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  1. dmantony

    Thanks to All

    Dearest Ivar and all Forum friends, Tomorrow is THE day. I will being putting several time zones between me and all I hold dear. You know how I feel. You have either put feet on the path or are planning to do so. You have helped me as I tried to decide on boots or trainers, you have...
  2. dmantony

    Starting September 19

    With regard to weather - if you have an iPhone you can load various cities along the Camino on to your pull down board (not sure what it is actually called - it's the thing you can drag down from the top of the screen). I have been keeping track if temps and conditions.
  3. dmantony

    Which ONE book to bring?

    Bring a journal and write your own book.
  4. dmantony

    My Camino experience, am I a baby?...I cried!

    I am a week away from my first Camino. I find the tears are already coming. I believe God created water before humans so our emotions, when they become too much for our bodies to contain, can flow into the world. Blessings, Deborah
  5. dmantony

    LIVE from the Camino Just left the last sleeping place

    Blessings as you finish one stage of your journey and begin another. Peace be with you, Deborah
  6. dmantony

    An Alcohol-Free Camino?

    Johnny Walker - thank you for the info about Hola Cola Cao. Wine is not on my list of things to enjoy as I am on meds which prohibit it. I needed a coffee substitute as I know the effect coffee has on me and the restroom availability seems to be umm...non existent for large stretches of the...
  7. dmantony

    Hat or No Hat? That is the question!

    Hmmmm....to be struck by lightening on the Camino. The stuff of legends.
  8. dmantony

    Hat or No Hat? That is the question!

    Full disclosure-I have not done the Camino yet. My feet hit the path on late September. I live close to the ocean and have done my test run on the boardwalk. My umbrella stood up well against the constant breeze the ocean ocean through at it. Taking my cue from ladies of Victorian times I do...
  9. dmantony

    Hat or No Hat? That is the question!

    Now I will throw a spanner into the conversation - an umbrella. My Go-Lite has been wonderful. It has a reflective outside and black inside. Is light as a feather and lives up to its promise of protecting from UV rays and markedly dropping the temperature under its brim. Maybe boys would not...
  10. dmantony

    It's Different This Year

    ...or as the great sage Groucho Marx said: I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member. :)
  11. dmantony

    It's Different This Year

    My only prayer is to meet people who are better than me and not be the pilgrim who ends up in a negative post. After months of reading the Forum in preparation for my Camino in late September my feeling is the Forum is a good cross-section of the Camino population: A few nay-sayers, but on the...
  12. dmantony

    Publicly humiliated for snoring

    I am leaving my beloved snorer at home whilst I walk part of the Camino. I think a bit of snoring might be comforting.
  13. dmantony

    Safety

    Just a couple of practical notes: if you are carrying a sleeping bag, put your money, passport, phone, etc. in the foot of it when you sleep. Also, carry those valuables into the shower with you in a zip lock bag. I tied the bag with a bit of string fashioned into a loop which I then hung from a...
  14. dmantony

    Preparation

    All of the advice is being taken to heart(and feet) as I prepare for my Camino experience in September. It should make us all feel humble when we remember those early peregrinos who left home with a loaf of bread, the blessing of a priest, and hope for charity along the way.
  15. dmantony

    In disbelief!!

    My feet hit the path in late September. I am having trouble going to sleep at night as I imagine what the path will offer and exact from me. The last time I was this excited/scared was while carrying our first child 31 years ago.
  16. dmantony

    The "2-stamps-rule"

    The "2-stamps-rule" I will be solo walking from Los Arcos to Burgos (112.38km) and then joining a walk/bus group (to calm the nerves of husband and family left behind). By the Camino rules I am not allowed a Campostella? This makes me sad.
  17. dmantony

    Women and the need to relieve oneself along the trail

    Here's a shout out to my dad and the Catholic sisters. On long trips Dad would only stop for gas and what needed to be done had to be done then and ONLY then; the good sisters put our toilet habits on a twice daily schedule. The result was bladders the size of a camel's and incredible skills in...
  18. dmantony

    Women and the need to relieve oneself along the trail

    My theological thought on this is that not having the equipment our brothers are blessed with was one if the curses along with banishment from Eden. My limited experience will add this to the comments: Skirts are wonderful; figure out which way the "stream" will be flowing;bag your TP in a...

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