NavyBlue

Active Member From France

Joined: Oct 13, 2014

Last seen: Oct 30, 2024

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  NavyBlue reacted to Mattdoubleyew's post in the thread 34 or 38 L pack with Like.
  
  I’m new on the forum; but was discussing this in either Sigüeiro (beautiful, untouched) or SdC over a brandy at some point in the last 48hrs and am reading the forum travelling home. My view : Ignore volume. Above a minimum value (which I’d...
  
  Oct 29, 2024
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  NavyBlue reacted to C clearly's post in the thread Food on La Meseta beyond abysmal with Like.
  
  No, it is more of a tautology. I think this thread has run its course and is turning into a pointless pile-on, so I will close it now.
  
  Oct 15, 2024
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  NavyBlue reacted to Sirage's post in the thread Non-Camino walk with short, easy stages? with Like.
  
  Very pleasant in 2003. However the influx of cruise ships in recent years docking in nearby La Spezia and going by small watercraft to then flood the delightful villages with cruise passengers who don't walk except a few metres from the wharves...
  
  Oct 6, 2024
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  NavyBlue reacted to kptorrahk's post in the thread Food on La Meseta beyond abysmal with Like.
  
  I lived in Spain for 9 years. Became a vegetarian after 1 of those years. In the beginning I complained a lot about how at restaurants everything was jamon, potatoes and little vegetables. But later I realised just how amazingly fresh produce...
  
  Oct 4, 2024
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  NavyBlue replied to the thread Non-Camino walk with short, easy stages?.
  
  Hi Trecile, You could have a look at the Tro-Breiz, in Brittany, an old pilgrimage though not a camino : https://www.montrobreizh.bzh/fr/les-chemins-du-tro-breizh/ If you want an organized self-guided tour in France and limitroph countries, as...
  
  Oct 3, 2024
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  NavyBlue replied to the thread Food on La Meseta beyond abysmal.
  
  Hi, Low-protein breakfast is the usual treat in France, Spain, Italy... Everybody there has survived so far, even manual workers. Before the 1970s, rural Spain was a rather poor country, where upscale food was not readily available nor even...
  
  Oct 3, 2024
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  NavyBlue reacted to dougfitz's post in the thread Food on La Meseta beyond abysmal with Like.
  
  I presume you are talking about the Meseta here in this. If it was evident to you that you weren't getting sufficient, well balanced meals from albergues and other places you stayed, what did you do in response? There is no promise, on the...
  
  Oct 3, 2024
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  NavyBlue reacted to dougfitz's post in the thread Three section telescoping vs. folding poles. with Like.
  
  I note that the OP has already made up their mind about what poles to carry. But there are a number of posts that indicate individuals have had problems with their poles. Some of the issues I have seen from time to time, and when I have seen...
  
  Oct 2, 2024
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  NavyBlue reacted to dougfitz's post in the thread Poles have failed - help! with Like.
  
  I have seen this happen with telescoping poles. If you are lucky, you have loosened the expanding collar at the top of the lower tube so much that it can no longer grip the inside of the upper tube. That is because it will then keep spinning...
  
  Oct 2, 2024
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  NavyBlue replied to the thread Cahors to Condom.
  
  Hi, Yes, it is. It's the only place on the GR65 where you need to use your hands for climbing a few steps. The road is a good alternative if you don't feel safe. Looking backwards to the bridge and city :
  
  Sep 20, 2024
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