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    Nicknaming the People You Walk With

    Naughty but nice 😊
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    Kindness of pilgrims

    Thank you very much for sharing this. Reading it brought tears to my eyes and, as you say, it reflects the best of the Camino. I hope that you are now recovered and that you can look forward to your next adventure on The Way. Buen Camino!
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    Finding Accommodation Along the Camino: A Top Tip

    Thank you - great tip.
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    Are you ready for another round of "I can't find a bed"

    I thought that one could only make a booking at private Albergues and not the municipal ones. Having said that where do the Roncesvalles monastery and others fit in?
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    What’s going on?

    Bravo, good luck and Buen Camino!
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    Changes to the Camino

    It was very helpful, thank you. I walked the Camino Frances in 2009. Then, there were no smart phones to speak of, I walked amiably for most of the time with friends that I made on the way, chatting as we went. I am considering walking a Camino again but wonder about people continually sharing...
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    Privacy in the shower

    Yes, the same for men but it was the only communal shower that I came across on my Camino.
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    Can you Jack Reacher the Camino??

    I love the idea though I don't remember seeing any second hand or cheap clothes shops. The idea's worth working on just for the freedom of no great heavy backpack. Of course, Jack Reacher doesn't seem to do much walking - he takes buses most of the time...
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    Camino routes map

    There is the Europe - Way of St James / Camino de Santiago CNIG Overview Map
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    I have lost myself

    I walked the Camino Frances in 2009 from St Jean to Santiago. I was unsettled when I returned home to the UK. When I went on a walk along part of Hadrian's Wall a few weeks later with friends, I was haunted by the ghosts of the Camino. I kept hoping, expecting, to see my Camino friends when I...
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    A note on reserving beds and the spirit of the Camino

    Thank you for sharing your experience. All good and much appreciated. I would add that the people I met and walked with, gave me more confidence and added to my enjoyment of a more relaxed, leisurely Camino.
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    My Camino regret!

    I don't regret taking the bus, along with a group of people I was walking with, avoiding traipsing through the industrial outer area of Burgos. I do regret, just a little, taking the bus from Santiago to Finisterre. I was a bit pushed for time and didn't really see that stretch as part of my...
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    My Camino regret!

    I can relate to that. I started a bit later than I should, my backpack was too heavy and half way up the mountain I thought that I was going to die - and wanted to. I arrived in the dark at Roncesvalles and it was raining. BUT then I discovered that there was a pilgrim meal in the restaurant...
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    Restaurant Tips Camino Frances

    I suggest that you simply go for the pilgrim meal wherever you can as you will usually be eating with other pilgrims that way. Because there was a deal on offer I did stay at the Paradors in Leon and Santiago. Both beautiful old buildings with lovely rooms. The breakfast at the Leon one was...
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    Opinion on Son walking the Camino

    I met people of all ages and abilities on the Camino. I was in my sixties at the time but I was mainly walking with people in their twenties and one nineteen year old. He and I gelled very well and we helped each other. He was the pace maker and I was more confident so it worked well. Early on...
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    Really Dumb Albergue Question. Sorry.

    I bought one of those quick drying light weight towels that are available in sizes from small to very large. I had a large one that I'd hang on the back of my backpack to dry during the day as I walked. There is a routine but no particular rules. I'd arrive at an albergue, find my bunk and put...

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