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  1. nidarosa

    Hot Water?

    Not sure if pilgrims will have access to the kitchen yet, and if you do, you might find water and a stove but no pots and pans. I would try to find an alternative - topical pain relief cream or deep heat cream might soothe it long enough for you to fall asleep? Or a pocket size tens machine...
  2. nidarosa

    Best way to deal with plantar fascitis and best shoes to wear

    As above: Seek professional help and advice. Which is what I did when I came back from my first long camino with PF and could hardly walk for the first month I was home. My GP was an ardent walker herself and gave me two pieces of advice I still follow: Stretch your heel over an edge like a step...
  3. nidarosa

    Free medical treatment for pilgrims?

    Get the travel and medical insurance. Full stop. I had to go to Spain and stay for weeks while my husband was in hospital with broken bones, and his care, operation and tickets home - in a wheelchair - including private ambulance to our front door, was covered by his EHIC and the insurance. We...
  4. nidarosa

    Cautionary tale of the importance of travel insurance!

    Clarification update: I have no way of editing the original post but as most will know, the UK is no longer part of the EU and you can find more info and links in this thread: How the EHIC is now being (partially) replaced by the GHIC card. (Note: This correction has been added to original...
  5. nidarosa

    Zugluft

    Hm, I've always found that people from colder climates (irrespective of nationality) tend to want to open the windows on a hot night while people from warmer climates tend to want them closed, often explaining about 'bad air', which supposedly brings disease, I understand there is also a fear of...
  6. nidarosa

    Food Poisoning in Carrion de los Condes.

    It could also be a regular bout of "camino flu", possibly norovirus, we caught it near Boadilla in September last year and never drank untreated tap water.
  7. nidarosa

    Travel Medical Insurance: Do. Get. It.

    Since my cautionary tale has been bumped up again - which is good, it needs to be told every year! - I thought I'd update you all on the situation: One year to the day after his accident, my Scouse Spouse and I went to the hospital in Estella, thanked the nurses for their wonderful care and...
  8. nidarosa

    Swollen Feet = Blisters

    OK, @trecile and @Kanga - I'll give it a go. I want to be smug and light-footed and blister free too! I have given up on goretex type boots and shoes for longer walks because my feet overheat and blister easily, and just accept that my feet will be wet now and again, but that my shoes will dry...
  9. nidarosa

    Virus affecting many in Fromista, Carrion de Los Condes

    Yes, every year people are trying to pinpoint a source of some contamination or food poisoning, but it seems to be something that spreads in crowds at different times and places every year. I have never heard of anyone actually managing to confirm a source.
  10. nidarosa

    Virus affecting many in Fromista, Carrion de Los Condes

    @Krishna Sen Oddly I also started feeling ill in Fromista, and was really ill the next day. Taxied to Ledigos and slept all day there. Felt better and walked to Sahagun, when it got even worse. I took another taxi to Reliegos, but fine again the next day and walked into Leon with no problem. I...
  11. nidarosa

    Flip flops in the shower

    @Teej41 - My Birkie Madrids (one strap, not two) weigh 160g for the pair in a UK7, hope this helps.
  12. nidarosa

    Flip flops in the shower

    I second the Birkenstock EVAs, not just to avoid getting wet or dirty feet from albergue or bathroom floors, but to prevent slipping on the tiles. In some hostals and casas the shower is over the bathtub, and there isn't always a non-slip mat, so I go in with my Birkies on instead. They are...
  13. nidarosa

    Cautionary tale of the importance of travel insurance!

    @lissie45 - call them and ask. My husband's insurance was for 1000+ metres above sea level, but they waived the 'in a group' requirement when I told them how the camino works. I recommend everybody call their insurers to make sure they are covered for the right things! We will be renewing our...
  14. nidarosa

    Ibuprofen - Cautionary Tale

    @LesBrass - so sorry to hear about another camino related injury! Thank you for the warning, I think it is a timely reminder before the pilgrim high season. A lot of people think it is perfectly safe and don't read the leaflet, I have even known pilgrims who take ibuprofen every day as a...
  15. nidarosa

    Toe nails

    Also if your toenails tend to cut holes in your shoes, it sounds like you need to cut them shorter! Any length of nail sticking up higher than the toe could potentially get damaged and bruised. If you can't cut it short enough, get a nail file and make it as smooth as possible. Most black...
  16. nidarosa

    Cautionary tale of the importance of travel insurance!

    @englishstu - the EHIC card provides "the right to access state-provided healthcare during a temporary stay in another European Economic Area (EEA) country or Switzerland." Basically you get the same health care at the same price as the citizens of other countries covered by the EHIC agreement...
  17. nidarosa

    Cautionary tale of the importance of travel insurance!

    Thank you to all who have replied to this post, thank you for your stories and kind words for my husband. And thank you to all who quietly re-evaluated their insurance needs after reading his story and got relevant coverage - hopefully it will make a difficult situation less so should something...
  18. nidarosa

    Cautionary tale of the importance of travel insurance!

    @grayland Thank you! I am - we are - lucky enough to live within cheap flights distance of Spain and also get our EHIC cards for free as part of our EU citizens' rights to free movement, so we are indeed privileged. When I say we could have run into financial difficulties without it I wouldn't...
  19. nidarosa

    Cautionary tale of the importance of travel insurance!

    This September my husband went on an adventure, to walk from St Jean to Santiago. I would meet him there and we would walk out to the sea together. He was just getting his washing when he slipped on smooth stone steps and fell hard on concrete in an albergue garden. It was late and he didn’t...
  20. nidarosa

    Tick-borne disease update

    @Rick of Rick and Peg - thank you so much for the TickKey tip! I have already bought a three-pack, one for me, one for my husband and one for my walking buddy. Seems a better design than the floppy tweezer card I luckily have never needed to try, but that will stay in the wallet. I also swear...

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