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  1. Derek Booth

    Processionary caterpillars are DANGEROUS!!!

    This year, it has! We arrive next week, Yippee!!!
  2. Derek Booth

    Processionary caterpillars are DANGEROUS!!!

    I make no apologies for 'Bumping' this thread. I apologise for I note that I am six weeks later than when I posted this thread last year. If you're about to visit Spain or Portugal for the first time, you may be unaware of these little blighters. Have a read and please, do not touch. Buen Camino.
  3. Derek Booth

    Thefts in albergue

    You are right. It wasn't (isn't) worth much. It's PRICELESS on a 'Bad weather day.
  4. Derek Booth

    Processionary caterpillars are DANGEROUS!!!

    Even our wonderful host, Ivar, was unaware of them, according to his post early in this thread. Perhaps the powers that be in SdC have banned them!
  5. Derek Booth

    Processionary caterpillars are DANGEROUS!!!

    When I started this thread I knew there were posts on here. However, the makeup of the thousands of peringrinos flying in from all over the World on, what could be for them, a once on a lifetime trip, means that they would have very little chance of knowing about these creatures. I for one had...
  6. Derek Booth

    Processionary caterpillars are DANGEROUS!!!

    I have added an addendum to the OP. Could I ask all those who have contributed or read this thread to have further read please.
  7. Derek Booth

    Processionary caterpillars are DANGEROUS!!!

    It's a difficult one to answer. The photo I provided is somewhat confusing as it appears that the 'nest' could be attached to broom, an entirely different plant from what I have regularly seen which is that the nest is normally attached to either the topmost branch of a conifer tree or attached...
  8. Derek Booth

    Processionary caterpillars are DANGEROUS!!!

    Ivar, You have no idea how much my chest puffed out knowing that I have given you, one who has provided so much information to others, this information.
  9. Derek Booth

    Processionary caterpillars are DANGEROUS!!!

    I am in contact with several non Camino walkers who are currently in the Iberian Peninsular. They are reporting that the Processionary caterpillers are falling out of their nests and starting their march across the landscape. Whilst these reports are for the more temperate parts of Spain and...

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