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    Single Greatest Threat to Failure

    I haven't ever prepared and I'm not fit, but I've tended to walk long, slow days of around 35 to 40km. I also did shorter days but they just didn't feel right to me. It's very much a case of each to their own!
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    Fatigue Question

    I walked three months to Santiago across three countries with no sickness and no blisters after the first week - until I left Santiago to walk to Finisterre, when I got blisters and felt unwell. I reckoned it was because the "pilgrimage" part of my walk was over, and the angels were no longer...
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    The Sign!

    Two years ago I set off for Santiago, having quit my job and let out my home. My mother wasn't very impressed and wondered why I was 'wasting my time', until she mentioned it to a few friends who all said how wonderful it sounded and demanded updates on my progress. Suddenly she was so proud of...
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    Worried about walking alone

    There is a bit of scaremongering going on, which strikes an odd note. The message should not be 'Women: stay at home, it's not safe for you Out There'. The type of incident being discussed more and more on this message board (due to the recent turn of events) might be news to some men, but to...
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    Worried about walking alone

    I'm a woman who always walks alone. For me, walking alone is the point. I keep being told how 'brave' it is, though perhaps 'foolish' is the subtext of this. However, despite a couple of unpleasant encounters with flashers, I've never come to any harm. Yet the possibility of harm is ever...
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    Camino + Tattooing

    Patti, I really enjoyed reading your insights - it's rare we get a true expert here! Here is the full link for the discussion Falcon referenced: http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/5946/does-leviticus-1928-in-the-original-text-instruct-not-to-tattoo-for-the-dead-or
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    Let's run the Camino from SJPP to Santiago

    Haha! Yes, but it's quite an impressively balanced thread, hopefully containing enough information for the OP. It's the thread I keep coming back to - I can't help thinking there's something lovely in the idea that prompted it. Buen camino, Rodos!
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    Let's run the Camino from SJPP to Santiago

    Not to worry, they will be compelled to take care of physical needs, perhaps more than the average pilgrim!
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    Let's run the Camino from SJPP to Santiago

    Oh come on. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. On Camino I've always been in competition with myself. Trying to be a 'better pilgrim' than the first time. I lose that competition every time. That's why I have to keep going back. Or is it? I don't know my own motives - how can we judge someone else's...
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    Give me the ******* Compostela

    The importance of a dazzling smile when language is limited and possibly tainted by mischievous pilgrim 'teachers'. Lovely!
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    Let's run the Camino from SJPP to Santiago

    No one is doing a stunt. We're all on a pilgrimage, that's all. Play nice, now x
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    Washing the clothes and washing urself....

    Does the 'L' in this stand for 'lather'?
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    Let's run the Camino from SJPP to Santiago

    If you mean the OP, perhaps you've forgotten they asked a question? Any runners in the room, they asked. Not much practical advice has been forthcoming, but plenty of opinion... Perhaps the runners are doing their stretches and will be along with some answers soon!
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    2 more weeks...last random questions (hopefully)

    Yes you can easily buy a stick along the way, or even pick up a branch from the roadside at some ponit. As for bedbugs, they're nowhere near as big as a euro! They look like apple pips but are about half the size. That's what makes them so pernicious: they can hide! Just follow the advice on...
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    Things I wish I'd known before my first Camino...

    Oh, me too! Though when I arrived at St Jean Pied de Port, having walked from Le Puy with mostly French pilgrims, there were legions from the US and Australia who already knew more about the Camino on their first day's walking than I'd learnt in one month's walking, and I felt like the only one...
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    Washing the clothes and washing urself....

    Kanga is right (as she always is!) that the soap generally available in France and Spain is fantastic quality and cheap, so no need to carry any all the way from home. When using bar soap, I wrap the wet bar in a cotton handkerchief or microfiber washcloth after use. It absorbs a lot of the...
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    Things I wish I'd known before my first Camino...

    Or perhaps it is the language of someone who does not yet understand why the Camino is calling to them and constructs a bullish question as a shield for their vulnerable spiritual yearnings?
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    Things I wish I'd known before my first Camino...

    I wore mine as a makeshift skirt one time (though I must admit it looked a bit 'disco' and not in a good way, on me). Another time it worked as a bra. Maybe next time I'll tie one to the end of a walking pole and pack all my belongings in it, Dick Whittington-style, slung over my shoulder...
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    table etiquette

    You ask the cafe owner very politely, and with a smile, if they would mind you eating your purchase along with your coffee. Be prepared to take no for an answer, but they're usually fine about it. Tidy up your crumbs though and don't hang around forever
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    Q&A for my upcoming trip

    If you haven't yet bought your backpack, may I suggest you buy a 30L if possible. Anything that doesn't fit inside, leave it at home. That's the easiest way to ensure your pack is as light as possible. The baking soda doesn't sound like a bad idea, but please buy it in Europe instead of bringing...

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