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We often read that Merino clothing does not smell as much with use, compared to other fabrics.
Since my first Camino 9 years ago, I have always worn very lightweight (120 gsm) Merino shirts (by Icebreaker) and found them excellent in warm and...
I walked the Portugues to Tomar, and from Coimbra.
I walked from Tomar to Fatima along the Nascente, Fatima to Coimbra along the Carmelita.
It was wonderful.
If interested you can read details of my trip at...
I noted this a few weeks ago, about some new routes to Fatima from north of Lisbon...
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/new-marked-paths-to-fatima-in-central-portugal.86408/
Our local municipal government in Vila Nova da...
There is another option: the Caminho do Mar from Lisbon to Fátima, which doesn’t overlap at all with the CP (and which also doesn’t follow the Mar very much).
My live thread about it is here.
Or if you prefer, Wendy and I discuss it in episodes...
The Fátima Association that previously provided lots of info has disbanded, but with the newly opened Pilgrim Office in Lisbon, I think you have a good source of information.
See this thread. You can see from the sign that they offer advice on...
We are starting to walk the Camino from Lisboa at the end of May.
We believe we have two option if we want to walk the Camino Portugeese from Lisboa and to visit Fatima on our Camino, (1) I think we can follow the signs that go directly fo...
Yes! The camino is THE people (pilgrims) on it. Without the pilgrims, the camino as it is regarded, would be, well, just another trail or path or way.
"Camino provides" does not mean providing material things. It means providing hope that things...
I can see where you are coming from but I want to offer another perspective.
I think gratitude is valuable. Gratitude to others who help us and also gratitude more generally for the little moments of happiness and relief in our lives. I think...
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