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At home I carry a wooden pole when walking which I find useful for reaching out to open inaccesible gates, clearing brambles, stinging nettles etc from overgrown rights of way. It also helped in keeping a pit bull terrier at a distance when I had inadvertantly wandered into its territory and a...
Hi aloysius - there was a recent discussion on this which you find here
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/have-you-any-experience-with-any-of-the-camino-apps.50318/#post-548794
I used Camino Companion an app by Keith Foskett - very good- it was my first camino and it helped me out a couple of times when I inadvertently lost the way.
http://www.keithfoskett.com/walking-el-camino-year-camino-companion-smartphone-app/
It is an individual choice - your feet are different to my feet - your weight is different to my weight etc etc - I wore hiking boots for the Camino Frances from St Jean this May and onwards to Finisterre - combined with suitable socks I never experienced a single blister or had other issues -...
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