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    Thoughts on photography and camera selection for the Camino

    The Canon G12 worked marvelously for me. Excellent results. Used 16 meg cards. Changed them occasionally to preserve older pics in case the camera went missing containing a card with all my pics. Therefore would only loose most recent pics. Always a good idea to replace cards so as to only loose...
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    Inevitable for feet to stink, or a sign of bad shoes?

    Odor comes from bacteria. Use antibacterial spray to kill the odor. No bacteria, no odor.
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    Knife?

    The ferry option seems reasonable. I plan to fly from Canada to Paris. My planned return takes me from Santiago to Paris. From there, Eurostar to London was my plan. I may be dissuaded if I can't take my knife. The chunnel is so famous but the regulations seem daunting. Maybe it will be a ferry...
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    Knife?

    While the restriction for travel on the Eurostar are understandable, the answer to how one transports these restricted items still hasn't been explained. How does one get one's restricted items through the chunnel if there is no baggage check and they can't be kept in one's carry on luggage? I...
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    Knife?

    Very interesting. Thank you, merrellj for posting the relevant regulations, but I still wonder, how will the train officials know that you have a knife if you don't declare it?. Do they do a baggage inspection as in pre boarding an airplane flight?. Of course many people carry modest, 3" pocket...
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    Knife?

    At what level is passenger screening on the Eurostar? Is this at the Airport level with pat downs and body scans, or is it more cursory? How would they know that a passenger has a knife buried in his back pack. Do they assume that all pilgrims carry an knife? How do they screen? That question...
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    Knife?

    In the most recent Pilgrim notes from the CSJ, they state that the Eurostar train system does not permit knives to be carried on board it's trains. This seems absurd. I have carried a modest Swiss Army pocket knife all my adult knife. How can they control this. Many Many men carry a pen knife...
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    Osprey Backpack

    Hi Anna My store clerk swears by the Osprey Atmos. Owns one. He hikes in Northern Ontario. He had only the women's version in stock when I was in. Will wait for the men's 65 litre to arrive. This Atmos has been mentioned by others on the Forum as being very good. It has a webbing insert that...
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    Boots, shoes or sandals

    I've been walking 4 k daily in a great pair of solid street shoes. On my at least 4th identical pair over the last number of years. They are comfortable and never give me blisters or any aggravation. Am planing to do the Camino in Sept 12. Reading so much about footware concerns me. Should I...
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    uses for a walking stick

    Any problems bringing a wooden walking stick into Spain. Do the authorities there frown on importing wood from away (North America)? Big problems with invasive species here and some jurisdictions prohibit importing foreign wood. I am creating a stick. I will cut it down to 3 sections of 20...

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