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  1. Rod Murray

    A breakdown of my Camino Frances costs with a few considerations - May 2023

    A friend who is starting their Camino in September asked me what the typical costs for a lunch along the way are currently. Since it’s been 4 years since my last time on The Way, I’m going to defer to this wonderful group. Seeing this thread, I’ll put the question out here: Anyone have any...
  2. Rod Murray

    Blogging tool for a non-blogger?

    We used Wordpress for our first Camino and Find Penguins for our second. We liked them both! Find Penguins was fun and had the feature where a book could be published from the entries, although we never did create the book! 2019-...
  3. Rod Murray

    Why Do Adventure Snobs Hate The Camino De Santiago?

    Ha Ha! I did not scroll through all the replies to the initial post, obviously, before writing mine. Otherwise I would have noticed that Sarah Dhooma replied just a few minutes before I did, with her wonderful insights! Hopefull, Dixie will chime in too, beyond her Vlog which does address some...
  4. Rod Murray

    Why Do Adventure Snobs Hate The Camino De Santiago?

    Having just watched Sarah’s and Dixie’s recent Camino videos, both well known as through-hikers, there will be many of those in the Through Hike community who will want to experience the Camino. Dixie’s recent experiences on the CF really shows how a through-hike expert compares the two...
  5. Rod Murray

    Rely on the waymarking, ignore your apps!

    There is some serendipity in following the markers, isn’t there?! I recall on my first Camino, on my first day walking, late in the afternoon after leaving Ponferrada, we ended up on the alternate route through Valtuille de Arriba. It was a ghost town, or seemed that way, and we saw no one for a...
  6. Rod Murray

    Looking for an good app to set up my journal of the Caminho to family and friends

    Can you edit your post to make the URL a live link, please? Would be so helpful to the readers who are less likely to check out your suggestion since it’s not clickable.
  7. Rod Murray

    Words, words, words. Which ones bug you and why?

    I beg to differ. When you walk or do a pilgrimage in another country you are a traveller. A traveller is different from a tourist. A tourist visits places. A traveller tries to experience those places. I think a traveller is interested in a deeper experience than a tourist might be. Pilgrims, by...
  8. Rod Murray

    Favorite 'low light' photos from your Camino

    A Galician Grain Dryer or "Horreo" in the morning fog west of Portomarin, June 2016.
  9. Rod Murray

    Washing Clothes

    We needed to do some washing before we started walking in Ponferrada as we'd been in Spain for a week and I found a great place there, called the Lavadora https://flic.kr/p/HaeKAd and it was clean, high tech and cost €4 for a load for the 2 of us, and a few more € to dry. Soap included. We also...
  10. Rod Murray

    Delicate subject - catholes

    I like the tent peg idea for digging and burying human waste etc. Perhaps the famous (serious, despite the title) environmental book "How to Sh*t in the Woods" should be required reading for prospective peregrinos (in all seriousness!). There is an updated companion book "How to Sh*t Around the...
  11. Rod Murray

    What was the hardest part of the Camino de Santiago?

    I wholeheartedly concur with this point. Enough said.
  12. Rod Murray

    What was the hardest part of the Camino de Santiago?

    Ah...for every rule there seems to be an exception. My wife and I walked Ponferrada to SdC last June. Our best 3 days together were the climb up to O Cebreiro in the cold, wet rain, and the relative quiet of the Camino, as the wet weather seemed to make the route quieter in the cool and wet...
  13. Rod Murray

    I Need my Morning Coffee :)

    To add a little context, as we had booked with Caminoways.com, so all of our accommodation provided coffee (not sure how it was made, sometimes filter, occasionally French Press) with hot milk. Only a few did espresso café con leche, so we always stopped around 10-11 at the 2nd place we could...
  14. Rod Murray

    I Need my Morning Coffee :)

    WE made a habit of walking 5-10 km each morning before a coffee stop. Some of the hotels and inns we stayed in served us coffee. We noted that many bars, restaurants and albergues served grandé café con leché upon request. It's superb!
  15. Rod Murray

    Ultreia song - need your help

    Yes! Thanks!
  16. Rod Murray

    Ultreia song - need your help

    Does anyone have music for choir for Ultra? 4 parts maybe? I'll be walking with some choir members and it would be fun to learn as we walk.
  17. Rod Murray

    You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

    Fascinating! Thanks for this!
  18. Rod Murray

    Scientific Study shows benefits of hiking

    This article, which has a link to the actual scientific journal, explains the benefits of hiking. I've linked both below: Article Journal Link

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