New use for trekking poles

[Joodle]

I found a new use for my trekking poles! Laundry lines. Just extend inside the open window. Worked perfectly. I'm in Santiago and feeling very successful. My Camino is finished. I did t have a single blister!! I used Vaseline on my feet every night and pulled on a clean pair of socks to wear to bed. No bed bugs either!! I'm tired but elated.

 

[sabbott]

I found a new use for my trekking poles! Laundry lines. Just extend inside the open window. Worked perfectly. I'm in Santiago and feeling very successful. My Camino is finished. I did t have a single blister!! I used Vaseline on my feet every night and pulled on a clean pair of socks to wear to bed. No bed bugs either!! I'm tired but elated.

Congratulations! What happened with the sciatica you were suffering with early on?

 

[gerardcarey]

Well done Joodle. You are now allowed to be lazy for as long as you like!
Regards
Gerard

 

[Wokabaut_Meri]

Congratulations! Take good care of that tired body. Some heavy duty pampering is in order and you've a beautiful city to explore.

 

[julia-t]

Congratulations!

Look out for two lovely ladies from Virginia who also arrived in Santiago today.

They began walking in SJPdP in mid April; I met them in Torres del Rio on 30th April. They left the Frances in Sarria and have walked the Ingles from Ferrol over the past week.

Carrie and Peggy, also in the Camigas facebook group.

 

[Ekelund]

Congratulations Joodle. Well done. Enjoy the lovely SdC !

 

[GettingThere]

Congratulations Joodle!!

 

[SYates]

Congratulations to your completed pilgrimage and the discovery of trekking poles uses ;-) Buen Camino de la Vida, SY

 

[VNwalking]

Never thought of that. Good one!

I'm in Santiago and feeling very successful. My Camino is finished. I did t have a single blister!! I used Vaseline on my feet every night and pulled on a clean pair of socks to wear to bed. No bed bugs either!! I'm tired but elated.

Well done, Joodle. Wonderful! Congratulations and enjoy the afterglow.
( Sooooo...I know it's usually insensitive as heck...but in this happy case, can we all say "I told you so..."??)

 

[Rupe]

I found a new use for my trekking poles! Laundry lines. Just extend inside the open window. Worked perfectly. I'm in Santiago and feeling very successful. My Camino is finished. I did t have a single blister!! I used Vaseline on my feet every night and pulled on a clean pair of socks to wear to bed. No bed bugs either!! I'm tired but elated.

Wow time flies...I thought it was just a few days ago that I viewed some of your questions. Congrats

 

[Camino sisters]

I found a new use for my trekking poles! Laundry lines. Just extend inside the open window. Worked perfectly. I'm in Santiago and feeling very successful. My Camino is finished. I did t have a single blister!! I used Vaseline on my feet every night and pulled on a clean pair of socks to wear to bed. No bed bugs either!! I'm tired but elated.

Joodle we are sooooooo happy for you! Congratulations! My sister and I have been praying for you and often wondered how you were doing. God Bless. Hilary and Caroline

 

[Stuart Lennon]

Congratulations. Well done.

 

[AlwynWellington]

@Joodle , congratulations on your completion.

In my travels I found numerous uses for my walking pole. These included:
1) steady stick, when leaping from one wooden raft to another a few days out of Le Puy, and many other similar circumstances;
2) brush stick, to keep back over growth;
3) swagger stick, to help measure my stride;
4) timing stick, to help measure my rate of walking;
5) pick up stick, to help retrieve the hat blown off my head;
6) saluting stick, when acknowledging a courtesy from, say, a motorist;
7) camera stick, to rest the camera on when taking photos;
8) rest stick, to lean on when waiting for something;
9) guard stick, to show lack of fear to dogs thar are snarling/ menacing;
10) ...
And others I have now forgotten.

 

[CowboyJoe]

@Joodle , congratulations on your completion.

In my travels I found numerous uses for my walking pole. These included:
1) steady stick, when leaping from one wooden raft to another a few days out of Le Puy, and many other similar circumstances;
2) brush stick, to keep back over growth;
3) swagger stick, to help measure my stride;
4) timing stick, to help measure my rate of walking;
5) pick up stick, to help retrieve the hat blown off my head;
6) saluting stick, when acknowledging a courtesy from, say, a motorist;
7) camera stick, to rest the camera on when taking photos;
8) rest stick, to lean on when waiting for something;
9) guard stick, to show lack of fear to dogs thar are snarling/ menacing;
10) ...
And others I have now forgotten.

And slaying stick to fight the Giants on the Meseta--Sa

@Joodle , congratulations on your completion.

In my travels I found numerous uses for my walking pole. These included:
1) steady stick, when leaping from one wooden raft to another a few days out of Le Puy, and many other similar circumstances;
2) brush stick, to keep back over growth;
3) swagger stick, to help measure my stride;
4) timing stick, to help measure my rate of walking;
5) pick up stick, to help retrieve the hat blown off my head;
6) saluting stick, when acknowledging a courtesy from, say, a motorist;
7) camera stick, to rest the camera on when taking photos;
8) rest stick, to lean on when waiting for something;
9) guard stick, to show lack of fear to dogs thar are snarling/ menacing;
10) ...
And others I have now forgotten.

And one other: slaying sticks to fight the Giants on the Meseta! Sancho Panza kept trying to convince me they were windmills. Silly sidekick he is!

 

[marbuck]

I found a new use for my trekking poles!

I don't use trekking poles but my wife is very good at fending off dogs with them, she actually saved my life with them on the Le Puy route, fending off a rather viscous dog that had hold of my waterproof pants with me in them.

 

[Patch]

I found that the wooden ones made great fire wood for emergency use Congratulations on a blister free walk, have seen lots of people this year with terrible ones. Must be lucky I guess as never get them and also never do any preventive treatment , special socks etc - maybe the years of jogging helps.