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Don't wash first. Just dry. Less risk of damage and shrinkage. It is the heat that kills. At the albergue we give the pilgrim a change of clothes to put on. Then place their belongings in a black trash bag in the hot sun for the afternoon. We...
I think dry stuff handles hot dryers relatively OK. When I used the laundrette in Ponferrada to decontaminate my 'delicate' items, nothing got shrivelled, thankfully. I had a nylon shopping bag from Ikea that went in the hot dryer which came out...
I've been wondering about this. I assume when you arrive at a place after you think you've been exposed to bedbugs at some other place, the procedure is to warn the hospitalera. I'd be surprised if albergues have the sort of roomy freezers you...
Just spent the night in a packed 8 person room with a gentleman who was very ill and coughing all night without a mask or covering his mouth. As former healthcare provider and clinical microbiologist my guess is that one or two of our roommates...
Very sorry to hear you are not enjoying it as much as before. The thing is, we often return to a place and expect it to be the same as before. This often isn't the case, as there are so many variables, such as busyness, time of year, weather, our...
The Buen Camino app shows how many kms if each stage are on paved roads and how many are on trails. You can see this on each stage like this:
I also created a "stage" that covers the entire Camino Francés. It shows 292.53 km that is paved...
Sadly that is increasingly the case. If you have made a reservation and you expect to arrive later in the day then do confirm that arrival time with the albergue or you may find that someone else has already been given the bed you were expecting.
In the past one of the main reasons for people to go on pilgrimage was to be healed, in body or mind. It still works.
I met a man in Burgos at one of the sessions common in Donativos where pilgrims sit in a circle and talk about their reasons...
Hi, I don’t have diagnosed social anxiety but I am an introvert and anxious so maybe I do. I walked alone in 2016. I had some anxiety about the whole Camino family thing as I don’t like feeling like my decisions are controlled by others, I hate...
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