@HBS60 I finished last week and my experience staying at in-between places sounded completely different to friends who stayed at the common stage points.
I walked
1.Samos to A Pena staying at Casa do Rego at the 100km mark (lovely place all the...
Agreed @markie6. Mine sit on the shelf, all scribbled in and dog-eared; living reminders of great adventures. When friends contemplate a Camino, I happily lend them and they enjoy thumbing the pages and my often inappropriate notes. It's much...
Rain or shine I use cycling gloves, leather on the palm, nylon on the reverse. Cut-off fingers. I started to use them to avoid blisters caused by heavy use of poles. But they are also great to keep hands warmish.
I live among wolves on the edge of the BWCAW in Minnesota. Ely MN has the International Wolf Center and the Voyaguers Wolf Project (see Facebook for amazing information from them) does their year round studies nearby.
I have very frequent...
It’s difficult to know if the 85 year old man insisted his family go ahead. As I get older (72 now) I cherish my independence and ability to hike solo. At what point will I not be able to walk solo or have to stop altogether? I walked a bit with...
Depends on the person(s).
I know seniors who have a complete overestimation of their physical ability and a complete underestimation of their irascibility, who, if on the Camino, would bark for whoever was with them to go on ahead.
I know...
Berating someone is always rude and uncalled for.
I would have liked to walk into the next town to wait for my much slower sister when we walked Ingles last year but she's terrible at directions and I was worried she'd miss a turn. I spent a...
Having walked with a few elder pilgrims, and told in harsh terms to "get on with it, I will catch you up," I have learned to let adults make their own choices. So far no one has called the cops.
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