I just returned from the Frances with a Swiss Army knife (9 cm folded), small folding bandage scissors (5cm folded) and a small cuticle scissors wirh 2.5 cm blades buried deep in my pack. Renfe scanned my pack in three different stations with no...
This is developing into a version of the ‘can I carry hiking poles as hand luggage?’ debate. If you are carrying a blade of more than 6cm onto an AVE train, they might let you keep it. If you are carrying a blade of less than 6 cm, they might...
I am starting at Le Puy-en-Velay on 8 September 2024, arriving SJPdP on or about 9 Oct, hoping for milder autumn temps and walking all the way to Santiago, expecting by then to be cool and rainy, but I’m prepared to suck it up.
I've been home from the Frances for just over a week. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday. He asked me about the Camino and checked my vitals. I'm 60. He said: "Your vitals are incredible". I've bounced off the edge of high blood pressure...
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