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Thank you Ray for the reminder. I walked a day on the Camino with a Basque man, the CanMan who picked up all the cans. When we parted he was up to 14 and passing other trash bins, looking for a recycle bin. I was humbled because that day, I questioned adding a postage stamp to my postcard. He said, "we are guests in these family's villages and walkways. We shouldn't make a mess." Simple but memorable. Best to a clean and happy Camino. ElinWe walked the CF last April/May, and were amazed (and dismayed) by the number of tissues people dropped along the trail. I wonder what the trail looked like by the end of the year? We decided that instead of getting sea shells when registering, biodegradable tissues should be handed out instead!
People, it's not that far to the next village! Pack your tissues with you until they can be properly disposed of.
Well, that's disappointing as we're doing the Portuguese in May. Did you start in Lisbon? We're thinking of not heading inland but going up along the coast heading west out of Lisbon.That's the one thing that has really disappointed me. The Portuguese route is full of rubbish. The ancient burial mounds I went off trail to see yesterday was not just littered with paper rubbish, but with toilets as well. As in someone actually dumped three broken commodes there.
That really is gross. Don't know why it would be so difficult to get off the path 30 meters or so.I did the Camino Frances in September and there was a lot of white tissues which are easy to notice...but what bothered me was twice there was brown recognizable scatology right in the middle of the trail...which I could have accidently stepped on if it was not for the smell and flies...if you got to go number two please walk off the trail and cover it with a rock.
IMAGINE getting caught doing poos! The chances of someone coming up behind you must be quite high? Mortifying!!
I can.
It isn't.
It is.
Regards
Gerard
Who does poos on the path?!
Yeah, last August-September when I walked the Camino there was a type of plum in season (blackberries, too). Sweet and delicious. They were everywhere. A couple of shops were even giving them away and there were several spots along the Camino where they grew. Anyway, one day I must have eaten about twenty of the things while I was walking. Hmmm, big mistake. Fortunately I found a patch of woods I could duck into.I pick up litter on the trail and dump it in dustbins.
I try very hard not to leave any bodily functions anywhere except in a recognisable place such as a toilet but ... after 4 Caminos I have now realised that I must NEVER eat beans or lentils - it upsets my digestive system and although I try hard not to ... I need to go at the wrong places. For trip no 5 I will carry cheese portions and in the donativo albergues where they usually serve beans or lentils I will take out my cheese and biscuits and leave the beans and lentils behind.
On the last trip, for the 3 times I went off the trail, behind a bush and left something, sorry. I did remove the tissues however.
A broom handle with a nail on the end prevents from having to pick up with your hands (yuck!).
Oooh - tongs, or chop sticks even. Why didn't I think of that! Thanks!The Ditch Pigs ( see https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/camino-ditch-pigs-cleanup-2015.37276/#post-358560 ) tend to use salad tongs or similar. Cheap bamboo ones from the China Stores work as do posher versions; disposable plastic gloves are ok too. A side-by-side twelve bore would probably be very effective in reducing future littering but boss-lady Reb says Pilgrims (even littering pilgrims) are never 'in-season'.
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