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  1. maggiec

    Hot spot on toe close to leaving on Camino

    Get some Hikers Wool. It is weightless and absolutely fantastic to stuff into your sock where the hotspot is. I bought mine online but some stores stock it. Google it and have a look. The other good thing to take with you is the toe tube thing you buy at a pharmacy. Just cut a piece off and poke...
  2. maggiec

    Australia Post Travel sim cards

    No. I never use SIM cards from home. Its easier to Get a cheap Spanish one from the airport. Vodaphone and Orange stores are everywhere and you can also get Spanish SIM cards in Tabac shops 10 or 20 euros gives you heaps of data and you can make local phone calls. Easy to top up too. Download...
  3. maggiec

    No room on May 28, 2019

    It’s akways booked out months ahead
  4. maggiec

    No room on May 28, 2019

  5. maggiec

    The red bottle brush flower

    It’s an Australian callistemon called a bottlebrush
  6. maggiec

    Training partner Melbourne Australia

    Where do you live?
  7. maggiec

    Compostella Question

    You only get a Compostela if you walk the last hundred kms of any of the routes with two stamps per day. Doesn’t matter how far you walked before that. If you didn’t get one last year you can still get it if you take your credential from last year’s trip. There is also a certificate from...
  8. maggiec

    Post Camino Slump -- anyone else?

    I suffered severely I suffered severely after my first camino. I later found out that it is a common phenomenon in professional athletes when they cease intense training. Be kind to yourself but KEEP WALKING. It is a shock to your body to stop
  9. maggiec

    Sarria Blues

    I would not walk that part again. Did the Sanabres last year and it was fabulous! A bit hillier than the Sarria to Santiago route but equally as beautiful if not better and hardly saw anyone! Stunning scenery
  10. maggiec

    No room in the albergues!

    It is a holy year, it is becoming more well known and the best way to avoid this is stay in the smaller towns. Most people follow the Brierly stages, so if you stay I between, it should be easier
  11. maggiec

    How busy is the Camino Frances

    Spoke to someone recently who did it on a bike. Disappointed that they had to take the road so much as the bikes couldn't access a lot of it. They still had a great time but missed so much. Spoze it depends really on why you are doing the Camino in the first place...
  12. maggiec

    Where to buy equipment

    Thanks everyone
  13. maggiec

    Where to buy equipment

    Hi everyone. Loving this thread. It is very helpful. Can anyone tell me where to buy trekking equipment in Melbourne? It would be great if there was someone employed in an outdoor store who had actually done the camino and has a sense of what is required. I plan to go next year -for the first...
  14. maggiec

    Take sleep mat or not???

    I haven't been on a camino yet, but why not just take a sheet of plastic? Light and easily folded. A trick learned in girl guides

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