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  1. Bothydave

    Need some new route advice

    Have a look at the Via Degli Dei from Bologna to Florence 117km through rolling mountains with nice cities at either end
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    West Highland Way or Arran Coastal Way or ???

    I fully concur with these comments. There is also a Pilgrim route now open through Fife ending in St Andrews that might be worth considering. WHW is only one option, Great Glen, Southern Upland Way, Kintail Way, Cape Wrath Trail and many more. Look at Walk Highland as suggested above And...
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    Travel Insurance

    Always check the small print. I once had 2 policies due to being complimentary to other products. As I was going to the Dolomites I read them in detail and found that one of them would not cover the altitude I was intending to walk at. Indeed as soon as I stepped out of the hotel it was above...
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    October Camino - shorts?

    Convertible one is my preference
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    Weather site

    As it is Western Europe the weather can change in a matter of hours and generally a really long range forecast is nothing more than speculation. Try something like AccuWeather that you will be happy with in your own language and which gives 5 day, day and 4 hour rainfall accuracy
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    Pilgrim rubbish left at Fisterra - video

    This can be regarded as part of the ‘festival culture’ of ‘someone else will clear up what we are too lazy to dispose of properly or take home. Alas I see it all the time now in remote mountain shelters. Dump it as someone else might use my stinking hoodie, disgusting sleeping bag …. And in any...
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    Surprised at our test results poncho vs jacket

    I would certainly never consider a poncho in the mountains of Scotland or Ireland
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    Surprised at our test results poncho vs jacket

    A full length front zip makes the whole process much more dignified and efficient 🤣
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    Surprised at our test results poncho vs jacket

    😂 yes strange looks indeed. The dog doesn’t mind and neither do I as I am dry! This is my second poncho and the other as described by the OP is not up to much. My Decathlon one in in reality a long jacket or better, a coat. Pit zips, sleeves, pocket entry and the ability to run a belt from...
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    Would it be overkill to bring both a rain jacket and the Altus poncho in Oct/Nov?

    I carried a ‘wind shirt’ and a poncho. Poncho was for the rain and wind shirt - what it says on the tin, means it cuts the wind and ventilates well in the way that a waterproof jacket does not. In short it is much more comfortable to wear over any combination of clothing assuming it is not...
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    Getting from Orisson to Roncesvalles

    I had knee issues and decided to skip the Pyrenees and simply start in Pamplona. Didn’t fully sort the issue as both knees now replaced!
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    getting sick

    You have reminded me of the old ‘shuttle cough’ generally picked up on the short hop from Scotland to London. Most folks succumbed to the bug festooned air in the plane
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    App or Book?

    I totally agree. Love using books for preparation and indeed writing on/ placing notes in but they do date very quickly. I tend to put everything onto the phone which you are carrying anyway - book, Apps, photos of specific items or instructions, tickets etc. I do carry paper but very little...
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    getting sick

    Anyone that thinks Covid is over is kidding themselves. A few weeks ago I felt under par and in particular struggled to read (if you remember back to the beginning eyesight was one of the symptoms) Eventually it twigged and I tested finding it to be positive. A few weeks later my wife also had...
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    Am I the only one perplexed by WhatsApp?

    As has been alluded to above by Peter, WhatsApp uses data (4G very often) as such it is not a phone and connects through a VIOP signal to speak to another person (Voice Over Internet Protocol) in effect it is a computer speaking to another computer. If the receiving computer does not have the...
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