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  1. Stivandrer

    Is a sleeping bag or a liner enough for the Camino in April?

    re sleep bag: Via de la Plata in April - needed it Camino Francés in May - needed it Via Sanabrés in September - needed it Camino Catalan in November - definitely needed it Camino Mozarabe in coming March - will be needing it, they are instructing me down there... Only once - in a Xunta...
  2. Stivandrer

    descent into Zubiri

    I once ran down from the top of from Ben Nevis, the Youth Hostel trail that is going straight up, not the tourist trail from Fort William. This Geordie trailrunner convinced all 5 of us that the eye detects faster than the brain computes and so we were 3 hours up, 45 minutes running down, like...
  3. Stivandrer

    Advice on "parts to miss" so I can Experience Arrival into Santiago

    Burgos is 21 walking days out, this gives you some extra time for a smaller breakdown/layover due to injury and coming into SdC in good time. You will have the first part on your to do list as a good 12 days walk another time around.....
  4. Stivandrer

    Hydration pack or water bottles?

    Maybe my memory does not serve me right as I tend to lose sense of time!! At least it feels like there is a watering hole ever so often
  5. Stivandrer

    Hydration pack or water bottles?

    Did not quite get that.. legs as in distances ? on the CF the need was not more than one ½l bottle, no......the luxury here is a café almost every 45 minutes !
  6. Stivandrer

    How to order Pinxtos?

    I have tested this.... pointed, smiled vigerously, and ordered in Danish. You simply cannot remain hungry....
  7. Stivandrer

    Hydration pack or water bottles?

    CF gives no problem in getting water: regular stretches with lots of cafés where you buy extra bottles. Here I used mostly ½ litre bottles. Never went dry. On the VdlP were long stretches with irregular service and walking alone, you want to hedge your bets, and I used both bladder and bottles...
  8. Stivandrer

    Mansilla de la Mulas to León: why bother?

    To me, it is all what your premise is !! Why do you want to do this route, can you and will you do it?? The first time around, I wanted to take every step... Wanting Not to miss out on anything..Honour my own given task... In my head, this is Freedom, not having to do this query every GD day...
  9. Stivandrer

    Emilio Estevez interview about the Way re-release

    After 5 caminos, I still watch The Way with affection and a sense of deja vú.. after all I have but seen it before, but now I am kidding myself and feel the first time experience. - with a glass of good Ribeiro del Duero wine at my side... I saw the film after my first camino, and what I do is...
  10. Stivandrer

    Descent into Molinaseca

    My day to Molinaseca ended in cursing and swearing: At the last place when the trail crosses the road, there was a massive flock of sheep, and they covered the waymarker. So I took the winding road down and my knees were none too pleased, they were cursing too! So I do not know what I was...
  11. Stivandrer

    Camino Frances, Napolean Route: Weather-Related Concerns

    In heights at 1000 meters: expect everything
  12. Stivandrer

    Declining Pilgrimage Numbers on the French Camino: Understanding the Local Political Context

    Am of the opinion that you have to take the bitter with the sweet, this is the parcel you are given; and as to skipping, I find it a downright shame. Right onto the Camino in Burgos and to the Meseta first time, I fell into a 2½ day therapy session of my losses from a cancer op 5 yrs earlier. I...
  13. Stivandrer

    Early risers extraordinaire!

    No need to use an alarm clock. Usually your bed shakes at 6 o´clock when the other bunk shake the bunk beds and starts doing the motions of packing, coughing, running to the loo etc... Since my first Camino this is why I now sleep no longer than 6 o´clock in the morning Practical....
  14. Stivandrer

    Things I fear

    I so want to see your revised list when you have done your exploits, which I feel you will undertake ....
  15. Stivandrer

    What to expect on the Meseta in May?

    My Mezeta start in ´14 from Burgos was 2 dgr C in the morning, 24 at noon and littel or no rain before O´Cebreiro. Wearing shorts, got sunburned backs of the calves!! as you go due west... And yes, had sleeping bag, sometimes chill in dorms... Enjoy...
  16. Stivandrer

    SJPP to Santiago in 30 days?

    - or simply start in Pamplona instead of SJPdP...
  17. Stivandrer

    How many days are needed for the Camino Frances ?

    Also consider where to start. starting in Pamplona is quite as representative as starting in SJPdP and taking the slog over the Pyrenees as a first timer... Or even further down the line like Burgos, like I did when first starting out so as to be guaranteed to reach SdC. If you have any doubt...
  18. Stivandrer

    Too late to start preparing & weather in May?

    Woollen fleece is a must.. I use Woolpower woolen Merino fleece, 200 gr quality(from Sweden), starting from morning in 0 to 2 dgr C , yes in May... I don a bycycle safety high viz vest, light and breathable againt the morning breeze, and by 10 oclock, I turn the woolen fleece inside out and...
  19. Stivandrer

    Too late to start preparing & weather in May?

    - or Leki Vario Micro, or Black Diamond ZZ poles. My Leki Varios fit in the side pockets of my Osprey Kestrel 48l and were originally just brought along just to be safe, but was indispensable... as in : walk 14 km without and then hip pain, or walk up to 45 with poles , but that is just me...
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    COVID Restrictions and the Wine Fountain on Camino Frances

    Same here, as I arrived, a grinning Italian pilgrim presented his one litre cola bottle full of Irache wine, and none for the rest of us.... spoilt that treat good...

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