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    Bus from Leon to Virgin del Carmen

    See below for bus times (Route A1) on different days of the week. The address for the Santo Domingo bus stop (as central as you get) is: Plaza de Santo Domingo, 9 (opposite BBVA bank branch). Ask the driver for 'La Virgen' or 'La Virgen del Camino'. While in 'La Virgen', do have a look at the...
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    Worried about some of the new 'recommended' route choices

    Nidarosa and Peadermarc: I was rather confused by the multiple 'complementario' signs we found in the las 100km. We opted for the 'descent' into Portomarín along the 'histórico' route and yes, it is fairly steep and probably tricky in wet weather but we did it in dry weather and found it very...
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    What’s on your playlist?

    I prefer to walk without music but Joby Talbot's Path of Miracles (four movements: Roncesvalles, Burgos, León and Santiago), about the Camino, helps to bring me back to the road when I am at home. Quoting from Signum Records: "Using selections from the medieval texts Codex Calixtinus, Miragres...
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    Have you practiced, or received a random act of kindness on your pilgrimage?

    I have received too many to list - I would say that most days, if not every day, I was at the receiving end of some stranger's kindness (and I hope I was a source of it too): fellow pilgrims offering their food, water and soap; having our coffee paid for anonymously; a hospitalera calling round...
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    Doing the Camino Frances with Fibromyalgia

    People have to get up in the middle of the night for all sorts of reasons so please do not worry about it; just be as quiet and as considerate as you possibly can and nobody will ask for more. Albergues are inevitably noisy places. In terms of the overall journey, look after yourself, hope for...
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    Doing the Camino Frances with Fibromyalgia

    Go for it! I have only done very short versions twice: once from O Cebreiro and once from just after Sarria. Fibro varies a lot from person to person, of course, and flare up triggers vary a lot too... but I admit walking was easier than dealing with the fibro at work and 'normal' daily life in...
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    Compostela for those starting after Sarria (Morgade, km101)

    Thank you for your second message. I am sorry that my question upset you. I am even more sorry that I have got so upset about reading your answer: this is the first time I have encountered such ire and judgment in a pilgrim. I should add that I grew up literally on the Camino -I could see the...
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    Compostela for those starting after Sarria (Morgade, km101)

    Thank you Pilger. I checked the statistics too and got a bit concerned that Morgade is not mentioned but I am wondering whether this has to do with the status of the place; I believe it “belongs” to Ferreiros administratively speaking. It seems the milestones have been changed recently and that...
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    Compostela for those starting after Sarria (Morgade, km101)

    Thank you! We’ll be travelling from the UK with two kids (5 and 8) and plan to take a taxi from Santiago airport directly to Casa Morgade to overnight at the albergue there before setting off the next morning. We only have nine days and plan to walk eight of those, leaving one as a buffer in...
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    Compostela for those starting after Sarria (Morgade, km101)

    Any help will be much appreciated: I am a bit confused by the reporting of changes in official distances (and the 100km ‘mojón’) around Sarria. I understand that 100km is the minimum to get the Compostela but there seems to be some discussion as to where that point is currently (for the...
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    Best kindle Guide for CF or is an app better?

    If anyone has been on the road in 2019/2018, any suggestions for the app (apple) you found most useful on the Francés, particularly inside Galicia, would be most appreciated. I am hoping to use the phone as little as possible and would rather stick to a single app rather than move across several...
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    Backpack weight

    You will be amazed of how little you need. I remember meeting someone who told me they had halved the weight of their pack after a week when they realised how few things they truly needed. Some quick thoughts: -Vitamins: you should be able to get these from your diet. If you have concerns, opt...
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    That peregrina feeling...

    Enjoy the feeling - Ultreia!
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    Yellow arrows through Leon

    León is wonderful and it's even worth getting lost for a while! More seriously: yellow arrows are not in great supply and you are more likely to find bronze shells embedded into the pavement, particularly in the older part of the city. They typically are in the middle of the road in...
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    albergues with children

    We will be travelling with two kids (5 and 8) starting at the end of next week: some private albergues, some public ones and a couple of pensiones. They sleep very well and are early risers so there should be no night-time disturbances for other pilgrims (nor should they be too troubled by...
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