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I've posted this in some threads, but thought it might be useful here. There is an excellent app for emergencies, of any kind, in Spain.
There is an app called AlertCops it is run by the Spanish Ministry. You download it and register with it. Then if you have an emergency of any type in Spain...
This won't do much good. If you read the blurb you have to pull the top, which means you have to be present and awake to activate it, in which case you could just yell and wake everyone up.
I am a 72 year old woman and have walked across the meseta 4 or 5 times Spring and Summer. I never felt threatened in any way and there were always enough, many times too many, people walking. I walk about 12 miles a day, but you can adjust it as you please. There are generally lots of places to...
I did my first Camino when I was 65, alone. I've done 6 since then, alone. I'm going alone again this May. I have never had any problem or any had any reason to be afraid. Use common sense and you will be fine.
I'm 69 and have walked the entire route twice alone, the Via de la Plata alone, and half the Frances last year with my daughter. I too prefer to walk alone, and I believe it's safer on the Camino than in most towns and cities in the USA. BTW I turn 70 in Sapin this year and am walking the...
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