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  1. michryan

    Pilgrim Songs, Chants de Pèlerins and things curious

    It was a very wet rainy day on the Portugese camino in October so to keep going while sloshing in my boots I was singing "It's raining it's pouring. The pilgrims are snoring. They bumped their heads on their bunk beds and couldn't get up in the morning. " Not great but hey.
  2. michryan

    bedbugs history during my camino till LEON

    Oh I had got bitten really bad at too place this camino. :( I was on the Portuguese route. Sadly others got bitten too.
  3. michryan

    Wish me luck...

    Buen Camino Les. I might see you there in Santiago as we should arrive at the same time just different routes. Travel safe.
  4. michryan

    Sore Toes

    You can get some little toe socks. They are like cushioning for your toes. You get them from chemists and they come in tube like socks that you cut to size. My hubby wears them.
  5. michryan

    Top or bottom bunk...and why?

    Have to say bottom. Will go on top if I need to but on the bottom ( i can hear all the dirty minds going) I screen myself off with a sorong and make a cubby house. Like everyone else climbing up ladders in the middle of the night for the loo is just too much as well.
  6. michryan

    On the Feast of St James; missing the party

    My advice. Keep up the good work! That just sounds all normal and good to me. I sometimes think I'm just obsessed with hiking and travel then I think.... Oh well could be worst things to be obsessed about. I'm just living and having fun. ;)
  7. michryan

    Got Milk?

    Fair enough. As long as there is real coffee I say.
  8. michryan

    Got Milk?

    I stopped having milk in my coffee many years ago for this very reason. I'm always an early riser and love a cuppa before anything is open so I carry coffee bags and mug.
  9. michryan

    Thoughts? - people getting a compostela without walking the final 100k

    I believe that if this is what people are doing then they are only cheating themselves. Some people tend to go through their lives in a constant state of denial. To me that's their problem. We all travel through our lives in the way that we choose. I choose different to them. I wouldn't feel at...
  10. michryan

    Worried about getting a Credencial or Pilgrims' Passport?

    Hi Charliemag. I got my passport from the albergue in San Sebastián when I arrived. That was 3 years ago now. I remember the first day walking we kept thinking we will get to the next town and find an albergue but the so called towns were just farms. We walked a good 35 km's before finding one...
  11. michryan

    Using smartphones in Camino emergencies

    Ha ha. Men and there stomachs. I'm not taking mine on this one but in May next year we are walking the second half of the Via Francigena through Italy. He is excited for the food.
  12. michryan

    Using smartphones in Camino emergencies

    I use it for hiking out bush mostly. Didn't take it when I did the Del Norte route in Spain and I won't take it to do the Portuguese route in September. I don't think I will need it for that. Have you done the Portuguese way Kanga? I know you have done several.
  13. michryan

    Using smartphones in Camino emergencies

    That's so right Kanga. Here in Australia we don't get coverage everywhere. I never take my phone just don't see the point. What I do have is an Epirb. So if I get into trouble in a remote place, like a broken leg, I can set it off.
  14. michryan

    Bed Bug spray where to buy it?

    Hi Kanga. Do you know if you can get it in Australia and what it might be called?
  15. michryan

    Training for the Camino

    Good for you. I'm always in training mode. I just love being active but when I'm getting close to a trek I pick up the pace and train loads. I always say I want to enjoy my trip not endure it. ATM I am getting ready for my Portuguese way but unfortunately ( or fortunate it happened now not on...
  16. michryan

    Safe to Leave Your Backpack?

    Funny man. Not having them but I promise if I ever meet you on the trail I will paint some on your boots too.
  17. michryan

    Safe to Leave Your Backpack?

    Michael that's funny you worry about your poles. I have this worry about my boots. I even painted butterflies on the toes of them so it would discourage anyone taking them. I have big feet for a female so no girl would fit them and I'm not sure if any man would love butterflies on there feet. As...
  18. michryan

    OK, so here I go, again

    Travel safe and travel well. Be sure to let us all know how you go. X Michelle.
  19. michryan

    Washing the clothes?

    No problem there charlesx always be mindful of others. I have too many times been caught out with a cold shower cause some people take too long.
  20. michryan

    Washing the clothes?

    All I do is take my clothes into the shower with me. After wringing the clothes I roll them in my towel gets the excess and hang to dry. If not dry by morning they are on the back of my pack. As they are light weight clothes they are usually dry. Just the socks take forever.

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