RRat

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Joined: Feb 19, 2017

Last seen: Thursday at 2:30 PM

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  RRat replied to the thread Departing SJPDP May 21 - will I avoid the worse of the May bubble?.
  
  It is impossible to predict. Two unexpected tour buses full of enthusiastic pilgrims and the quietest day turns into bedlam.
  
  Thursday at 2:26 PM
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  RRat reacted to Bedspring's post in the thread To walk or not to walk - this is the question with Like.
  
  It sounds like you know the answer, but do not like it. You should go home and get your foot healed, but you know that.
  
  Dec 12, 2024
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  RRat replied to the thread When do we NOT want to start in May 2025 (from SJPdP)?.
  
  Avoiding a crowd based on a specific date will not work. A tour group comprised of two bus loads on any given day will create a crowd.
  
  Dec 8, 2024
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  RRat replied to the thread Paying a parking ticket in Santiago.
  
  The rental car company charging the driver an administration fee simply for ratting on the renter. The citation not arriving directly to the renter. Seems like honestly is a bit vague.
  
  Dec 3, 2024
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  RRat replied to the thread Albergues less than 20km apart?.
  
  It's not long distance walking. It's walking a short distance and have a coffee. Walk another short distance and have a coffee and croissant. Walk another short distance and have a light lunch. Walk another short distance to your bed for the...
  
  Dec 3, 2024
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  RRat replied to the thread Paying a parking ticket in Santiago.
  
  Unless you plan on return to Spain soon, I would just ignore it. Contest the admistrative fee the rental car company charged to your credit card. I wasn't driving that day. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
  
  Dec 3, 2024
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  RRat reacted to Corned Beef's post in the thread Paying a parking ticket in Santiago with Like.
  
  How would they enforce it if it wasn't paid? Tripadvisor is full of stories about rental drivers picking up tickets and not being able to pay - so they didn't. Fast forward a year or so and nothing ever happens.
  
  Dec 3, 2024
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  RRat replied to the thread The Camino and maybe not quite 'getting it'?.
  
  I scrolled and didn't read a thing.
  
  Nov 17, 2024
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  RRat replied to the thread Bedbug Issues on CF.
  
  Mosquito bites do not keep me from fishing. Bed bugs will not keep me from walking the Camino. For me mosquitoes bites are worse. Bed bugs leave a red dot or two but nothing else. Mosquito bites itch and without thinking I will scratch them which...
  
  Nov 2, 2024
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  RRat replied to the thread Isn't twice enough?.
  
  First Camino was 2018, second 2023. So much has changed, and not for the better, over just those few years that I'm hesitant to do a third. Too many tour groups and dependence on technology.
  
  Nov 2, 2024
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