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Bbestfootforward reacted to Camino Chrissy's post in the thread We worry about grams ... then there is Clara Wilkes ... with
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😳 Wow, I take issue with this. All of my own Camino walking "Live threads" have been 100% truthful and I have never thought otherwise of anyone else's account of their pilgrimages. I am normally a very trusting person, so hope I have not been... -
Bbestfootforward reacted to JustOneGuy's post in the thread We worry about grams ... then there is Clara Wilkes ... with Like.
Yep, maybe something fake. But this probably apply to 99% of what you read in this forum too. Maybe you never walked Le Puy - SdC, Podiensis, Frances, Invierno 2012-23. Nevertheless, we give some room to trusting others, in the hope there is...
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Bbestfootforward reacted to JustOneGuy's post in the thread We worry about grams ... then there is Clara Wilkes ... with Like.
Aside from the weight issue, I can only partly imagine how difficult it must have been for a woman of her age, in those days, to do such things, deciding for herself and without looking anyone in the face. I can imagine how many people regarded...
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Bbestfootforward reacted to Jeff Crawley's post in the thread We worry about grams ... then there is Clara Wilkes ... with
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Or even their trousers and skirts. After my successful foray into installing "pit-zips" in my Altus I am now taking commissions for pockets in skirts from my daughter and they are SO easy to install. Women's apparel did use to include pockets of... -
Bbestfootforward reacted to Jeff Crawley's post in the thread We worry about grams ... then there is Clara Wilkes ... with Like.
Where was she travelling David? All the web pages I could find give the same information but nobody mentions where. She seems to have been cut from the same cloth as Dervla Murphy (who came along later).
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Bbestfootforward reacted to Purky's post in the thread We worry about grams ... then there is Clara Wilkes ... with Haha.
It still is in some ways: you should hear Mrs. Purky ranting and carrying on about the absence of pockets in women's pants.
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Bbestfootforward reacted to David's post in the thread We worry about grams ... then there is Clara Wilkes ... with Like.
Well, 1915 and all that .. can't see her getting away with trousers but I bet there is an oilskin somewhere! I think gender clothing was more fixed back then .. I am always amazed at how much female history never made it even into the...
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Bbestfootforward reacted to David's post in the thread We worry about grams ... then there is Clara Wilkes ... with Like.
Hi all - I have often wondered about the whole cutting grams, going as light as .. (I do it too!!) .. thinking about the "real" world with soldiers on the march and what they carry .. Roman legions ... now I have discovered Clara Wilkes - and...
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Bbestfootforward reacted to Camino Chrissy's post in the thread We worry about grams ... then there is Clara Wilkes ... with Like.
Thanks, @David, for posting this fascinating introduction to Clara's travels. Her "practical" travel attire baffles me, and I wonder if she occasionally encountered any rain while packing up her "kit" in the mornings.🤔
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Bbestfootforward reacted to 60LifeChange's post in the thread We worry about grams ... then there is Clara Wilkes ... with Like.
Always amazed at the strength of the people who lived in those days... and the exciting experiences they must have had.
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