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  1. Lydia Gillen

    Senior Walking the Portuguese Coastal Route in the Rain: Advice Needed

    If your feet are wet for a long while, in between your toes would be dark and wet and warm, ideal conditions for a fungal infection. I suggest that you bring some Miconazole powder, sold here under the trade name Daktarin. No need to bring the whole tub of powder. Pour some into a small...
  2. Lydia Gillen

    2 weeks left for my 1st Camino - Last advice and clothes info appreciated

    Hi Said , Lucky you to be doing the Camino Ingles. I see that it is fairly hilly so I suggest that you cut your toenails short the night before you depart home. the reason being that on downhills feet can slip forward in shoes and if nails are anyway long the big toenail hits against your shoe...
  3. Lydia Gillen

    Back pack for donation

    Stephenm, Maybe near you there is a centre who helps homeless people. To a homeless man or woman a backpack is like gold. If they have not got a backpack they have to carry all their belongings in two plastic bags. We have 4 sons and over the years 'trust' has been so appreciative to get...
  4. Lydia Gillen

    Leave your walking poles at home....

    Great idea. I have since 2007 spent many multiples of the price of my poles putting them into the hold. then a few years ago i put them in a clear plastic pack labeled 'Walking sticks, needed for balance on uneven ground'. and put them in my rucksack and Dublin airport authority let them...
  5. Lydia Gillen

    Best shoe for Planter Fasciitis

    "Best treat Plantar Fasciitis with a huge amount of respect and attention" says Jimmy Smith. I could not agree with him more. Get to a physiotherapist who specialise in feet get her/him to take a mold of your feet and have strong insoles made for you. and wear them every day of your life. I...
  6. Lydia Gillen

    Walking Poles

    I met many kind and good people on my three Caminos, but none of them were such good and faithful friends as my two poles, purchased for €6 in Lydl in 2007.
  7. Lydia Gillen

    Container for soap?

    I use a small plastic cash bag that banks use for coins. After a shower I always leave the bag on the floor under the bunk with the soap on top of it until the soap dries. Or I might put it on a handy windowsill. I have tried putting it on the outside windowsill, but forgot it because it was...
  8. Lydia Gillen

    Soap/Shampoo/Conditioner/Clothes

    After I have used my soap I leave it outside the small plastic bag until it dries out hard. I have sometimes put it outside on the windowsill in the sun to increase hardness, but this means there is a danger of forgetting it. so normally it is on the floor under the bunk.
  9. Lydia Gillen

    Water Bottle Holders

    I bring 4 x 250 ml. plastic water bottles. I make a little pocket out of light material into which a bottle fits, with a wide (3cm.) strap vertically on the back of the pocket which goes over the waistband of my rucksack. The pockets fit snugly on to the waist band, in fact I have to remove...
  10. Lydia Gillen

    sleep sheet vs sleeping bag for May Camino?

    I would agree with the others. Bring a light sleeping bag. Some albergues can be very cold at night in May. and it is very difficult to walk well if you have had a sleepless night. If you are too warm you can undo the zip or even lie on top of it. Buen Camino
  11. Lydia Gillen

    Walking poles or not

    I am just recently back from two weeks on the Camino using my sticks all the time every day. I went out for a walk with my husband yesterday and found it difficult walking up a steep hill. I wondered why. I was not carrying a rucksack, then I suddenly realised that I had not got my sticks with...
  12. Lydia Gillen

    To headlamp, or not to headlamp?

    If you do bring a head light PLEASE PLEASE no not use it in the dorm early in the morning when other folk are still trying to sleep. A tiny little torch pointed at your feet will be enough to guide your steps out of the dorm.
  13. Lydia Gillen

    Backpack Help please for shorty :)

    Hi Maryindigo, Peregrina 13 has given you very good advice. I would recommend 'The Great Outdoors' in Dublin, but on the other hand I am sure Limerick must have some good shops with equally well trained staff. It is a good idea to wear a little rucksack and just dump it into the bag you are...
  14. Lydia Gillen

    The electric coil changed my life on the Camino!

    I bought my coil as a present for my mother whilst in Rome in 1975. She used it every morning for more than 19 years, until the day she died so I then inherited it. I have used it on the Camino . Once in 2011 when the weather was awful Betty and I bought baby hotwater bottles. and we could...
  15. Lydia Gillen

    Buying a Spanish SIM Card

    I had that idea once and bought a Spanish sim card but the girl in the shop could not get it to fit into my phone. So I bought a Spanish phone €29 and it had €30 credit. This might be a possibility for you
  16. Lydia Gillen

    Backpack and Airline Requirements!?

    Sorry I did not read your original correctly. I hear that poles are always confiscated in Santiago. Buen Camino
  17. Lydia Gillen

    Backpack and Airline Requirements!?

    Ryanair are very very strict about the dimensions of the luggage. this is one of the ways they make money. On the other hand walking poles are the responsibility of security at the airport not the airlines. Walking poles are judged to be a possible offensive weapon. Would you risk having...
  18. Lydia Gillen

    Smart Packing and Unexpected Backpack Items

    If you replace the zip in your trousers with a 13 inch zip that comes right down to the inner leg seam you will find that the funnel is facing the downward direction and there no need to even open the button on the belt. However it is wise to practise at home first and essential to position...
  19. Lydia Gillen

    Smart Packing and Unexpected Backpack Items

    I bought one of these in Rome for my mother in 1975. She used it every day of her life for her early morning cuppa. I inherited it. A gift 'given' returns. It is my one luxury on the Camino
  20. Lydia Gillen

    Walking with the least amount of stuff

    One-weakness of the forum is that we often do not know the age of the contributor. I am in the same age group as Gail who will be 71 next year. I am certain that I need a light sleeping bag. If I am cold at night I cannot sleep and if I don't sleep I don;t walk well. Having said that ,I have...

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