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Camino Frances or primitivo as a solo older woman

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Alerts from all Camino routes as reported by pilgrims
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Alert Meteorological ALERT in Valencia
Camino Ready, Backpacks, Boots etc
3rd Edition. Vital content training & pack guides avoid common mistakes, bed bugs etc
Albergue Theft
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New law gathering personal information from travellers in Spain, starting Feb. 2023
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Theft overnight in an Albergue
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Bear on Camino Portugues?
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Camino Jewellery
A selection of Camino Jewellery
Guardia Civil mobile pilgrim assistance patrols
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Peregrinopaul
Alertcops "validation code"
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‘AlertCops’ US based users
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Kathor1
AlertCops - special tab for the Camino Lebaniego
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Bradypus
First major forest fire in Aragón / 2023
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SabsP
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Safety and Security on The Camino
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Finding and communicating location during emergency (or just generally)
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Why calling 112 is important in an emergency or if you are simply lost.
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dick bird
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Pilgrim rescued near Valcarlos.
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natefaith
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Current safety concerns
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natefaith
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Personal security
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Valcarlos to Roncesvalles in snow!
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mspath
Sleeping with valuables
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Bad weather coming, be careful!
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JabbaPapa
Female safety in Portugal vs. Spain
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Marbe2
Promote your Camino Project on the forum
€2,-/day will present your project to thousands of visitors each day. All interested in the Camino de Santiago.
Follow up on Portugal Attack from September 2020
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jungleboy
Policia and Pilgrims
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New report of flasher on Portugues
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sarahchicago
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A message to groups of men, and to us all.
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C clearly
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Alert Guns (hunting) and pilgrims safety
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Tincatinker
Let us pick up your suitcase once you arrive in Europe....
...and ship it to Santiago for storage. You pick it up once in Santiago. Service offered by Casa Ivar (we use DHL for transportation).
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pilgrim made it to Santiago?
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Villafranca St Nicholas Hospital
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trecile
Reporting Agression: Advice
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Possible car hire fraud or innocent mistake?
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Creepy guy on Camino del Norte (Santilla del Mar to El Arroyo)
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Colette Z
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In Sansol - shot in head with BB gun!!
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Alert Flasher on Camino Portuguese (Coastal)
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Alert Forest fires in Spain
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Alert Solo female pilgrims be aware of creepy man by beach.
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CaminoFrances
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Be aware of a con artist by the name of Ben
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C clearly
Let us pick up your suitcase once you arrive in Europe....
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Leon Smoke
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Alert Watch out for flasher on Central Portuguese
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Alert Flasher/Masturbater Camino Portuguese
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wayfarer
How Hot Is Too Hot? A recent study.
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JabbaPapa
Alert Camino closed in Navarra for 2 days
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Freetogo
Promote your Camino Project on the forum
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Suggestion for women on the camino
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Women be aware of Miguel at San Nicolas de Puente Fitero
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peregrina2000
Alert Wildfire in Sierra de la Culebra
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Homophobia on the camino
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Weather warning this weekend...
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Friend from Barquinha
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Emergency Numbers for all Camino Routes
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Walk the Portuguese or Francés in terms of safety (solo female)?
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Alert Via de la Plata, Mérida - Aljucén
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C clearly
Fire Safety in Albergues
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Kathor1
Albergue Locked Doors?
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Tincatinker
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Warning! Alert to women doing the Camino alone near Logroño.
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Warning! Alert to women doing the Camino alone near Logroño - Please share
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Alert Women walking alone - considering staying near the road before Astorga (after San Justo de la Vega)
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Nomadic_Hailights
Assault after Lisbon
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Marbe2
LIVE from the Camino November walking
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aliciag56
Altus BALI Sleeping bag liner
Ideal sleeping bag liner whether we want to add a thermal plus to our bag, or if we want to use it alone to sleep in shelters or hostels. Thanks to its mummy shape, it adapts perfectly to our body.

€46,-
Solo walking questions
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Wanderingfriend
Walking thru Thunderstorms
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Wanderingfriend
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!!!Second man masturbating naked on the camino del norte!!!
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wayfarer
Be careful on Espiritual Variant
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Airdog
Careful female pilgrims from Padron last 9 k into Santiago
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Camino Way markers in Bronze
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
Road safety risks on various Camino routes
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Santiago to Finisterre alone (woman)
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Danger for woman alone?
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domigee
LIVE from the Camino I am a Camino Thief ;-(
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Active thief on the Camino Frances, July 2021
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FourSeasons
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Thefts/arrests In albergues along the Camino/Just a reminder !!!
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dick bird
Camino de Santiago Libre Group for women on the Camino
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Mary Crnkovic Pilas
Masks: If you need one which one should You buy in Europe?
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Bill's_Walking
Pilgrim safety
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Traveller44
How to deal with cold/wet feet ?
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camino.ninja
Camino Jewellery
A selection of Camino Jewellery
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Asian women on the Camino?
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Thunderstorms
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William Garza
Request for help with legal issue
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geraldkelly
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Belgian pilgrim killed by a hit and run on the camino
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grayland
Preventing Fraud while Traveling.
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Geodoc
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Safety for women on the Camino
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C clearly
AlertCops registration issue
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C clearly
Theft in Leon and Logrono
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lt56ny
Opinions--new safety system for hikers being trialed in Portugal
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CaptainBonnie
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Careful while walking on the highways.
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Carel5
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Let us pick up your suitcase once you arrive in Europe....
...and ship it to Santiago for storage. You pick it up once in Santiago. Service offered by Casa Ivar (we use DHL for transportation).
Camino safety reports APP?
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lt56ny
Alert: Exhibitionist on the CP after Barcelos
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Sansthing
Alert Cops
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KinkyOne
Making a police report in Portugal
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Quadragesima
Is it safe for a woman walking alone?
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Cary
Altus BALI Sleeping bag liner
Ideal sleeping bag liner whether we want to add a thermal plus to our bag, or if we want to use it alone to sleep in shelters or hostels. Thanks to its mummy shape, it adapts perfectly to our body.

€46,-
Sara talks about her assault on the Salvador
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Camino Chrissy
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El Burgo Ranero November 2019
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grayland
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Move away from the toxic caterpillars!
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Solo woman in November: which Camino?
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henrythedog
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The group of albergues thieves has been arrested by the Guardia Civil.
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Tincatinker
Camino Preparation Guide
Fail to prepare? reduce your risk by buying this book full of practical info.
2nd ed.
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Crime on Camino
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grayland
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Dealing with unwanted harassment
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peregrina2000
Warning for women walking alone between Viana and Torres del Rio
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Kat Kostrzewska
warning to women travelling alone
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Alert to Women Pilgrims about Capilla del Cantu - Asturias, just after Cantabria
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peregrina2000
Altus BALI Sleeping bag liner
Ideal sleeping bag liner whether we want to add a thermal plus to our bag, or if we want to use it alone to sleep in shelters or hostels. Thanks to its mummy shape, it adapts perfectly to our body.

€46,-
Bank account hacked
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Warning to women: man following women
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grayland
Warning to all pilgrims (& all others): A heat wave is coming!
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JabbaPapa
Geo-localizable?
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SusanSmyth
New thievery model on the Camino....be aware!
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