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    Le Puy April-May Sleeping bag?

    Yes. Absolutely, only a liner. We walked the whole of the Le Puy and stayed exclusively in gites. All places had bottom sheets and blankets. Plus they are pretty fanatical about bed bug prevention in that you generally have to leave your pack outside the room, and bring in only what you need...
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    Please bring a sleeping bag of some kind

    Yes, JabbaPapa, that's exactly my point: one should not generalize based on limited experience. Janet's original post, based on her experience in the last few weeks as the hospitaliera at one albergue on the Aragones (Arres), could have given the casual reader the impression that albergues...
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    Please bring a sleeping bag of some kind

    Hello Phil, I'm not sure whether that distinction between private and public albergues holds. All the other albergues on the Aragones that we stayed in -- at Canfranc, Jaca, Undues de Lerda, and Tiebas -- were municipals and provided blankets. So, too, did the albergue at Artieda, but I don't...
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    Please bring a sleeping bag of some kind

    Lest you give the wrong impression, I stayed only in albergues on the Aragones last month (with the exception of a casa rurale near the monastery of San Juan de la Pena) and the only albergue not providing blankets was at Arres, where you were the hospitaliera. So not sure you're talking about...
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    Cracked phone screen - what would you do?

    Terri, You don't want to get a new phone now, right before leaving, because some of the cell phone companies keep their phones locked for 60 days or more after you purchase them. Verizon, for example. Meaning you won't be able to use it in Europe. Google "cracked phone screen repair Medford...
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    VF maps to maps.me

    HI kmcue, I'm not super tech savvy, but I did it, so you can, too. First, download the files from the VF app onto your phone. They will be in gpx format so you won't be able to open them (right away) with maps.me. Next, find a site that will convert gpx files to kml files. I used...
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    Questioning the wisdom of bringing mosquito netting

    I've done four caminos during that time period, and while I'm also prone to get bitten by mosquitos, I've never gotten bitten on a camino in Spain. Nor have I heard of anyone having mosquito problems during that time period. Don't pack your fears! Leave it home.
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    Cell service/SIM for northern route

    We picked up an Orange sim card in Irun. Cheap, worked fine the whole length of the Norte. The store is on the Camino as you're heading out of town. Here's the web site: https://www.orange.es/tiendas/orange/irun/paseo-de-colon-33 Use google chrome to open the link and it will translate...
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    Can I have my backpack transported to municipal albergues?

    There's an easy way to get the answer: contact the transport companies directly. The two main one are Jacotrans and Correos. www.jacotrans.es/en and www.elcaminoconcorreos.com. They can arrange transport for your whole camino, or just day-by-day on an ad hoc basis. Both communicate in...
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    Rain protection - ( Overkill ? or cut back to save some weight?)

    Wow! I've walked caminos from April - December, and am about to start on the Francigena in Italy next month in March. On all my caminos, I've always had some rain, and can't imagine going without rain gear. Especially so in March, when it will be cold and your rain jacket will double as a...
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    Women over 60 who DON'T take a sleeping bag...

    Hi Sharry: There's also a compromise solution: take a sleeping bag liner and a lightweight down throw, which you can use with the liner if you feel cold. Look for the Double Black Diamond Packable Down Throw, which is available on Amazon and sometimes at Costco for $20-30. It weighs less...
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    What's happened to the Buen Camino app?

    So I gather from the above. Thanks. I don't know whether the friend who walked the Primitivo / Camino Verde route (just last summer) used the new Buen Camino app. or the old. Always actually preferred Wise Pilgrim myself
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    What's happened to the Buen Camino app?

    Michael: Just curious if the new Wisely + Primitivo app. includes the Camino Verde from Lugo over to the Norte? I always recommend your apps. to people in our local Camino chapter, and always recommend the Camino Verde alternative, too, busy but when we walked the Primitiivo, the Wise...
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    What's happened to the Buen Camino app?

    No. It used to be that there were separate Wisely and Wise Pilgrim apps, with the Wisely app, essentially being a light version of the fuller-featured Wise Pilgrim app, containing only the gps map. The Wisely app was the one that was offered for free on this forum. Now the lighter Wisely...
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    Internet for Maps

    Hi Marique: Echoing Dave, above, you don’t need what you apparently think you need — a router. If you have a smartphone, and you get a Spanish sim card, any general mapping app, such as google maps or maps.me, will show you your location. In fact, you don’t even need a sim card, because, as...
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    Advice on SIM card for CP please

    I don’t know what mob app is, or what you mean by other stores, but you’ll be able to recharge a vodafone simcard through vodafone’s Portuguese web site, or at any vodafone store or any of the many other vendors that sell vodafone products. The same should go with other sim card providers. On...
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    Advice on SIM card for CP please

    Vodafone has a major presence in Portugal, and they’re probably the biggest in Europe. I got a Vodafone sim, and it worked fine everywhere. No problem with coverage. You’ll find a Vodafone store even in the Lisbon airport. Should cost you 15 - 20 euros for a month for plenty of data, calls...
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    All About Osprey

    Hi Jill: My wife and I are great fans of Osprey packs, but there are some other Ospreys that are cheaper and lighter than those you mention. The Lumina / Levity 45 that you refer to is indeed under 2 pounds, but it is very expensive — retails for $250. The smallest Exos pack (38 liters)...
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    Cell Phones

    Don’t overcomplicate it. At most, it’s going to cost you an extra 5 euros to get a new sim card. But if you’re really fixed on topping up, just go to the Vodafone website for Spain, and see if you can do it. I’ve had both Vodafone and Orange on my caminos in Spain, and both have been fine...
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    Camino App

    There’s lots of them. I like the Wise Pilgrim app.

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