Last year on the Norte in the section after the popular albergue n Güemes there were pilgrims walking on both sides of the road seemingly oblivious to the fact that locals had to slow down a lot to get past. Finally, one driver yelled at those...
Post Camino update:
I did, in fact, end up buying Pacer polls. I was extremely happy with them, and somehow managed not to lose them. I used them almost every step.
I did one day leave them at a rest stop, and managed to walk about a kilometer...
I've used a variety of pole styles on my three Caminos.
In 2009, I took a borrowed pair of regular, adjustable poles. By 2013, after reading all the hype, I purchased Pacer Poles and I took them with me in checked luggage. In 2022, my...
I won't comment this post, but rather take the opportunity to thank all the people who provide free and useful applications or web sites: mapy.cz, gronze.com....
Speaking only for myself personally, and not as a moderator, I consider Michael a close personal friend. I have known him for more than a decade. I know very little about this drama, but I have the utmost confidence in Michael’s moral compass and...
Thank you for all the replies, Camino friends!
I am running on very little sleep, thanks to my long flight from Mongolia with a layover in Germany. I should have spent my German layover resting, but it was my first time in the country. I had...
Hmm, Ponferrada: small Spanish provincial city with a disnified castle with some notional links to the Templars and with a couple of good wine bars and one exceptional restaurant.
Leon: large Spanish provincial city with a stunning cathedral...
In my experience, this phenomenon is largely a summer thing. That is when you find large groups of students from all over Spain and other European countries arriving off the Camino Frances. This same route has been followed for hundreds of years...
Hi, yes, I was leading a group of 14 people when I got a whatsapp one morning, from our next overnight accommodation . . . his young daughter had been killed in a car accident after school the previous evening, and he couldn’t accommodate us that...
In general, this is the rule. In practice, I tend to temper with a little common sense. A couple of examples:
If I am approaching a sharp, blind turn I will walk on whichever side makes me most visible to oncoming traffic. Sometimes this is the...
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