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mattythedog replied to the thread Experience with waterproof socks.Great advice, Dave. I use Vaseline, but now need to try your beeswax/lanolin concoction. I have noticed the vaseline absorbs after a couple hours. -
For wet weather walking, there are a number of thing that I will do and not do. Here are a few that may add to what you are already doing. Apply a good layer of goop (there are a number of choices) to your feet to keep a barrier between skin...
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mattythedog replied to the thread Play podiatrist for me: big toe nails ache.My thoughts also. Open toes on shoes/sandals. OP says this is worse with other shoes indicating the looser toe box helps. Try cutting the uppers loose in way of the toes on a pair of shoes. If this helps, resew the flaps loosely with dental...
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mattythedog reacted to kelleymac's post in the thread From Catholic News Service: True Christian pilgrimages are rooted in silence, the Gospel, pope says with
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I found this interesting food for thought. I am not very good at silence, but I was glad to be given and to read the Gospel of St Luke that I was given in Le Puy-en-Velay after the morning pilgrim mass there. “Along the way, be attentive to... -
mattythedog reacted to Rebekah Scott's post in the thread From Catholic News Service: True Christian pilgrimages are rooted in silence, the Gospel, pope says with Like.
OMG, the pope has violated the Big Forbidden of Camino Discussion: What is a true pilgrim? The NERVE!!
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mattythedog replied to the thread Old Camino Walkers.I love to hear experiences like this! Keep up the good walk. 😀
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It's now seven weeks since I returned from doing he Frances and what a wonderful 40 days it was. I'm sure there are possible pilgrims out there that worry that they may be too old to walk the camino, but I can assure you there is no age barrier...
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mattythedog replied to the thread My Take on the Rain Jacket vs Poncho Debate.Trekking del Norte on the edge of a hurricane a couple months ago, an umbrella would have turned me into Mary Poppins….but the frogtoggs large coat went on just fine over pack and me. $12 and 5.5 oz fits budget and pocket.
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mattythedog reacted to alexwalker's post in the thread I was dead, but I won't lie down: I continue walking. with Like.
A few of the Forum members have known about my condition for some time. In Feb. 2024 I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. I was registered in the national Parkinson registry. A miserable death was awaiting as my future. No more Caminos. I...
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mattythedog reacted to Tincatinker's post in the thread Spain's new law (Royal Decree 933/2021) - re personal information at lodging with Like.
I’ll bang on on this until I get bored. Then I’ll stop. You use the internet; you have a mobile phone; you use banks and credit cards; you use tap&go; you use Farcebook, Berking.con, Instagrab, you pay local property taxes, are a library card...
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