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  1. Bernice M

    University rooms in Burgos

    I stayed in university accommodation in Burgos in October 2015. Room arrangements such that an apartment could be modified to form 1, 2 or 3 bedrooms. Reasonable price, clean. About a 10 minute walk from the cathedral.
  2. Bernice M

    Albergue Seminaro Menor in SdC offers 10% discount

    It's an easy walk using Alexwalker's instructions, especially if you're too tired to walk after your camino. Cheap private rooms, handbasins in rooms, shared bathrooms, cotton bed linen if you stay 2 nights (otherwise disposable sheets). Laundry, dining room for breakfast. Helpful staff. What's...
  3. Bernice M

    Camino Frances: Background, statistics, and prognosis for the near future.

    Do people receive a vaccination 'passport'?
  4. Bernice M

    walking the Camino aged 79 (the French way)

    Bill, I reckon if you use the Port Hills as your training ground, you will have no problems. Lots of challenge in those hills. Just take them slow. You'll look at the Pyrenees and wonder what the fuss was about. Ditto O Cebreiro. And you have that circular route through Christchurch if you want...
  5. Bernice M

    Gradient from SJPP to Roncesvalles

    I reckon the Great Glen Way is a worthwhile training stretch. I had three days of flat and great hills thereafter, some associated with going to loch level for a YHA, and an hour straight up to rejoin the path. If you don't think it's demanding enough, there is a higher level option once you...
  6. Bernice M

    Thank you to the Spanish Pilgrim couple and the bar owners in Hospital da Condesa

    Doughnut, You will hopefully (for your sake) not need to take up this offer, but if you need to I am available in Auckland to provide transport from the airport should you so require it. PM if you need assistance. Kind regards, Bernice
  7. Bernice M

    Any Recommendations for Guide Companies?

    'recommendations - both for or against - tour companies that provide these services.' I'm 62 and walked Frances last year, joining at Puenta La Reina from the Aragones. You really don't need a tour company. You can always find more upmarket accommodation, and places will phone forward for you...
  8. Bernice M

    Over 65

    Okay, if you're going to do it without preparation, I'd suggest the following: - lightest pack possible - if in doubt, don't take it -boots worn in, probably with orthotics -really small distances to start -10 minutes break per hour and a good, long lunch - this was suggested to me by two 65+...
  9. Bernice M

    Android apps for the Camino

    Sorry, but WisePilgrim for the Frances is a dog. When walking the Frances in Oct-Nov 2015, every time I tried to open a map, it crashed, meaning it was useless. I was using a Samsung Galaxy S3. For other routes WisePilgrim apps were fine.
  10. Bernice M

    Albergues to avoid this winter

    Hear, hear regarding Bar/Albergue Titas in Boadilla del Camino. I was there at the end of October 2015. The wife was very nice, but she departed and the husband was surly to the point of extreme rudeness. I wanted dinner (which turned out to be not the menu advertised, and frankly I was tiring...
  11. Bernice M

    Lost iphone between Cirauqui and Estella

    Today, 21 October, Suzanne Cote, a Canadian, lost her blue iphone when it fell out of its case somewhere between Cirauqui and Estella. If anyone picked it up, would they please text to my Spanish phone number +34600697075, or send an email to bernice.meyle@gmail.com, and I will pass message to...
  12. Bernice M

    Where to buy Miam Miam Dodo for Frances in Puente la Reina or nearby

    Thank you. I did try to buy it in France while on the Arles Way.
  13. Bernice M

    Where to buy Miam Miam Dodo for Frances in Puente la Reina or nearby

    Is anyone able to direct me to a bookshop or tourist office that stocks the current Miam Miam Dodo for the Camino Frances? I'm finishing the Aragones soon and need the book for the Frances. Please don't suggest Amazon or CSJ, as I've had my fill of things not arriving by post, tracked parcels...
  14. Bernice M

    Strange Behaviour - or not . . . .

    I think this is also the principle behind rice ice-cream. Don't gag, it might one day suit the conditions.
  15. Bernice M

    Water bladder or no water bladder; that is my question?

    If you are doing the VDLP be aware that on many days there is no water to be had en route. From mid-September last year I carried 3L per day, cutting down only when we got to Galicia. But I have severe migraine and cramps and the weather was gorgeous almost the entire way.
  16. Bernice M

    Bedbugs on Sarria-Santiago this year?

    Sorry to be a dissenter, but I was in Santiago until yesterday and there was a bed bug attack in one of the dorms. Nasty, nasty welts on people from the bites. Initially the staff were in denial, but by the end of the day the room had been cleared and sprayed and they were closing that floor...

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