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GOver the past years, when I tell people I have walked several Caminos, without exception, someone says," Oh, that is something I would so love to do. Tell me more". In the early days, I would quite enthusiastically tell them how fantastic the...
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GGrousedoctor replied to the thread `Pannier Bag transfer.Like myself and probably most other bicigrinos, we’ve carried our gear with us on our Caminos. When I road the VDLP, it wasn’t any particular inconvenience to have panniers on my bike. Sure, added weight and some trail sections that were a bit...
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GGrousedoctor replied to the thread Advice Request: Long Stages for the Coastal with Espiritual Variant.As you’ve seen the distance numbers above, Porto to SdC including the VE is a pretty good stretch of the legs. We did it two years ago, but in a more standard timeframe of 12 days. We each walk our own Camino, but I’ve left behind me the 30 km...
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GGrousedoctor reacted to jsalt's post in the thread Advice Request: Long Stages for the Coastal with Espiritual Variant with
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I walked Porto to Santiago on the Coastal route via the Espiritual Variante and it was about 295kms. Over 9 days that’s about 33kms per day on average. You could bus or train from Porto up the coast a bit to reduce the daily distances . . . -
GGrousedoctor reacted to trecile's post in the thread Does the Pilgrim Office issue a stamp? with Like.
The Pilgrim Office in Santiago de Compostela will give you your final stamp.
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G@trecile as you know I don’t drink water but I have seen the “buy a bottle of water” scheme run in every class of restaurant from Manchester to Marrakesh via Miami and Moscow. In some of those I would probably go for the bottle but I would insist...
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GGrousedoctor replied to the thread Half a wild boar.It’s probably not the most optimal time of year to hunt boar, but perfectly legal. Most hunters would probably hunt boar in the late fall months. However, due to the large amount of damage boars do to land and particularly land that is farmed...
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GI was walking from Porto in May with a backpack, not planning to use a backpack service. On day 3 I injured my knee when I pulled some ligaments plowing through a heavy section of sand when the boardwalk ended for a while on the Litoral. When I...
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GGrousedoctor reacted to Peterexpatkiwi's post in the thread Competitiveness of pilgrimage tourism destinations with Like.
@AussieCamino, I've participated in a couple of surveys that have come up here on the forum, so I'm not against them. I've had a quick look at page one of your survey and I really think you're pitching this to completely the wrong audience...
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GGrousedoctor reacted to Tassie Kaz's post in the thread There are worse things we could do! with Like.
Isn't the first step (pun intended 🤭) admitting you have a problem?! 🤣 👣🌏
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