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    I need to shorten my walk

    The land and the path have a rhythm and so does your walk your heartbeat and your mind - your Camino journey has a rhythm. The skyline the vegetation the terrain the local people …it all flows Try not to disrupt this precious rhythm by taking a large five day chunk all at once. So that the...
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    I need to shorten my walk

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    Did you take the wrong Poles this morning?

    Great idea!
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    LIVE from the Camino DANGER... Calzadilla de la Cueza SPLIT

    Whilst busy with all the translations - watch out for your English "- underbushes" is not a word- and why are we discussing this? - when we started with a perfectly good warning by the OP about hunting in Spain, which has been most informative. Thank you OP I haven't encountered this before and...
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    Socks and shoes - on the Frances in June.

    Love your St Augustine quote :)
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    Socks and shoes - on the Frances in June.

    Thanks PEI Heather - I like the every "ten km plan " - I do that instinctively. I am walking at the moment in my lowa boots that I know well and that know me well! - and that deliver my ankles down rocky paths and hills - In socks of all textures - and I have blisters but so do the folks in...
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    Lost earring - sentimental value

    hiya - any chance you picked up an earring on the way? After Fromista before Revenga. It's mate looks like this. Copper square with a small silver rosebud on a silver spiral - it's irreplaceable :( would love to get it back - will pay postage to Canada. Reply here and will share details. If not...
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    Socks and shoes - on the Frances in June.

    Heading out on the Frances 1st June for a few weeks - this is aimed at anyone on it right now or with past experience of summer walking... I was thinking I could simply use my Lowa Renegade Hiking boots(which have served me so well - minimal blisters and great sole & ankle support etc) but I...
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    Warning: Improper behavior reported between Astorga and Rabanal

    Great Idea I will be starting 2nd June from Burgos and ending Astorga this year around the 12/13th June. I will be starting with a friend(both of us older females) but we have different paces and might end up alone for a few days. I dont want to seem alarmist but until this is sorted we...
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    Warning: Improper behavior reported between Astorga and Rabanal

    Will be leaving Burgos 2nd June - we are two "older" women - I am from Canada my friend is from Sweden only going as far as Astorga this year. Keep in touch if you need it - but also be assured you will meet wonderful caring people on the Camino who will look out for you too if you are open to it.
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    Warning: Improper behavior reported between Astorga and Rabanal

    Thank you for the heads up - all info is welcome.
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    Food!!!!!

    Great Idea - I am a veggie but ate Fish cheeses and eggs for my 2014 camino - there is a lot of variances on that available as far as Leon on the Frances. ..although the menu del dia was often all about canned tuna and canned asparagus and the lentil soup always had bits of ham floating in it...
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    How full are the Albergues in June on the Frances?

    Thanks for the info so far - I have found it easy to get in touch by email or phone and reserve in private Albergues. Last year I met an Aussie couple on their 4th Frances (wish I had been smart enough then to get their contact info) - she had compiled a great list of their preferred Albergues...
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    How full are the Albergues in June on the Frances?

    We will be heading out on June 2nd from Burgos to Astorga - how busy is it this year(2015)? Should we consider booking Albergues ahead of the time or just take our chances - we prefer private Albergues because they are smaller but also like the freedom of just walking and trusting that "the...

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