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    Free Airport Shuttle from Booking.com, is it real?

    Well now....in that case perhaps caution is required ...but you can always take a taxi from airport....
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    Free Airport Shuttle from Booking.com, is it real?

    Booking.com would not allow or be involved with scams....however for reassurance why not contact booking.com
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    Backpacks Check-in or carry-on

    Check them in....
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    Ok entering the shoe debate with trepidation ...

    Glad to see the toenail discussion...thought it was just me and my semi paralysed big toes (back nerve disconnected). My shoes are big enough so that is not the cause... If there was a shoe that guarantees no big toenail loss I would buy but somehow I feel it is just going to happen anyway.
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    Entry to the Cathedral

    Really....damn those Hollywood people....so when I let my rucksack fall into a river I was wasting my time ...and being a bit of an idiot ....never mind I caught it on my phone.
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    Queues at the Cathedral?

    Well ...trouble is if it is not crowded you will get a seat but you might not see the censor fly. But at busy times ....to guarantee a good seat ...be in the queue two hours early.
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    Niggling hates (dislikes) on Camino

    I agree re the kitchen monopolists especially in swarms who don't just eat and leave .... they must see it as their private booking and gabble on loudly even after their food is finished...
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    Camino del Norte...Laredo to Santander

    Avoid any of the routes on the road if possible.....too dangerous...e.g between el pontarron and Laredo. You will indeed get there by the most direct route but a bit risky ....if you do take the road routes I would always walk on the left....I e. Facing the oncoming traffic. And also on that...
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Gronze gets it wrong too ...took a detour to this hostel in Liendo yesterday....gronze says it is open all year ...it is not. Had to go on to Laredo....albergue in Laredo is open
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    And my wee handbook shows them open all year....so not very reliable
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Thanks for that.....will get gronze app....still del norte is complicated....I like things simple....However the walks along the sea are some compensation.
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Walking the north Camino at the moment... . definitely someone needs to improve the yellow arrows 😔 and unlike Camino Frances or Portuguese or the English Camino there is a confusing choice of routes....easy to get on the wrong path . However the big issue is the lack of good yellow arrows...
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    Camino del Norte advise please

    Ok. My experience was that it was less crowded than e.g. Camino Frances and also there appeared to be fewer albergues.
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    Camino del Norte advise please

    I walked from Irun to Bilbao in a week last October and I am 74. Great municipal albergue in Irun. Lovely albergue up in the hills about 5km past gernika. Plus the twelve tribes (kinda hippy Christians) have an amazing hostel and restaurant about 4km before Orio. San Sebastian....big city...
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    Camino del Norte advise please

    Del norte is less crowded but albergues are less frequent so good route planning is essential.
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    Ferry to bypass Irun

    I thought Irun was lovely .... especially the municipal albergue....very relaxed and relaxing.
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    Ferry to bypass Irun

    Why would you want to skip Irun.....
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    The Camino is calling me…early planning stage questions

    Oh ...one more thing....travel light.....lighter than that!!
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    The Camino is calling me…early planning stage questions

    Decide on your Camino route, starting point and work out how to get there. Brierlys guide is probably best...but young folk seem to use phones a lot for route and albergues.....Main thing is first night accomodation because once on the actual Camino...it is just auto pilot..it is easy to carry...
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    Postal services in Santiago / sending a parcel

    I know this is not the same but I always take a stick from the hedge on the Camino and bring it home in my bag for reassembly with dowel screws. Lovely memento esp with dates and Camino destinations etched on it.

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