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  1. Texas Walker

    Missing Shoes

    You do realize that this is a commenting board, not an administrative office for "the Camino" right? I hope your shoes turn up, but you should pursue inquiries with the place you last put them in case they got under the furniture or something. HTH
  2. Texas Walker

    Train from Chamartin to Leon

    I don't think the bus leaves at a compatible time, but it could be. (You should check.) 4 hours about in travel time, you can sleep in the seat. ;) We arrived in the morning and took the midday bus. It's an express, there was only one stop.
  3. Texas Walker

    I may have broken my leg! Pls help in Pontevedra!!!

    Not needed. Entirely possible she has something soft tissue anyway, we on the internet have no way of knowing. And consular officials aren't doctors. They're bureaucrats. Good advice was given above. My one experience with the local clinica was that they were open during business hours. They...
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    Advice sought for wounds on feet from walking

    Hand sanitizer. It's alcohol. It comes in small, light packages. It's widely available in (I think) groceries. I second the paper surgical tape, and also some gauze to pad on a blister. Changed daily even if your feet don't sweat so much that it all comes off when you take your sox off in the...
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    If You Are Sick

    If you're coughing and congested, get to the pharmacy and ask for something to break up the mucus. They have stuff and it's over the counter so you don't have to go to the hospital if it's just mucus. (I did look up the stuff my walking partner got and it's not antibiotic or anything, but it did...
  6. Texas Walker

    Should I bring my own Mercado bag?

    Looks a lot like the (leftover) poncho bags in my stash, though I am sure those are smaller. I am bringing a mesh bag as 1) plane bag, 2) shopping bag. Can also do for dirty clothes if there is a washer nearby. (Made in house. Also other bags, there is a lot of interesting, slippy-textured...
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    Pack Cover Failure

    I well remember walking behind people with pack covers in the very wet spring of 2014. Often there was a cup or more of water sloshing in the bottom of the pack cover. I always use a poncho that covers all. I had read somewhere that the reason the cover doesn't quite do what is intended is that...
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    Traveling from Texas

    I think it's also useful to know that you can leave by the bus from the airport if you're going to a place that bus goes. In 2021 we took the bus (made tickets beforehand) to Leon and began our Salvador. It's also on the Frances route and would make an easy trip to a start point for that. (About...
  9. Texas Walker

    Any recommendations for where to stay in Hornillos and El Burgo Ranero

    It's been quite a while since we stayed in El Burgo Ranero (2014) but at that time there were I think 4 albergues in the town. We ambled in about 1530 (3:30 PM) and they were all full. We got a room above one of the bars, and it's one of the special memories, waking up every hour during the...
  10. Texas Walker

    Time for more compostela type certificates?

    err...my Compostela is significantly larger than my credencial. Any of them. Do they issue a wallet size now? My credenciales (mostly) do sit inside their tubes, as that is safe storage for them. The exception being the first one, which is framed. The profile pic shows what else I have done to...
  11. Texas Walker

    Chinese shops???

    El Corte Ingles has branches, but I think more likely in large cities. I think I remember they had an outlet shop that we passed on the Portugues, back in 2015. Also we saw ads for buses that would take you to the outlet shop for a small fee...still wish I'd explored that!
  12. Texas Walker

    Food on the via la plata

    Gronze has some info; Not everything on Google Maps is in Gronze; we got as far as Caceres and there were very few fuentes to be seen. BC
  13. Texas Walker

    Dinner time on the VDLP

    This is a question that I would refer to Gronze.com. The last time I looked, they had the "closed" symbol on it. It's another 8 or 9 km into the next town if it's closed...a word to the wise and all that. BC
  14. Texas Walker

    Last night I learned I snore...

    IMHO, everybody snores. Not everybody knows that they snore. Side sleeping helps. adequate hydration--not a full bottle of wine but water before bed--probably helps. Not being stuffed up in the head helps. I don't care about snorers, I think that if someone wants to sleep in absolute quiet the...
  15. Texas Walker

    Look behind you!!

    The nice Galilean was not the guy with the 4 friends, it was the guy who had been lying on the bed that had 4 friends. :) (edited for clarity)
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