Earlier this month, I began walking from Ponferrada to Santiago with two friends. Although I had walked two previous Caminos, this was the first for both of my friends.
This Camino was full of the Unexpected. The first few days were easy...
What’s most important to you? Saving money or saving weight? Is your Deuter pack comfortable? (I have a Deuter and it fits me perfectly, which makes carrying it seem less effort than lighter packs I have tried that were just not the right shape...
Soooo… I arrived in Santiago this morning after 13 days doing the Camino portuguese central. I loved the Camino, especially from Porto to Tui, and I adore my Sirrus 36. It was well worth spending the time and the effort searching for the right...
I just made it to Porto with my Sirrus 36 and Ryanair had no problem with it at all. Also, the security in Malaga did not blink an eye about my hiking poles, and almost every backpacker on the plane had poles in the cabin with them. And this...
Let’s hope it’s my last post on this thread.. by now you must all think I am nuts. Which I probably am.
Before sending the Montane back, as I liked it very much, I decided to walk 5k on a treadmill with the Montane one day and 5k with the...
Last Minute info: The Rab is back in the game, the Osprey Velocity is out. My daughter’s boyfriend is over for the weekend and he is a climber and a thruhiker, so he had a look at both packs and helped me fit them better. The Rab is the winner...
This year, for the first time in 8 Caminos I used luggage transport for one day. It was my last day in Santiago, and I decided to walk two stages in one day so that I could meet up with some friends that I had met earlier before they had to fly...
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