Steeplechase
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- September 2019 - 1st Camino - CF, Burgos to Astorga
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postcards. Buy the stamps at the tobacco shop. Tell them that you'll send one every day or every second day. They will get used to not expecting instant notes from the Camino.
If you use Google maps you can turn on location sharing to share where you are in real time with friends and family. After you set it up you won't have to do anything else. Except maybe sign in to wifi.
Share your real-time location with others - Android - Google Maps Help
You can choose who can find your location and how long to share your location with Google Location Sharing. Tip: Other Google products may also allow you to share a one-time location with others.&nbssupport.google.com
No, I haven't noticed a drain on my battery. There are plenty of electrical outlets in SpainThanks - this is just what I was imagining! Have you found your battery drains faster keeping gps on? I'm thinking I may need more than one external power bank...
Besides...tell your family and friends that you will not be walking in some remote and backward country, and you will be hardly alone.
But you will be home before the postcards arrivepostcards. Buy the stamps at the tobacco shop. Tell them that you'll send one every day or every second day. They will get used to not expecting instant notes from the Camino.
@Steeplechase could start sending the postcards a week or 2 before leaving home.But you will be home before the postcards arrive
If you use Google maps you can turn on location sharing to share where you are in real time with friends and family. After you set it up you won't have to do anything else. Except maybe sign in to wifi.
Share your real-time location with others - Android - Google Maps Help
You can choose who can find your location and how long to share your location with Google Location Sharing. Tip: Other Google products may also allow you to share a one-time location with others.&nbssupport.google.com
I wanted to use postcards too and had the same fear. Rightly so, because if you send postcards from small town in Spain it can take up to 1 week or more to reach its destination in Europe, at least that was my experience this May and June.@Steeplechase could start sending the postcards a week or 2 before leaving home.
If it's about familiy / people who are afraid that something might happen to you, for that case I got myself a new email-adress to which I had access and my sister. I wrote myself every evening a short email only putting down the place where I was staying, adress and phone number.Has anyone found a very minimally invasive way of letting your people know you're alive while on camino?
I'm sure I will be laughing at myself pretty soon for all these questions - is it common to sort of come unglued & frazzled 10 days pre-first-camino? ...✈There are plenty of electrical outlets in Spain
I walked tech free on my 1st Camino
Recharge your battery at the albergue in the afternoon and then use it to charge the phone during dinner, the evening or night. Try to charge the battery again before you leave (but don't forget it). This keeps the phone safe with you at all times.I'm sure I will be laughing at myself pretty soon for all these questions - is it common to sort of come unglued & frazzled 10 days pre-first-camino? ...✈
I assume that you will use your phone to take pictures and you may use wifi to upload them to the cloud for safety. Maybe allow your contacts to view them when you upload. You could even take a picture of a handwritten note such as might appear on a postcard.
But you will be home before the postcards arrive
Just send them one word every day which represtents your day. That word will automatically pop up each day (and if it doesn't, the word will be 'nothing'...). It can be a nice guide to share your experiences after the camino with your close relatives.
I'll be back home in Perth before any postcards arrive!YES!! You brilliant genius, thank you!
It is that expectation of constant contact that I want to squelch and postcards do that beautifully.
I'd been imagining one of those tracking tags like they clip on endangered species, available at REI.
Now I want to see your videos!!!!!!!!My 4 year old grand-daughter was upset that I was leaving her to complete the Madrid/Salvador/Primitivo combo. The night prior to travel, she gave me a cuddle and her Panda Bear who was to act as chaperone.
Over the course of 6 weeks I sent her a daily 30sec. video of my adventures with Panda Bear.
You can imagine the reaction from other pilgrims watching me film such gems as ''Panda Bear gets lost in Tres Cantos'', ''Panda Bear showers in the Municipal'' and my personal favourite ''Panda Bear dines on Menu de Dia in Segovia''.
Just an idea
I was wondering the average time it takes for postcards from Spain to get to the US or Canada or further afield. I've had postcards from Italy take 3 weeks to get to the US! Letters from UK to US 7 days.We've never taken a phone on any of our travels, and send postcards so the kids can track us, or at least have some idea of where we fell off the face of the world. On some of our more remote routes we take a tablet as the gps is useful in finding out where we are and if there is water or a tree to sleep under near by.
Once when our kids hadn't heard from us of over a week, they got a bit freaked and contacted the confraternity of St James to see if they could track us down through the alburgues. When Scott found out he laughed and laughed, he had visions of pilgrim admin coming down ropes from helicopters like ninja to find us. Eventually the backlog of postcards got through and we found an Internet cafe to reassure them were feral but ok.
Such a lovely idea!Just send them one word every day which represtents your day. That word will automatically pop up each day (and if it doesn't, the word will be 'nothing'...). It can be a nice guide to share your experiences after the camino with your close relatives.
I'll be back home in Perth before any postcards arrive!
Now I want to see your videos!!!!!!!!
Yes - someone messaged explaining how this question ties in to those occasional 'missing pilgrim' posts. This has been a very helpful discussion.do it before you leave so you don’t cause any unintended worry.
I have - now that leaving day is so close, negotiations have been re-openedhave you considered telling them you want to disconnect
postcards. Buy the stamps at the tobacco shop. Tell them that you'll send one every day or every second day. They will get used to not expecting instant notes from the Camino.
We've never taken a phone on any of our travels, and send postcards so the kids can track us, or at least have some idea of where we fell off the face of the world. On some of our more remote routes we take a tablet as the gps is useful in finding out where we are and if there is water or a tree to sleep under near by.
Once when our kids hadn't heard from us of over a week, they got a bit freaked and contacted the confraternity of St James to see if they could track us down through the alburgues. When Scott found out he laughed and laughed, he had visions of pilgrim admin coming down ropes from helicopters like ninja to find us. Eventually the backlog of postcards got through and we found an Internet cafe to reassure them were feral but ok.
I’m at the beginning of the Camino Frances and I’m using the FindPenguins app. One message with a photo or two can go out to everyone who wants to stay in touch. Much easier than emails, what’s app or messengerWell-meaning folks are asking that I keep them posted, (check in on social media) while on my walk. I'd prefer not to touch a screen or keyboard the whole 18 days at all if I could.
Has anyone found a very minimally invasive way of letting your people know you're alive while on camino?
Well-meaning folks are asking that I keep them posted, (check in on social media) while on my walk. I'd prefer not to touch a screen or keyboard the whole 18 days at all if I could.
Has anyone found a very minimally invasive way of letting your people know you're alive while on camino?
You wish to stay in touch but minimise it I would suggest you set up a WhatsApp group with friends and family. A few lines and some pics attached once a day would keep everyone happy. I am very antisocial and even I did that!Well-meaning folks are asking that I keep them posted, (check in on social media) while on my walk. I'd prefer not to touch a screen or keyboard the whole 18 days at all if I could.
Has anyone found a very minimally invasive way of letting your people know you're alive while on camino?
Check in with one person once a week and have that person pass on info that you are ok. For me the best part of the Camino was no Internet. It was so liberatingWell-meaning folks are asking that I keep them posted, (check in on social media) while on my walk. I'd prefer not to touch a screen or keyboard the whole 18 days at all if I could.
Has anyone found a very minimally invasive way of letting your people know you're alive while on camino?
Gaia GPS works while on airplane mode. I've used it on many excursions including the camino and hiking the Andes. Didn't find it a significant drain at all.Thanks - this is just what I was imagining! Have you found your battery drains faster keeping gps on? I'm thinking I may need more than one external power bank...
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