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    OldHands replied to the thread LIVE from the Camino Counting pilgrims on the Norte AGAIN.
    Please kindly try to bring those numbers on the Norte down, @Umwandert , they are scary 🙂
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    OldHands replied to the thread Where to Buy Trekking Poles in Leon on Sunday?.
    Souvenir shops around the Cathedral Chinese shops in Camino towns as well
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    OldHands replied to the thread LIVE from the Camino Counting pilgrims on the Norte AGAIN.
    It was nice to be helpful, I hope you will rest well at the Duesos albergue! I am guessing that the comment about grumpy hospitalero is about so called Casa Rectoral on the top of the hill before (looking from your side) Piñeres de Pria, next to...
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    OldHands replied to the thread Two pilgrims injured in an attack by a cow.
    Excellent guess! 👏 👏 👏 The owner of the dog learned a valuable lesson about taking his pet on the Camino. I hope the dog and the cow is OK. Latest news: the cow was defending her calf from the barking dog
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    OldHands replied to the thread Two pilgrims injured in an attack by a cow.
    On the Via de la Plata sometimes you have a fence on both sided of the path and if there is a cow there, you don't have too much room to negotiate. This one, in the picture below, made my heart pound! If you look closely you can see the fence. I...
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    OldHands replied to the thread Is Madrid Chamartín Station Open at Night?.
    Well, several webpages report Chamartin closed between 0:30 and 4:30 at night. The first Cercanias train leaves the airport terminal T4 on Sunday morning at 6:02 and arrives at Chamartin just 15 minutes later. Then every 15 minutes there is...
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    OldHands replied to the thread LIVE from the Camino Counting pilgrims on the Norte AGAIN.
    Thank you so much for reporting the traffic on the Camino del Norte! This is so helpful for those heading there soon! For tomorrow, apart from Colunga, you have a pretty village of la Isla 21 km from Villaviciosa, although the albergue in La...
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    OldHands replied to the thread Getting from Orisson to Roncesvalles.
    This is the Lepoeder viewpoint, the highest point of the stage, where you can turn right and stay on a tarmac road all the way to Ibañeta Chapel. The other option to go straight down to Roncesvalles through forest is way more challenging and...
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    OldHands reacted to davejsy's post in the thread Chilly camino with Haha Haha.
    I'm not sure which one you are in your profile photo, but if you're the one on the right I think you will be ok with current weather. Ignore all the posts that are being a bit bearish about the weather.
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    OldHands replied to the thread Alternative Route from Deba.
    I have learned from my Secret Informers that Albergue Kanpaia has been raised from the dead and is still alive and kicking. Maybe someone walking next to it could confirm that? It is on the hill on the way out of Getaria, the Camino del Norte is...
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