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    The numbers aren't adding up....

    pick another route in case the numbers are right
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    Sexual discrimination on the Camino?

    slightly off-topic..... Q: how much fun does a Monk have ? A: Nun
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    Body wear n tear

    trick #27 for a happy outing.... . identify all variables that could lead to unhappiness physical mental equipment . write down ways to limit said unhappiness . so, body wear and tear can be tested prior to the event by visiting physical professionals careful selection of kit training body in...
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    Bathrooms

    now that we all on first name terms..... i carried a deft little trowel;/ spade for digging said cat-holes but as you say k-fun, the ground required a pick axe so i soon dumped the hardware . fession time being in a city when it was time for a wee with no facilities in sight was no prob (this...
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    Training

    while training, get to know your own walking speed is it 4kmph, 5, 6 etc? a common wrecker of pilgrimages is to walk with a group that is faster than you (because they are fun / speak your language / are stopping at the same town / started at the same place blah blah) more knees, hips, feet...
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    A realistic perspective

    thanks Falcon its the story of the each of us just different dates and names thanks +@^^
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    Altitude Sickness

    the route looks less scary if you turn your screen upside down
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    Altitude Sickness

    scarrie JW true story - i got my thingamabob stuck on one of those spikes and i ll never be the same
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    el Camino de las Cafe-Bars

    hmmm i was thinking... . if the churches opened bars near the cheap seats at the back (strictly segregated to prevent the regular parishioners from inhaling tabacco smoke) . no, this wont work . but maybe if the bars opened a prayer section . maybe its not a good idea to start this ...
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    el Camino de las Cafe-Bars

    ah yes the revival of the 1000kay pub crawl this is sure to increase camino numbers
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    Music that goes through your head on the Camino

    Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen and made popular again by the cover by Jeff Buckley better known as the Shrek Song . the song was triggered by the bar owner with all the shells hanging from the ceiling on the vdlp and he played some real retro music as well as the music to slash your wrists to...
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    Restrictions on Cyclists

    i dont own a bike - lets get that out of the way . but it must be the most hysterical feeling watching a pilgrim near-collapse at the terrifying sound of a bike whizzing past i know this because i have almost had my legs collapse beneath me as a bike hurtles past . if i did own a bike on the...
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    Why do you stay in albergues??

    it never struck me that there was any other way pilgrims = albergues . on my rest days i stayed in hostals to do proper washing, sleep in clean sheets and soak myself in a real bath
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    July and August...and wool socks

    when i walked the vdlp in late summer i only wore 2 x synthetic liner sox and i carried a spare set of 2 x which i changed mid-day when i stripped off my trail shoes not a single blister in 40 walking days and relatively not hot
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    If people stop their walking about 2 o'clock each day...

    autumn / fall on the vdlp meant starting to walk at 8 am earliest it was pitch dark until then and some days were long - i did 2 days of 50kms through navigational errors so there was not much opportunity to be loitering with intent at any albergue . and anyhow my walking friend Hilde said her...
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    Progress

    the quality of cocaine isnt what it used to be as any fellow addict will know the lifelong search is to achieve the high that the first shot produced and it only ends when you admit you have no control over it going forward is not the same as repeatedly going back
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    Some interesting observations

    the author missed the point he need not have harboured blood-thirsty thoughts anybody knows that using your iPhone you can download the app for confessions . ....As of February 2011, one widely publicized example was an "app" for the iPhone called "Confession: A Roman Catholic App".[2] ...
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    What did you lose...??

    most unpilgrimish........ . i lost my sense of humour with a guy who stalked me for a couple of days and was all over me like a rash . i explained that i sometimes needed a bit of personal space and that while i did find his drinking stories amusing i just didnt want to hear them as the sun was...
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    If people stop their walking about 2 o'clock each day...

    @Steve.Belfast i understand the question but i dont get it . what you doin rushing from point A to point B and then not wanting to be at point B when you get there
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    Some interesting observations

    ditto on the loved it bit now, if they shot a movie with THIS as the story line.....

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