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    Camino by Coach

    Land right in the square. Can’t say I have seen a rule prohibiting it!!
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    Camino by Coach

    Yes very good point!!! I guess it has a much broader use than the one I was focusing on. The media use the word quite liberally (sport fans making a pilgrimage to seen their team!l, The Beatles example, etc. just labels / language I guess … doesn’t matter for the most part. Maybe we are all...
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    Camino by Coach

    Sure maybe I have been too narrow in my definition… from wiki… A modern phenomenon is the cultural pilgrimage which, while involving a personal journey, is secular in nature. Destinations for such pilgrims can include historic sites of national or cultural importance, and can be defined as...
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    Camino by Coach

    Fair enough! That makes me one too (who knew!) given I am a full time nomad, with no fixed abode, and have been for four years, but it feels quite an odd definition to me! There are a lot of pilgrims about with that definition.
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    Camino by Coach

    Maybe people have had it wrong all the time! Increasingly it’s clear to me that a pilgrimage is a destination, not a journey and the mode of ‘movement’ is irrelevant. I have never attached the term ‘pilgrim’ to myself as it seems ridiculous as I am neither religious or spiritual, and walking...
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    Busy in the bars of Spain

    For all you thinking ‘oi, what about France’ they are playing 17,21,25 June!!
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    Busy in the bars of Spain

    Blimey I was in the stadium for that game!!! 14 years ago!!
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    Camino by Coach

    Me neither. I have no interest… for me I have to walk the whole way or not at all with my gear. I only carry a couple of pairs of shorts and t shirts anyway! Oh and a pair of flip flops. No problem with what other folks do.
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    Travel Insurance

    Same ex UK. I do everything on a flexible, cancellable basis so just buy the medical aspect. Buy a year long policy. I have a few things that reduces the number of policies available to me. Most important aspect is max trip length and best I can get is 70 days, though there are products with...
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    Travel Insurance

    The other major ‘watch out’, which so many folks fall foul of, in the UK anyway, is that if your medlcal circumstances change after you have bought your policy, you need to tell your insurer and they may need to reassess you. So if you buy a policy today and get some horrible medical news...
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    Camino by Coach

    I did my first Caminos in 2020 at very short notice. I remember a friend mentioning it and got the details online and did the Portuguese and Frances one after the other. It was quiet as was during Covid. I googled it and found out about the route, downloaded the apps for the route and off I...
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    Travel Insurance

    Yes I have seen that stipulation in some UK policies. Around about 2500m if I remember rightly, but will vary. I don’t regard it as small print though. There is plenty of that but anything to do with pre diagnosed illnesses, undiagnosed symptoms, residency, max trip length, etc, is the real...
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    Camino by Coach

    I guess with the music reference I thought of ‘Times - they are a-changin’!
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    Busy in the bars of Spain

    Don’t assume that fans of one Spanish club want other Spanish clubs to win, even against overseas opposition. European and South American football doesn’t work like that for the most part!!!
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    Busy in the bars of Spain

    Yes 100% understood!!!
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    Albergue Etiquette

    Ah thank you. I maybe need to check my settings. I think I mute my iPhone but WA still pings. More likely I am mistaken!!
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    Albergue Etiquette

    I can’t remember if muting your phone mutes the WhatsApp ‘ping’. I always mute the WA ping via the app itself. Anyone know?
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    Busy in the bars of Spain

    I know many like to avoid crowds, but some may like to ‘get involved’, so to advise/warn there are some big football matches being played by the Spanish National team in Euro 2024 coming up that will fill up the bars / squares on a number of dates, namely 15 June, 20 June and 24 June. There are...
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    Post items from the UK to Spain (at the mid-point of Camino del Norte)

    Ah ok. Thx. I have had some stuff sent from UK to Spain for collection at Correos, thankfully with no issues.
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    Post items from the UK to Spain (at the mid-point of Camino del Norte)

    What happened at customs?

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