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LesR

Active Member From Canberra, Australia

Joined: May 28, 2017

Last seen: Yesterday at 1:16 AM

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- LesR replied to the thread Be careful with phones..
  
  Does not have to be a theft that might bring me undone - coudl be a dropped or otherwise malfunctioning phone/tablet - having all the essentials on one device is a recipe for disaster....... The pessimist in me always has a Plan B and often a...
  
  Yesterday at 1:15 AM
- LesR replied to the thread The Camino will provide?.
  
  C Could not have said it better myself....
  
  May 12, 2024
- LesR replied to the thread Advice needed on travel from Tomar to Porto.
  
  I strongly recommend walking - relaxing, improves fitness and physical and mental health...
  
  Apr 19, 2024
- LesR reacted to RJM's post in the thread Shirley Maclaine - The Camino - Swimming place with Like.
  
  One mustn't forget that in all likelihood she's just plain embellishing her Camino experience. Lying. Making things up. That's what writer's do. Makes it impossible to find a swimming hole that never existed in the first place. I highly doubt she...
  
  Mar 7, 2024
- LesR replied to the thread Language for camino portuguese?.
  
  Not suprising, given the Spanish royalty assumed control of Portugal in 1580 and it took 60 years before the Portuguese regained thier independence... (https://www.historytoday.com/archive/shotgun-marriage-spains-annexation-portugal)
  
  Mar 4, 2024
- LesR replied to the thread Language for camino portuguese?.
  
  My experience has been that saying "Eu não falo português. May we speak English?" works wonders. And Google Translate is a good Plan B...
  
  Mar 3, 2024
- LesR replied to the thread Shirley Maclaine - The Camino - Swimming place.
  
  I read it end to end (prior to my first camino) and concluded that it was a complete book of fiction, and have no intention of ever opening it again....
  
  Mar 1, 2024
- LesR replied to the thread OK guys, what underwear?.
  
  The mind boggles...
  
  Feb 22, 2024
- LesR replied to the thread OK guys, what underwear?.
  
  I am on Bradypus;' side... well said. Being in Australia, my choice is Tradies 3/4 leg trunk - intially wore cotton/lyca version, and more recentlyfully synthetic versions. All dried readily overnight, did not result in chafing (to which I was...
  
  Feb 22, 2024
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