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  1. Lance Chambers

    Advice please is this a good route for september taking it slow first timer

    You may get a little bored because your legs are rather short which means a lot of sitting around unless you love exploring the towns and close vicinity of where you decide to sleep the night.
  2. Lance Chambers

    Cash or cards?

    I agree cash is the best and easiest way to pay I believe.
  3. Lance Chambers

    Sarria - Is a stop over worth it?

    True. However, I do have a real fondness for Sarria and do stop over for a day to have a wonder around.
  4. Lance Chambers

    4-5 days in April, where would you walk?

    Maybe start in Sarria and walk to Santiago de Compo. A nice 5 day walk.
  5. Lance Chambers

    Camino frances sarria to santiago

    It's always worked for me. I used to wake up in the night with horrifying muscle cramps with a lot of associated pain in one of my calves. Only ever one calve or the other. I now take a small dose every couple of weeks and I no longer get the cramps. It could, of cause have been for some other...
  6. Lance Chambers

    Camino frances sarria to santiago

    Muscle cramps can be caused my a lack of Magnesium. A small amount of Epsom Salts with water will fix it but it tastes awful. Maybe buy some magnesium tables from a pharmacy and from St jean Pied de Port to Santiago you shouldn't need more that 5 or 6 of the tablets for the whole trek.
  7. Lance Chambers

    Camino frances sarria to santiago

    The first 'Camino Frances' that I did took 5 days. However, I did NO TRAINING at all before I went. The first two days were quite hard but after that it got easier and easier. The last stretch from Palas de Rei was easy.
  8. Lance Chambers

    A few days ago on the Camino.

    Thank you for your update.
  9. Lance Chambers

    The Naked Pilgrim

    Good for him. Why the heck not?
  10. Lance Chambers

    A few days ago on the Camino.

    Were there other walking as well? Just you, a few, quite a few, hundreds of them? Would love to know how it's going. Thank you.
  11. Lance Chambers

    Anyone taken a horse on the Camino?

    I have seen many people riding horse on the Camino. I have done the Frances a number of times and see them often. Have a great Camino.
  12. Lance Chambers

    River route into Burgos (PDF)

    Thank you for the pdf Anna. Very much appreciated. Will take the route when I can get back.
  13. Lance Chambers

    Transport up and down the Pyrenees to SJPDP?

    Been there. Done that. Works well.
  14. Lance Chambers

    Where to spend a relaxing week post Camino

    My daughter and I went to stay in Madrid at the end of our Camino. Amazing place and not at all tacky. There is a train from Santiago that takes just under 5 hours.
  15. Lance Chambers

    walking the Camino aged 79 (the French way)

    There is a morning bus from St Jean to Roncesvalles I believe. St jean is a lovely place and well worth visiting/starting your Camino.
  16. Lance Chambers

    walking the Camino aged 79 (the French way)

    Thank you for correcting my post. Much appreciated. Can't wait to get back on the road to Santiago.
  17. Lance Chambers

    walking the Camino aged 79 (the French way)

    Make sure you have a set of collapsible poles they will be invaluable as there are some tough climbs and you will need them to also help to offset the weigh on your knees at times. The walk down to Roncessvalles can be a bit tough and then the one into Zubiri is rather dangerous as there is...
  18. Lance Chambers

    walking the Camino aged 79 (the French way)

    At the Camino office in St Jean you can get a bus to the cross which is quite near the top. From there it is a good gentle and not too far to walk. I have done the Camino multiple times and still am incapable to doing that first stretch up the Pyrenees as I do not do any training before I go...
  19. Lance Chambers

    Does the Pilgrim office in St Jean still have transport to the Cross?

    "Wobbly knees club members". A wonderful description of my current state of affairs.
  20. Lance Chambers

    Does the Pilgrim office in St Jean still have transport to the Cross?

    I just love the easy walk from the cross to Roncesvalles and do not much like the walk up the big big hill. My knees are also starting to suffer a bit - it happens when you're in your 70's.

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