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    Rainy season on Camino frances

    You never know, years are very different. On my first CF from SJPP to Leon in September the weather was very summery all time, and very hot on the messeta. Then next year I was a bit worried to continue from Leon in the end of June. Well, it was around max 16-17°C the whole two weeks. A perfect...
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    Cowboy Bar

    It was a nice place to stop, when I passed it in 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2007. Maybe the first time I just stopped tomtake a quick look outside 🤔. I have no recollection of any 'no photos' rule, but I was rather lazy taking pictures, and of cource the amounts of pilgrims have gone up since...
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    Where to stay the night before Santiago....?

    Between 1997 - 2007 I stayed four times in Monte de Gozo. Those days most of the people I met on the road seem to stay there the last night. Only once I walked directly to Santiago, as some people I met had made reservation there and had one room available. I think MdG was at least at that...
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    Places to stay in or near Orisson.

    My two first times crossing the Pyrenees in 1996 and -98 I started directly from the train. It is doable, but at least I got blisters and felt the stress of the hard climb several days afterwoods. My last - hopefully latest 😁- time in 2007 I was older and in a worse shape, so started with first...
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    COVID Restrictions and the Wine Fountain on Camino Frances

    Happened also in one my CF. There was a young man from Granada, who had spotless and dustless hiking shoes after days of heavy walking. Either did they not seem to be worn out at all. During the whole time I met with him, In saw him only once 'on the road', when he was following a Canadian girl...
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    SJPDP budget friendly places to eat

    Not a bad plan at all! I have started from SJPP three times. First time knew only that people start from SJPP, so when I arrived at about noon with the train, I just walked through the town, saw a road sign to Spain and started walking. Asphalt road all the way, so about 5-6 blisters in my both...
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    Don’t underestimate cold in Pyrenees

    Back in 1998 I had only a little knowledge of the route. Allthough much much more than on my first Camino on 1996, when I just noticed a road sign 'Espagne' in SJPP and started to follow that road😁. Ended up following the asphalt Route d'Arneguy/Carretera de Francis all the way to Roncesvalles.
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    Don’t underestimate cold in Pyrenees

    Very important warning! The mountains can have the weather change very quickly. When I started second time from SJPP late April, i was talking to a youg couple from GB, and they were very suprised to hear that I was going ahead straight after arriving to SJPP. They had read the weather report...
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    Same Camino over and over again

    My thought exactly. I walked the Frances several times between 1996 and 2007, and it was never the same. Different people, different places to stay and even the route kept changing every time. Stiil ache to get back once again.

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