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  1. Harland2019

    Ordering beer in Spain

    You just need to practice more frequently!
  2. Harland2019

    Ordering beer in Spain

    I don't think I would have concerns about it getting cold after a day of walking. In Sarria when the barman asked me whether I wanted a large or grande (not sure which) I indicated with my hands about 1 foot/30 cms apart. He looked strangely at me and went to the back of the bar got me a...
  3. Harland2019

    Niggling hates (dislikes) on Camino

    They either don't hear you coming so they don't move off the track to let you pass and frequently ignore a friendly Buen Camino as presumably they can't hear the comment. I guess that, deep down, it is my perception that they are missing so much of the sounds of nature around them (or even the...
  4. Harland2019

    Niggling hates (dislikes) on Camino

    Agree and those that play music with ear pods!
  5. Harland2019

    End of a really hot day on the Meseta, friend took this video in a bar

    I didn't think it was a typo!:D
  6. Harland2019

    Private rooms availability?

    If you decide to use a tour company make it a condition, in writing, that the accommodation must be on the route and that you don't need to either walk anything more than a few hundred meters away from the Camino or take a taxi. When they send you details then check that you are OK with the...
  7. Harland2019

    Celebrating my old age

    I celebrated/acknowledged/tested myself by starting on my 75th birthday last year at SJPdP and finished at Santiago de Compostela some 31 days later. A great way to spend time by yourself (well obviously not) but the freedom of just getting up and walking with nothing to test your brain apart...
  8. Harland2019

    The Way - part 2. Any news?

    Photo outside an albergue in Hornillos del Camino signed "To Samuel Buen Camino, amigo " by both Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez.
  9. Harland2019

    How did you prepare your mind for the Camino?

    I thought that I didn't prepare my mind, I'm OK! but on reflection, I prepare my mind daily, I don't think about the 800 km ahead of me that would be daunting but just the next hour or so with something positive ahead - to the next refreshment stop, having a break somewhere at lunchtime, and...
  10. Harland2019

    I didn't double stamp!

    I suggest you tell them immediately you get to the counter rather than wait for them to spot the issue. More likely to help if you are upfront with them.
  11. Harland2019

    Knocking on doors to find a place to stay

    I would be happy in my own Country, as I have in the past, to ask in shops and people walking their dogs (making an assumption that they were local) if they knew where I could find a bed for the night but my first thought was that I wouldn't be ringing a doorbell but, on further reflection if...
  12. Harland2019

    How far do most typically walk before resting?

    So true, the number of times I have walked past the first bar as it was quite busy with a view to stopping at the next one only to find myself walking out of the village a short while later as it was the only one!
  13. Harland2019

    How far do most typically walk before resting?

    If starting from SJPdP then about 2 minutes after starting up the hill to take off waterproof, then 5 minutes later to take off fleece, then about 5 minutes later to pretend to take a photo!
  14. Harland2019

    Any advice for when you want to quit?

    I know that I will be in the minority here. I would always regret not walking every step from the start to the finish. In your situation, providing that I was medically Ok, I would try every other option:- transfer backpack, private accommodation, start very early, stop every 90/120 minutes for...
  15. Harland2019

    Last day in Santiago

    I think that the volunteers in the Pilgrim's Office can tell just by looking at someone whether they have completed their journey - especially those that have walked the CF. Whether that is by their weatherbeaten look, their limping to the counter, or their look of pride in the completion of...
  16. Harland2019

    Luggage Transport - Why?

    I would have thought that hikers (if long-distance hikers) are used to carrying everything and therefore less likely to use baggage transfer but pilgrims (perhaps wrongly not used to multiday walking) would be more inclined to have their bag transferred. But there again I could easily argue the...
  17. Harland2019

    Luggage Transport - Why?

    I ticked "other". The second time I walked the CF I started with my backpack but at age 75 I wasn't enjoying the daily walk as I had previously, especially since the uphill stretches were quite a test, so after a few days, I opted for the pack transfer although to be fair I could have soldiered on.
  18. Harland2019

    Poppies

    In Flanders’ fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In...
  19. Harland2019

    Tour Groups

    I have sent you a private message, if you don't know how to read it click on your name at the top on the blue heading and you should be able to find it.
  20. Harland2019

    How do you fix a stage miscalculation?

    I am certainly a planner and spreadsheet person as I do like, especially over the winter, visualising/checking and rereading previous walks (and watching The Way again!). If I need/plan to walk 40k in a day then I walk 4 lots of roughly 10k. i.e. start early, stop for a rest after c. 10k, take...

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