll sleep better knowing that. G'night from Spain!
  13. Camino2010

    Camera card disaster in Carrión today... help?!

    Thank you all. I had a new card (I left home with a few) so it's already in the camera and working fine. I've tucked the rascal card in my bag. It's a little painful to think of what's on there... San Bol and San Anton, and Castrojeriz (up at the castle ruins), and Boadilla. It represents my...
  14. Camino2010

    Camera card disaster in Carrión today... help?!

    Hola from the Camino! I'm having an amazing time on this, my 5th Camino. I feel incredibly blessed to be here, and as usual I've met some truly gorgeous souls. However, when I arrived at the albergue today I put my camera card into the computer (an actual desktop computer), and it showed the...
  15. Camino2010

    Intense heatwave

    Thank you, David, for a wealth of helpful ideas I'll take with me when I start walking in a couple of weeks! Rachel :)
  16. Camino2010

    Intense heatwave

    Hi, NorthernLight! (beautiful forum name :)) If that was in reference to me writing that I carry at least a litre, I carry more when it's really hot (one reason I love my 50L backpack, I can carry extra water in it and it stays cool for a while). I also refill when I get the opportunity. It can...
  17. Camino2010

    Intense heatwave

    Hi Penny, I was in SJPP June 27th, Roncesvalles June 28th, Zubiri June 29th, Trinidad de Arre June 30th, Pamplona July 1st for Canada Day :), Puente la Reina July 2nd, Estella July 3rd, and Los Arcos July 4th, so we probably did cross paths, yes! I'm from Nova Scotia but am living overseas...
  18. Camino2010

    Intense heatwave

    Thanks, CowboyJoe :) I didn't drink a lot of Aquarius, I mostly drink water (and added a packet of the electrolyte powder to it to sip from as I walked sometimes). I don't ever drink Gatorade because I don't like the list of ingredients. At least Aquarius had fewer. But water is best, and my...
  19. Camino2010

    Intense heatwave

    Yesterday this memory popped up for me on Facebook from July 4, 2015, one year ago: "Checking in from Los Arcos. Arrived at 12pm after 6 hours 45 minutes of walking. Last time I walked this stretch was 2011 and it was nice to see again. Some changes, new water fountain in the middle of...
  20. Camino2010

    Is the Camino losing its identity

    What a jerk-y thing of him to say! I hope he's had some time for sleep and food and reflection, to realise he would prefer to have said something different to you! Well done to you, you did it. :D Hurray!!! :) Rachel

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