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    Level of fitness

    I saw many women in their 70 doing the Camino, and they were just fine. Just take it slow and steady, start with 10 or 15 kilometers then work your way up
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    last minute packing advice

    string! clothes pegs! ear plugs! Moleskin! Bandaids! Polysporin! All those items made things so much easier for me, until they ran out because I was forever giving them away to people who forgot them
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    Snoring

    every albuerge will have 4 or 5 snorers, guaranteed it's more the responsibility of the people annoyed by it. I was, so I bought ear-plugs. Worked like a charm.
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    Do we bring the bag?

    not all albuerges have blankets, and often the blankets themselves are...well... pretty disgusting, I don't think they get washed that often and bed bugs are known to exist in them, so I'd definitly reccomend taking a sleeping bag
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    Pamplona accomodation

    I can't remember what the name was, but I stayed in a little hotel while backpacking there for 15 euros a night, it was a tiny room, but it was nicely furnished and CHEAP
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    Has anyone ever walked some driven some walked some.

    if people bus across the Meseta then I would not hold it against them seriously, loved every minute of it, but some of the routes through the industrial agricultural areas weren't exactly visually spectacular
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    Questions: pack size/type, distance to cover

    doing it in 20 is fairly easy for someone in good shape, just take it easy early, don't do the full 26 miles at first, build yourself up as for the backpack, the 35 is fine. You don't need to carry food, so you won't have too much stuff to carry, and you always want to keep weight down.
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    drinking water

    I trusted it, without problem and as for bottled water, it's very available and at the grocery store chain that gives you free stuff (can't remember the name) you can get lots
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    St. Jean or Roncesvalles

    I recommend you start from St. Jean I didn't, started from Roncesvalles, and regretted it, the first part may be the most beautiful part of the Camino, you want to see every part as for distance, it really depends who you are
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    Favourite things on the camino

    Been a while since I completed it, lets see what I remember Top 10 favorite things about the Camino (not in order) The free wine before Burgos The cherry trees after Leon The Cathedral in Burgos That Gaudian piece of architecture and the cathedral together in, ohh, that place about 2 days...
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    Your favorite refuge

    the one in boadilla was such a pleasant surprise, you go from all that agricultural land to this virtual oasis, it was awsome Which was the one that doubled as a hostel? That was nice too.
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    About the albuergues, hostels, etc

    don´t worry about them at all, they´re crowded sometimes, and there are few showers, but they´re clean, you don´t have to wait long if you DO use a shower, and people are generally pretty respectful at least the non-snorers
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    Long legs

    I've never tried this long a walk before, done lots of day hikes and stuff, but never something like this, and I was wondering what it was like doing 40-50 kms in a day. Is it possible? I'm in good physical shape, but not quite sure what kind of long distances I'm able to travel on a regular...
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    Advice please

    I borrowed Lonely Planet's "Walks in Spain" guide, from the Library, and it was great maybe I'll run into you along the route, I'm also going in June, but starting in Roncenvailles

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