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  1. Diefenbaker

    Places to avoid

    Unless you like long queues for the very few available showers and toilets in the municipal in Vianna and the convent in Leon I'd avoid staying there. They are both lovely places to stay in their own right but too few facilities for my liking and I walked in the quieter months so I'd hate to...
  2. Diefenbaker

    Pyrenees

    What, no snow or rain? Are you sure it was the Pyrenees? :D
  3. Diefenbaker

    Things are moving at warp speed

    I'd do the same except Ryanair aren't taking bookings for flights to Biarritz during March 16 yet :(
  4. Diefenbaker

    Hazards

    But otherwise very nice??
  5. Diefenbaker

    Shirley MacLaine talks to Oprah about her Camino

    Celebrity, status? I've heard of the name but wouldn't know her if I fell over her. But if her book or her interview has helped someone to learn about the Camino then that's a good thing. I just hope the newbies that saw this interview find this forum before they set off though.
  6. Diefenbaker

    how I became aware of the Camino

    I first heard of it about 7 years ago after reading the book 'Spanish Steps' by Tim Moore. He walked the Camino with a Donkey and although I've read a few people on here say they didn't particularly like the book, to me it opened up a whole new world of possibilities. I read it twice in a couple...
  7. Diefenbaker

    Walking from Bayonne to SJPdP

    Hi, there is a whole section devoted to the Camino Vasco/Interior Route under 'Routes to Santiago' and some of the Posters on it have written some excellent posts about it. I can't remember if they mention the amount of paved roads to walk on but if they don't I'm sure you'd be able to ask them...
  8. Diefenbaker

    Bagpipes in Santiago?

    I once saw a bagpiper practising on the Galician hills, in the middle of nowhere, early in the morning and in thick fog; I could barely make his figure out. I had to chuckle to myself, imagining his poor wife throwing him out of the house saying 'You're not playing that thing in the house, get...
  9. Diefenbaker

    Things I lost on the Camino

    I lost a pair of expensive Revo sunglasses when I stopped to inspect my one and only blister that appeared on day 13 after gloating to my friends that I was the only one of us that hadn't had a blister, just the day before. I also lost a very good friend's email address which I've regretted...
  10. Diefenbaker

    Brierley's guide book

    I can't imagine why anyone would want to do that though. My 2010 Brierley's Guide is still one of my favourite books and I'm forever looking at it when I read a book about the Camino or read about something mentioned on this forum, just to see if I went there or to see where a village or town...
  11. Diefenbaker

    Worthy side trips on the Camino Frances.

    Yay, another chance for me to plug the Camino de Vasco :D. This town is on that Camino and is the main stop before joining the Frances at SDdlC so if you started walking from Irun or Hendaye then it would be on your route. Just trying to encourage others to walk it so that I won't be the only...
  12. Diefenbaker

    Three Days and a Wake up!

    Make sure you keep us informed how you're getting on, your messages are always worth reading for their good advice and humor. Buen 'How did that dog get in there?' Camino
  13. Diefenbaker

    Starting tomorrow from Roncevalles

    Hi Wanderwoman, Try to make a note of the small villages you were able to buy food and drink from and the ones that had great cafes, the info' will come in handy for when you walk your next Camino :D Buen Camino
  14. Diefenbaker

    Making the stage SJPP to Roncesvalles safer

    Or offering wine? We are talking about France and Spain here ;). Would mulled wine be appropriate to warm people up?
  15. Diefenbaker

    Making the stage SJPP to Roncesvalles safer

    I think both ideas are long overdue. When I crossed in 2010 a blizzard and gale force winds came up suddenly and had not been forecast so it caught many of us out. A little way behind me a lady found a Pilgrim on the ground suffering from Hypothermia but was unable to get a signal on her phone...
  16. Diefenbaker

    "Eye surgery in Pamplona"

    I have a similar problem with Ibuprofen but I can tolerate Arthrotec which is a non steroidal but with a stomach calming medication built in. It is stronger than Ibuprofen and so is a prescription medication, even in Spain but it does the trick for me when I need it. I believe it's called...
  17. Diefenbaker

    Camino Frances o Camino del Norte ?

    Just to confuse things further, why not start the Camino Vasco in Irun which then joins the Frances either at Santo Domingo or Burgos? Just trying to drum up support for the seemingly forgotten Vasco/Interior/Tunnel route!
  18. Diefenbaker

    Getting worried, please help :)

    Ha you've been bitten by the Camino bug already eh? Congratulations and thanks for keeping us informed, it's always good to hear how someone got on when they write to tell us their pre Camino worries. I hope you enjoyed your first Camino and that you enjoy your next one too.
  19. Diefenbaker

    Angela Merkel to walk the Camino

    I will say in her defence though, when she tells other world leaders her Camino stories and shows them her photo's it may at least inspire another Prime Minister or President to give it a go and that can only be a good thing. Who knows, maybe in 10 years all talk in the EU parliament may be...
  20. Diefenbaker

    Language Barrier

    I tried learning Dutch when I left school at 16 as I was unemployed and wanted to learn a language. It's worth learning just to say the word for 'Please'. I can't remember how to spell it but it has to be the cutest sounding word in the whole world :). I'm learning to speak Swedish and Norwegian...

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