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  1. andy.d

    End Scene The Way

    Met a guy in Zamora who was cycling from Coruna to Marrakech
  2. andy.d

    LIVE from the Camino The beginning of the end -another good day.

    At least the rain must have melted the snow ;)
  3. andy.d

    An ordinary extraordinary day in Leon

    Hannibal was really doing the Via Francigena but there was a bad misunderstanding due to language problems with the Pilgrims Bureau?
  4. andy.d

    An ordinary extraordinary day in Leon

    but elephants should be OK?
  5. andy.d

    An ordinary extraordinary day in Leon

    Just to check - did you buy one of the camels? Does riding a camel work in the same way as a horse in terms of getting your Credencial?
  6. andy.d

    18 too young?

    Go for it! My daughter did the Camino Ingles with me when she was 14 and really enjoyed it.
  7. andy.d

    LIVE from the Camino Feeling sorry for myself in Burgos!

    When I walked a completely solitary Camino de Levante a few years ago, I got blisters at the end of the first week. 3 on one foot and 1 on the other. One foot was the Synoptic Foot, the other was the Johannine. The blisters cleared up after a few days and my feet toughened. Go well!
  8. andy.d

    'Doctors of the Church' on the Camino

    Juan de la Cruz is in Segovia on the Madrid. Teresa de Jesus in Alba de Tormes, which will either be on or reasonably close to the VdlP. The Levante takes you through Toledo and Segovia
  9. andy.d

    Vigo, The Experience

    The Vigo Inn, above Vigo on the Pilgrims Way between Winchester and Canterbury, is also very good and has a fine welcome for pilgrims. Andy
  10. andy.d

    Honey, I shrunk my shoes!? HELP!!!!

    Hi Annie, there should be walking shops in towns and cities of any size in Wales (and also villages in the walking/climbing areas). If you google walking shops for the area you're staying in Andy
  11. andy.d

    Big Business on the Camino

    You could fit a very small albergue in the structure at the bottom of each electricity pylon ...
  12. andy.d

    Rest day during the first week?

    I'm a big fan of them, either when I stay somewhere I want to look round or I find a really nourishing place to stay (and where I can stay a second night) or when my body demands it. If you want to in the first week, then do. You will know at the time. I've blogged about it here...
  13. andy.d

    LIVE from the Camino ramblings of a walker

    Bob Walker's blog is well worth looking at: http://bobwalker01.wordpress.com/ Andy
  14. andy.d

    LIVE from the Camino Falcon269

    I forgot to thank you for the cases of Johnnie Walker left at strategic points on the Ingles Andy
  15. andy.d

    Insole or socks? Gotta choose only one! Help!

    If you can afford it, I would prioritise getting a pair of boots that fit properly above all else. If that's a problem,keep trying the ones you have with the different options of socks and insoles to see what works best. But you will need something comfortable before you go on the Camino...
  16. andy.d

    Sexual discrimination on the Camino?

    and don't forget it was on top of a three o'clock and a half past four dinner (both of which were russian salad followed by ham, egg and chips). It was still easier to carry it all in the stomach than in the rucksack.
  17. andy.d

    Sexual discrimination on the Camino?

    [ There are many convents in Santiago who still maintain these old traditions. The convent of the Claristas is well worth a visit - and they'll sell you delicious biscuits too! After the silent meal through the bars, I visited the nearby Clarisses Convent. They insisted I took 2kg of free...
  18. andy.d

    Sexual discrimination on the Camino?

    I remember that well John! When I was there, I got a meal I hadn't ordered immediately after eating dinner somewhere else! And, bizarrely, they were the identical meals. Andy
  19. andy.d

    When was it more difficult than you expected?

    In Laxa, the friend I was walking with did not emerge from the albergue dormitory in the morning. I went in to see if he was OK. He looked rough. "What's wrong?" "I just spent the night with Shrek"
  20. andy.d

    :-(

    Feeling scared about going on the Camino is very natural. I made a promise before I went that I would only give up if told to by a doctor or if there was a family emergency. This got me started. You'll be fine and you'll enjoy it - it's a deep and wonderful thing, prayers and buen camino Andy

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