thomryng
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If it flies, floats or f...s it's going to cost. -
Pilgrim clothes have an excess of pockets. Sometimes theres even a pocket on a pocket. Pilgrims have a colour spectrum of dark, light and grey grey, aquamarine and purple. Pilgrims scrutinise the wine list with a worried look, then declare...
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I don't have a thick wallet and I know for a fact that everything I bring on the camino I have been wearing for years on my caminos. If you go to closeouts on websites and amazon you can pick up things super cheap. For example, I have an REI...
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Reminds me of Dolly Parton who said: "It costs a lot to look this cheap." :D
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I used to own a small sailing boat. Sailing has often been described as being like standing in a cold shower while tearing up £20 pound notes....
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There are 2 kinds of pilgrims: - Those who carry an heavy backpack - Those who hold a thick wallet
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I'm always a little apprehensive about posting anything approaching humour on this Forum, for fear of upsetting someone. But here goes . . . I heard this a few years ago, and it made me smile. 'The definition of a pilgrim is someone who...
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thomryng reacted to alexwalker's post in the thread The booking ahead problem: Is it a problem? with
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Best post I have read in a long time. Technology is IMHO depriving the former spontanituity of the Camino. Combine with the huge increase in firsttime pilgrims, uncertain and unknowing of the Camino's (former, "normal") walking, the willingness... -
thomryng reacted to wisepilgrim's post in the thread The booking ahead problem: Is it a problem? with Like.
This is a complex issue, and one that I have had many a conversation about with albergue owners. It is a topic I have spent a LOT of time wrestling with. It has not occupied me as a pilgrim, because as a pilgrim I am rather staunchly a fan of...
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thomryng reacted to alexwalker's post in the thread The booking ahead problem: Is it a problem? with Like.
My main point here is that many pilgrims rely on other sources than the albergues themselves about the booking situation, and it creates panic when booking.con (as @Tincatinker calls it) says that everytihing is sold out. This is not the factual...
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