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    ginniek reacted to falconbrother's post in the thread Health Impact of Camino walk... with Like Like.
    I've been home from the Frances for just over a week. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday. He asked me about the Camino and checked my vitals. I'm 60. He said: "Your vitals are incredible". I've bounced off the edge of high blood pressure...
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    ginniek reacted to grayland's post in the thread Low-hanging fruit with Thank you Thank you.
    Consider that if even half of the several hundred thousand pilgrims all just took a little.... :rolleyes: The same math applies to those who complain that many bars now forbid or charge non customers from using the toilet facilities. The...
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    ginniek reacted to Dani7's post in the thread Low-hanging fruit with Thank you Thank you.
    If a farmer was on his land and offered, it is one thing, but one farmer or local who allows this does not mean it is a blanket « yes » for all who cross the country.
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    ginniek reacted to trecile's post in the thread Low-hanging fruit with Like Like.
    Who told you and where? I agree with @Dani7.
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    ginniek reacted to peregrina2000's post in the thread Low-hanging fruit with Like Like.
    What we have here are numerous opinions and things that people have been told by others, but no primary sources that tell us what the rules really are. I too “have been told” that fruits from branches overhanging the public right of way are free...
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    ginniek reacted to dick bird's post in the thread Low-hanging fruit with Thank you Thank you.
    No it is not. No it doesn’t. People provide. If it grows on a tree, it belongs to the owner of the tree. Don’t take it without permission.
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    ginniek reacted to JulieandPeter's post in the thread Low-hanging fruit with Thank you Thank you.
    Chiming in again as a farmer. If one sees a lot of fruit on the ground around a tree, one might assume the harvest is over or the farmer does not care about these trees. In reality, this drop is most likely due to excessive heat or wind or poor...
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    ginniek reacted to Robyn Scott's post in the thread Low-hanging fruit with Like Like.
    Spain is not a rich country. These are not wealthy farmers. Stealing the fruit of their toil and hardship is not in the spirit of the Camino.
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    ginniek reacted to WGroleau's post in the thread Low-hanging fruit with Haha Haha.
    I observed pilgrims gathering olives that had fallen outside the wall that enclosed the trees. I didn’t bother to tell them how much processing was needed to make them edible. :cool:
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    ginniek reacted to Friend from Barquinha's post in the thread Low-hanging fruit with Haha Haha.
    Best of luck to anyone anticipating a treat from the fruit of the olive trees! (From a newbie olive-grove owner):)
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